The students' union executive committee (AStA) is the university-wide representation of students' interests at RWTH. It is elected annually by the student parliament. Its tasks consist of the university-political representation of the students to the university, the land and the public, of the administration of the student body's finances, of counceling in various social and student topics, of the organization of a cultural program and in political education. To reach these aims, AStA cooperates with many other student groups and organizations, such as the student unions, the equality office, the student senators, the representatives of the foreign students or the numerous student organizations and clubs.