The Austrian Students' Union by statutory body (German: Österreichische Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaft, ÖH) is the general students' representative body in Austria and serves as the students' government by federal law.

Membership in the ÖH is compulsory for every university student in Austria, including PhD candidates.

The statutes of the ÖH are regulated in a federal law, the "Hochschülerinnen und Hochschülerschaftsgesetz" (HSG).

[2] The Students Union is structured into: Biannually, there are general elections.

The HSG also includes regulations on the funding of the ÖH and its parts and the duties and rights of the students representatives.