The University of the South Pacific Students' Association

Vanuatu. These countries each host a regional campus student association we call as our USPSA Branch. The University of the South Pacific Students’ Association has been in existence ever since the University of the South Pacific began operations from 1968. USPSA is further acknowledged by the Royal Charter granted to the University by her Majesty the Queen of England on the 4th of February 1970 at Buckingham Palace. The Umbrella body of USP Students known as USPSA/ USPSA Federal was created by an ordinance of the 70th USP Council. In a collective sweep the 14 USPSA branches form the USPSA Federal Council. Since its inception in 2009, the USPSA Federal Council oversees all the USPSA Branches. The current membership of the association is well over 30,000. The 14 USPSA Branches (in 12 member countries) are united under the main USPSA Federal Council, the Council, through the Federal Office, is the administrative centre for the Association, it assists all branch associations with compliance issues and promotes and supports good governance throughout the branch associations. With the vision of “Achieving the best experience possible for students as they navigate through University”, the USPSA, in addition to its primary role as an advocating body, is responsible for engaging with CROP Agencies, member Country Governments, national, regional and international organizations in pursuit of USPSA’s objectives and its Transformative Plans. USPSA is also responsible for coordinating all student elections, appointing student representatives to various USP Committees and other ad-hoc committees, it also includes but not limited to the preparation and submission of USPSA reports to these committees and the USP Council. We still remain “One Ocean, One People, One Voice and One Journey”