Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association

Your Students’ Association

For over 111 years the Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association (VUWSA) has been defending our interests as students and ensuring we get the most out of our time at University. When you enroll at Victoria University, you become a member of VUWSA. This allows the Association to provide you an array of services that guarantee you have the best possible academic support, campus life and student experience.

Your membership gives you the ultimate governing role over VUWSA, as it is you the student who has the power to say what VUWSA should be doing and in what direction it should be going. You are an integral part of VUWSA so do get involved.

Students are the number one stakeholders at Victoria. That’s why we ensure there is strong student representation at every level of the University. This sees VUWSA coordinate and train over 800 Student Representatives on all forms of University bodies from Class Representatives for individual papers, to Faculty Boards, Academic Board to the University Council.

VUWSA supports and funds the most many student clubs and societies that exist on Campus. VUWSA provides activities and events entertainment including Orientation, Reorientation, University Games and other awesome events throughout the year.  These clubs and events enliven student life and provide support for all types of students.

VUWSA also funds and supports a number of Representative Groups for specific groups of students such as Law, Commerce, Architecture and Design, women, queer, Pasifika, media, disabled and mature.

VUWSA also runs campaigns demanding a better deal for students, including saving the Film School and the Gender and Women’s Studies programme, employing trained staff to help deal with student grievances and support, and ensuring that Student Representatives are supported in their roles. VUWSA also funds the weekly student magazine, Salient (which won the ASPA Award for best student publication in 2009) and the VBC 88.3FM (the best student radio station in the City).

There is a heavy emphasis on ensuring you get the maximum possible value for your money and the Association operates on the philosophy of students serving students.

Contact Your Local VUWSA Office

To find out more about VUWSA, its clubs, activities, advocacy, student media, representation, education and welfare services such as the Food Bank, free bus passes, and Class Representatives, or Student Job Search, you can get in touch here.