The Council of University Students of the State (CEUNE) is the body of deliberation, consultation and participation of university students, before the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. This Council establishes a direct channel of representation for all students, similar to that held by the Rectors and the Autonomous Communities through the Council of Universities and the General Conference of University Policy, and strengthens the central role of students within the Spanish university system. This representative body gives institutional visibility to the participation of students and offers a key framework to debate the policies of modernization of the Spanish university system
In article 1.5 g) of Royal Decree 472/2024, of 7 May, which develops the basic organizational structure of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, CEUNE is cited as an organ attached to the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, through the General Secretariat of Universities, exercising the functions attributed in article 17 of Organic Law 2/2023, of 22 March, of the University System. This article defines CEUNE as the body for participation, deliberation and consultation of university students before the Ministry.
The CEUNE will be chaired by the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities and all universities will be represented.
According to the University Student Statute, CEUNE will have two vice-presidents and a secretary.
This body may meet in plenary and in the Standing Committee.
