The South Tyrolean student association (German: Südtiroler HochschülerInnenschaft, Italian: associazione universitaria sudtirolese, Ladin: lia di studenc dl’universitè de südtirol) is the most important South Tyrolean association for students.
The sh.asus takes stands, regarding cultural, social, political issues and after all in matters of educational policy.
Beside Bolzano there exist 7 branch offices in Innsbruck, Graz, Salzburg, Vienna, Bologna, Padova and Trento.
Traditional it is very important for the sh.asus to improve the Italian recognition of university degrees acquired in Austria.
The idea of a magazine was realized after all by Rainer Seberich and Franz von Walther, and is nowadays one of the most popular projects of the sh.asus.
Finally the sh.asus was divorces in two parties and the idea of a united student organization was at the risk to fail.
The “studentproblem” was a big issue also in the 70s and the sh.asus veered away in its opinion from the SVP (South Tyrol’s biggest political party).
Finally the sh.asus succeeded in overcoming the problems and is nowadays the most important South Tyrolean association for students.