[1][2] Membership in the fraternity is open to honorable men[3] studying at one of Munich's universities and is based exclusively on personality, good moral standing, and strength of character.

[1] The fraternity encourages freshly admitted (pledging "fox") members with diverse ethnic, national, religious and political backgrounds to prove themselves as valuable Corps brothers, purely on the basis of personal character and merit, before becoming eligible to be fully incorporated (Rezeption).

[5][6][8] Saxo-Thuringia's members identify themselves wearing the traditional couleur, colored stripes, as well as caps and/or other specific garments at official occasions.

With the goal to achieve members who are prepared to become active leaders in society, every Corps brother is expected to hold a leadership position at least once for a term ("Semester") while a student.

[4] Similarly, every member must finish his higher educational degree with good academic standing in order to advance to the status of Alter Herr (alumnus).

[4] One half of the current fraternity was founded as Landsmannschaft Nicaria featuring the colors „Light blue - white - orange" and the Motto "Post Nubila Phoebus" (Sunshine follows rain) and the fencing motto "Amico pectus, hosti frontem" (Arm your friend, confront your enemy) on March 15, 1882, near Stuttgart.

The other half of the current fraternity was founded as Landsmannschaft Thuringia on November 2, 1898 with the colors "Black - Gold - Blue" in Munich.

Nicaria contributed a part of the new crest, the colors („Light blue - White - Orange"), the mottos and the official founding date of the new fraternity.

Before the Nazis caused the German Student Corps to suspend activities in the 1930s, it flourished in Dresden where it had originally been founded on January 23, 1889.