The Federal Austrian Students’ Union is the representative body established by law of all students to the national political level. The federal ÖH carries out active representative duties in working groups of the ministry of education.

The Federal Austrian Students’ Union represents the students’ interests before the ministries, conference of institutions of higher education, conference of universities of applied sciences, rectors’ conference of university colleges of teacher education, conference of Austrian private universities as well as before the university conference. The federal ÖH is an active participant in shaping the policies of all national institutions of higher education.

You can elect one of the running groups/parties by voting for their electoral list. The 55 seats in the National Student Assembly are distributed according to the proportion of received votes. The choice of candidates is uniform throughout Austria. Even if you study at more than one institution, you can only vote once at the federal level.

Currently, the federal representation of the ÖH consists of 15 mandataries of the “Verband Sozialistischer Student_innen” (VSSTÖ), 12 mandataries of the “Aktionsgemeinschaft” (AG), 11 mandataries of the “Grüne und Alternative Student_innen” (GRAS), 5 mandataries of the JUNOS students, 4 mandataries of the “FLÖ – Unabhängige Fachschaftslisten Österreichs”, 3 mandataries of the KSV-LiLi, 2 mandataries of the KSV-KJÖ, 2 mandataries of Who the f*ck is Herbert? (HERBERT) and 1 mandatee from the “Ring Freiheitlicher Studenten” (RFS). The meetings of the ÖH Federal Representation take place twice a semester, which offers the opportunity to bring student concerns to the highest body of the ÖH. You can find out more on our website!