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A student society or student organization is an organization, operated by students at a university, whose membership normally consists only of students. They are often affiliated with a university's students' union. Student societies often aim to facilitate a particular activity or promote a belief system, although some (explicitly) require nothing more than that a member is a (former) student. Some are not affiliated with a specific university and/or accept non-university students. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... An organization or organisation (read more about -ize vs -ise) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... The largest Students Union building at Oklahoma State University, which doubles as a student activity center (student union in the USA) A students union, student government, student leadership,or student council is a student organization present in many elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities. ...

Typical examples are:

• Faculty society - uniting students from one university faculty.
• Regional society - uniting students from the same region or hometown.
• Debating society - political debates.
• Film society - Often using lecture theatres to show films cheaply on campus.
• Hiking club - Organising trips.
• International student society - Introducing international students to one another.
• Music society - student ensembles.
• Civil Society - To encourage polite behaviour among future leaders.
• Science fiction society - Meeting to watch science fiction TV and films.
• Decent Society - A state individuals are welcomed back into after being released from prison.
• Taekwondo society, Karate club - Meeting to learn martial arts.

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Student societies by location

Belgium

In Flanders, student societies play a unique role in student life. Student societies there have traditionally been politically active, and they played a significant part in the 1960s division of the Catholic University of Leuven into separate Flemish and Walloon universities. Flanders (Dutch: ) has several main meanings: the social, cultural and linguistical, scientific and educational, economical and political community of the Flemings; some prefer to call this the Flemish community (others refer to this as the Flemish nation) which is, with over 6 million inhabitants, the majority of all Belgians; a... Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The Catholic University of Leuven is a university in Belgium. ... Flanders (Dutch: ) has several main meanings: the social, cultural and linguistical, scientific and educational, economical and political community of the Flemings; some prefer to call this the Flemish community (others refer to this as the Flemish nation) which is, with over 6 million inhabitants, the majority of all Belgians; a... The term Walloon may refer to either the Walloon language, or to the ethnic people of the same name. ...

A student society in Belgium is led by a praesidium. The head of the praesidium (and the society) is the praeses. Alternative spellings are presidium and preses. For most positions, Dutch names are used nowadays.

Other positions include:

• Vice-praeses: assists the praeses where needed.
• Quaestor: takes care of the money.
• Ab-actis: the secretary of the student organisation.
• Cantor: Leads the cantus.
• Vertor: Organises cultural activities.
• Scriptor: Is responsible for creating a magazine.
• Bacchus: Makes sure there is enough beer.
• Dominus morum: Is responsible for keeping order at a cantus.

Positions are flexible, and change to meet the needs of the student organisation. A cantus (Latin for singing, derived from canere), is an activity organised by Flemish and Dutch and Baltic student organisations and fraternities. ... A cantus (Latin for singing, derived from canere), is an activity organised by Flemish and Dutch and Baltic student organisations and fraternities. ...

Student societies used to be politically engaged, but are now more focused on organizing parties, cantus, and cultural activities. Traditional hat toss celebration at a graduation ceremony at the United States Naval Academy A party is a social gathering for celebration and recreation. ... A cantus (Latin for singing, derived from canere), is an activity organised by Flemish and Dutch and Baltic student organisations and fraternities. ... Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning to cultivate), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ...

Student societies also exist at polytechnics. The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ...

New members go through an initiation ritual before becoming full members of a Belgian student society. A new member is called schacht and has to undergo a baptism. The baptism is the first step to integration in the student society. The next (and last) step to becoming a full-fledged member is the ontgroening. After the ontgroening, one becomes a normal member of the organization, and can join the praesidium if one so chooses. Normal members are also referred to as anciens.

See also: Education in Belgium The different levels of education in Flanders Education in Belgium is regulated and for the larger part financed by one of the three communities. ...

Canada

The Alma Mater Society at Queen's University is the oldest such organization in Canada, and currently the most extensive in regard to student involvement. It is currently a multi-million corporation employing over 500 students. The day-to-day operations of the AMS are overseen by the AMS Council which includes an annually elected three-person executive (the President, Vice-President (Operations) and Vice-President (University Affairs), selected as a slate), five commissioners who are each responsible for a specific aspect of student life, and three directors who are responsible for overseeing the AMS’ 14 corporate services. The Alma Mater Society of Queens University, otherwise known as the AMS, is the central undergraduate student government at Queen’s University in Canada. ... Queens University, generally referred to simply as Queens, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research-intensive university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. ...

Europe

In Europe, there are several continent-wide student organisations fostering exchange among students of different nationalities and Culture, such as In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... The word culture comes from the Latin root colere (to inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor). ...

• AEGEE (European Students Forum), trying to spread the European Idea
• AIESEC (worldwide student organisation)
• ESN (Erasmus Student Network), promoting student mobility in Europe and beyond; present in over 200 universities / 28 countries; 35.000 member (by 04.2006)
• JADE
• Studentenforum im Tönissteiner Kreis e. V. (Student Forum within the Tönissteiner Kreis, a politically and confessionally independent, interdisciplinary student think tank fostering European and international cooperation)
• Bonding

with a different range of topics and activities. Logo of AEGEE-Europe AEGEE, (French: Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l’Europe), the European Students Forum, is one of Europes largest interdisciplinary student organisations. ... AIESEC’s official logo since 1991 AIESEC is a global, non-political, independent, not-for-profit organisation run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education. ... ESN Electronic Serial Number refers to a 32-bit control number used for cell phone activation in wireless carrier networks. ... The Student Forum within the Tönissteiner Kreis () is Germanys leading interdisciplinary, politically and confessionally independent student think tank. ...

There is also the National Unions of Students in Europe, a representative student organisation at European level, notably within the Bologna process. National Unions of Students in Europe (ESIB) is an association of 50 National Unions of Students from 37 European Nations. ... The purpose of the Bologna process is to create the European higher education area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe. ...

Germany

In Germany, student societies are wide-spread and various, though by lack of support from the universities (and by force of variety), generally do not boast many members. The most popular are the Studentenverbindungen; most of them are moderate and tolerant, although many are restricted to male or Christian members. A Studentenverbindung (the umbrella term that includes the Burschenschaften, Landsmannschaften, Corps, Turnerschaften, Sängerschaften, Catholic Corporations and Ferialverbindungen) is a German student corporation similar to fraternities in the US or Canada. ...

The counterpart to these more conservative organisations are left-wing and anti-fascist student organisations as AntiFa or Praxis (in Bavaria). As a word, praxis can mean: Praxis is a Latinate English noun, referring to the process of putting theoretical knowledge into practice. ...

On many universities - although in many states not officially recognised - there are student representations, called AStA (Allgemeiner Studenten-Ausschuss) or StuVe (Studentische Vertretung).

Other organisations include European Student Associations and the student organisations of the German political parties // Political scientists have developed concepts of different ideal types of political parties in order to better compare them with each other. ...

Yet, there are also politically and confessionally independent, interdisciplinary and not-for-profit student organisations. One of, if not the leading one in Germany is the Studentenforum im Tönissteiner Kreis e. V. (Student Forum within the Tönissteiner Kreis e. V.) that is part of a European and worldwide network of student organizations, the Politeia Community. The Student Forum within the Tönissteiner Kreis () is Germanys leading interdisciplinary, politically and confessionally independent student think tank. ...

See also:

• Studentenverbindung
• Fraternities and sororities

A Studentenverbindung (the umbrella term that includes the Burschenschaften, Landsmannschaften, Corps, Turnerschaften, Sängerschaften, Catholic Corporations and Ferialverbindungen) is a German student corporation similar to fraternities in the US or Canada. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi, Rotary International, Optimist International, Ordo Templi Orientis or the Shriners. ...

India

In India, student societies are not yet well organised or popular. Some politically affiliated student wings show their strength through political motivation. However, one portal Student India.com has started an effort for students around India and selected representatives to write directly online on various issues. The headquarter of this wing is in Mumbai.

Ireland

Student societies are widespread in Ireland's universities, with a wide range of activities catered for, including debating, role-play, gaming, faculty-based activities, performing arts, political activity etc. The range of support for societies varies from university to university, though all universities provide funding and facilities to some extent for societies.

A student society in Ireland is led by a committee or council. The head of the society and the committee is the Auditor.

See Also:

• UCC Philosophical Society

The UCC Philosophical Society the Philosoph is the largest debating society at University College Cork, Ireland. ...

Netherlands

In the Netherlands, originally there was just the Corps (for corpus studiorosum), student bodies, founded in the early 19th century, as a part of the governing of the education on the universities and to give students the opportunity to develop themselves in all fields of life. On the wave of catholic emancipation starting in the 1890s, small groups of students, gathered around local priests, split off from the liberal, secular (in name anyway) corps fraternities to form their own societies focused on the catholic religion. This started the formation of many other religious societies in the different university cities. In the second half of the 20th century the Catholic split-offs formed an intercity-connection; the Aller Heiligen Convent and the focus on the religion was lost or abandoned, after which the AHC societies became identity-less, rather hollow beer-gardens, quickly shrinking in size in the 1980s. A new identity was found in claiming to be open party places without real hazing, in a way to distinct themselves from the 'corpora' that were still as alive as ever. But the corpora being old, often actually in very old, imposing buildings with little opportunity to see what happened inside, had a traditional, conservative image, even before a new student takes the feared two weeks of hazing in account, that exists in both types of societies, but is feared more at the corpora. In reality the AHC organisations still have a full blown, often badly managed introductionarry hazing en offer students little more than a football, a field hockey, a sailing and a theater club, where the corpora, still being liberal and 'free spirited' offer a wide range of sports, cultural activities ranging from all levels of sports like field hockey, rowing and rugby to extremes like kitesurfing, glider-flying, all for student-friendly prices and development aid organisations and encouragement to start a new club of some sort at all times. The 20th century also saw, especially in the 1960s, the formation of more societies, partly as a reaction against the elite status of the corps, abolishing hazing and religious links and some even opening up to non-students. These days in the main university cities the corps and ahc societies are the biggest two, with often both around 2000 members, followed by the other organisations with mebership in the low hundreds. 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Its official name and the one by which it is usually known is hockey [1][2... For the songs, see Sailing (song). ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world; it is the second most popular team sport after football (soccer)[]. Its official name and the one by which it is usually known is hockey [1][2... A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ... A BCRFC match at Boston College Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ... 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Singapore

In Singapore, there is a student organisation called NUSSU (National University of Singapore Students' Union) at National University of Singapore. [1] University Cultural Centre The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Guólì Dàxué; Abbreviated 国大; Malay: Universiti Nasional Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் ேதசிய பல்கலைக்கலகம்) is Singapores oldest university, and remains the largest in the country in terms of student enrolment and curriculum offered. ...

There is also an international student society called VNCNUS (Vietnamese Community at National University of Singapore) at the University. [2] The Vietnamese Community at the National University of Singapore (VNCNUS) is a community own into the largest community of Vietnamese (indeed, the largest student association) in Singapore with over 500 members. ...

Sweden

Student leisure activities in Sweden are usually organised by the students' unions (studentkårer, studentkår in singular). Swedish student unions cover the whole area from arranging most of the big parties, cultural activities and sports event, to acting as an equivalent of trade union for the students so their voices can be heard regarding the content and forms of education. The union is usually divided in smaller parts called sections, sektioner, according to what subjects of programs the students study. Student union membership is compulsory according to law, although many students never see another face of the students' union than that of the party organiser. Generally all kinds of smaller societies, political, religious or just dealing with different kinds of hobbies, are organised within the students' union rather than as separate units. The largest Students Union building at Oklahoma State University, which doubles as a student activity center (student union in the USA) A students union, student government, student leadership,or student council is a student organization present in many elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities. ... A Trade Union (Labour union) ... is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ...

An exception to this are the two ancient universities in Uppsala and Lund. There, most activities except "trade union" issues are organised by the student nations, the oldest student societies in Sweden, now thirteen at each university. The Uppsala nations have a history stretching back to ca 1630-1640, and were likely formed under the influence of the Landsmannschaften in existence at the northern German universities frequented by Swedish students. The nations in Lund were formed at the time of the foundation of the university (1666) or shortly thereafter. The nations take the names from the Swedish provinces from which they traditionally recruited their members, but do not always adhere to the strict practice of limiting membership according to those principles. Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ... Lund University main building, from 1882 by Helgo Zettervall. ... The student nations at the two ancient universities in Uppsala and Lund, of which there are now thirteen at each university, are the oldest student societies in Sweden. ... A Landsmannschaft is a kind of Studentenverbindung. ... The provinces or landskap were the subdivisions of Sweden until 1634, when they were replaced by the counties of Sweden (län). ...

See also

• Student
• Student accommodation