AStA

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The General Students' Committee (German: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the (constituted) student body at universities in most German states. It is therefore considered the student government and student representative organization.^[1][2] The AStA fulfills a similar function as the Students' Union at a British university.

AStA committees are usually elected by the student parliament and consist of one or more chairpersons as well as a set of consultants from different fields of study.^[3] Sometimes AStA includes so called Autonome Referate (Autonomous consultants) representing minorities which are elected by the members of their peer groups (not by student parliament).^[4]

1. ^ Theile, Merlind (27 January 2006). "Du bist Asta". Spiegel Panorama (in German). Retrieved 27 June 2025.
2. ^ Stegers, Fiete (28 November 2001). "Mit starken Bildern gegen die Dauermisere". Spiegel Panorama (in German). Retrieved 27 June 2025.
3. ^ "Über uns". asta-marburg.de. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
4. ^ "Autonome Referate" (in German). astahhu.de. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

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