NUS is a voluntary membership organisation comprising a confederation of local student representative organisations in colleges and universities throughout the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland which have chosen to affiliate and which pay a membership fee.  

We have 600 constituent members- virtually every college and university in the country- and as such we represent the interests of over 7 million students.

Run by students

Run by student officers elected by our members, NUS is the largest student organisation in the world.

Developing our members

We campaign, provide research, representation, discounts, training and expert advice for individual students and students' unions. Each year we train over 3,000 students' union officers.

Fighting for students

NUS fights barriers to education, empowers students to shape both a quality learning experience and the world around them, and supports influential, democratic and well-resourced students’ unions.

For more information on our work please download a copy of our strategic plan.

Closely linked organisations

NUS has forged extremely close links with the two other major national organisations in the student movement; AMSU (Association of Managers in Students' Unions) and NUS Services.