The Austrian Students' Association by statutory body (de: Österreichische Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaft, short ÖH) is the general students' representative body in Austria and serves as the students' government by federal law. The ÖH is member of European Students' Union.
Membership in the ÖH is compulsory for every university student in Austria, including PhD candidates.
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The statutes of the ÖH are regulated in a federal law, the "Hochschülerinnen und Hochschülerschaftsgesetz" (HSG).
The Students Union is structured into:
Biannually, there are general elections. Turnout declined from about 70 % in 1965 to 28.29 % in the elections of 2007.
The HSG also includes regulations on the funding of the ÖH and its parts and the duties and rights of the students representatives.