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Recognition for student associations

  • Run by ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ.lu students for ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ.lu students
  • ASBL status

Student associations will only be recognised if the following criteria are met:

  • The application for recognition must be made by current ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ students.
  • The board members of student associations must be regularly enrolled students at the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, although one third of the board may be represented by ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ employees.
  • Only currently enrolled ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ.lu students or uni.lu staff members can be considered to become current members of an association.
  • A student association may choose the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity’s official address as its registered office, but in this case the statutes must be submitted to the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity for approval before applying for ASBL recognition (i.e. recognition as a non-profit association).
  • The core activities of a new student association must not overlap with an existing association or go against the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ’s values.
  • Associations must not replicate a current service offered by the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity.
  • Associations must be open to all ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ students.
  • Associations may not have any political or religious purpose.
  • The association’s services and organised events should be mainly geared towards registered students at the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity (Bachelor or Master students or Doctoral candidates).
  • Associations must be sustainable for future years.
  • Only student associations that represent a large group of students (at least 50) are eligible for financial support.
  • New submissions as student associations will only be reviewed if the group has existed as a recognized student club [link to the recognition for clubs] for at least one semester.

  • Small room reservation
  • Printing
  • Advertisement on the Office of Student Life social media pages and
  • Listed on website
  • Invitation to Welcome Day and Open Day
  • Invitation to the Students in Action Days
  • May request a ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ.lu web page
  • Monthly presidents’ meeting
  • Annual financial assistance from the Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs if requested before the deadline (€1.000)
  • May apply to the Student Department for further financial assistance (extraordinary event or expenses), funding awarded on a case-by-case basis (certain conditions have to be met: bank account, insurance, and security questions to be resolved beforehand).
  • Possibility of larger events (if insurance conditions are met).
  • Recognition of your student volunteers via the Certificate in Student Engagement and Leadership (ECTS)

How to set up a non-profit association in Luxembourg

You can find detailed information on [reminder: a recognition as a student association is only possible with an ASBL/ non-profit association status].

If useful, you will find a for ASBL articles provided by the Agence du Bénévolat.

Please note that after the ASBL is officially recognised by the , the ASBL also needs to register on the and regularly update both registers when needed.

New associations: Before undertaking any procedures, please contact the Office of Student Life at osl@uni.lu.

Application

Aside from the criteria above, the following conditions have to be met:

  • The student association must represent a large group of students (at least 50 students).
  • The minimum number of members is 15 students.
  • The deadline to apply for renewals and for yearly funding (optional) is the last Sunday of July for the following academic year. The deadline to apply to become a new association can be considered throughout the academic year, however, any new association needs to have been a recognized student club in the previous academic year.
  • Any new student association can only apply for financial support in the next academic year (retroactive payment).
  • For renewals, an annual activity and financial report must be submitted to the OSL (osl@uni.lu) before the application submission.
  • The application must be submitted via the Student Service Portal [! Link will be added soon !].

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