Schüler Union Nordrhein-Westfalen

What Schüler Union Nordrhein-Westfalen does

Schüler Union Nordrhein-Westfalen is a political student organization (SchülERVEREINIGUNG) and an official Arbeitsgemeinschaft of the Junge Union Nordrhein-Westphalia, which in turn is the youth organization of the CDU party in NRW. Founded in 1972 and based at Wasserstraße 5 in Düsseldorf, the organization represents the interests of students aged 12 and older attending general-education or vocational schools, as well as apprentices, across Germany's most populous federal state. Its core offering is a free membership program (per §6 of its constitution, adopted in original form on April 9, 2016 in Paderborn) that gives members a structured platform for political education, advocacy on education-policy reform, and participation in CDU-affiliated party processes.

The organization's products and services center on membership, five specialized working groups (Public Relations, Programmatics, Political Education, Student Representatives, and Trainees), a formal Grundsatzprogramm (policy program) covering school systems, digitization, the economy, Europe, and environmental protection, and the Satzung und Geschäftsordnung governing its procedures. Its delivery model is community-led, growing through grassroots engagement at schools and the founding of new Kreisverbände, supported by a small staff of approximately 5 and a territorial structure of 8 Bezirksverbände (regional associations) and roughly 54 Kreisverbände (district associations). Revenue mechanics are non-commercial: membership is free, no paid products or services are offered, and the organization is funded through the political structures of the Junge Union NRW and the CDU; a Spenden (donations) channel exists on its website.

The organization's competitive positioning rests on institutional integration within the CDU/CSU family, giving it direct access to the NRW state executive and CDU parliamentary structures, and on a dense multi-level territorial network that competing youth political organizations would struggle to replicate. Recent strategic activity has focused on geographic buildout (foundings of Kreisverbände in Düsseldorf, Rhein-Sieg, and Paderborn in 2023, plus new Bezirksverbände in Ruhrgebiet and Münsterland), international cooperation with the European Pupils Union and Schülerunion Österreichs, and a leadership transition at the Landesschülerforum on October 25, 2025, where Jan-Philipp Lemm was elected Landesvorsitzender.

Name

Schüler Union Nordrhein-Westfalen

Legal name

Schüler Union Nordrhein-Westfalen

Website

https://nrw-su.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Schüler Union Nordrhein-Westfalen is the free, CDU-affiliated political student organization for students aged 12+ and apprentices in NRW, representing their interests in education policy through 8 Bezirksverbände and roughly 54 Kreisverbände under the Junge Union NRW.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Political Advocacy Organization

NAICS

Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Business Associations (81391)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

College Access, Scholarships & Student Success Nonprofits (BPAGADAE)

Keywords

• Youth political advocacy
• Education policy
• Student representation
• Political education
• CDU youth organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Membership is free of charge (kostenlos) per the organization's constitution §6. No membership fees are collected.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Schüler Union Nordrhein-Westfalen is a non-commercial political student organization (SchülERVEREINIGUNG) operating as an Arbeitsgemeinschaft (working group) of the Junge Union NRW within the CDU/CSU political family. It offers free membership to students aged 12 and above enrolled in general-education or vocational schools, as well as apprentices in North Rhine-Westphalia. The organization advocates for student interests in education policy before political institutions, develops policy positions on school systems, digitalization, apprenticeships, and youth issues, and provides political education, working groups, conferences (Landesschülerforum), and grassroots organizing through 8 Bezirksverbände and approximately 54 Kreisverbände across NRW.

Product overview

Schüler Union Nordrhein-Westfalen is a political student advocacy organization offering a membership program for students aged 12 and older at no cost, with organizational support through working groups (Public Relations, Programmatics, Political Education, Student Representatives, and Trainees). The organization is governed by its Grundsatzprogramm (policy program) and Satzung und Geschäftsordnung (constitution and rules of procedure), and maintains presence through eight district associations and approximately 54 circle associations across North Rhine-Westphalia. The organization's digital platform also provides access to news, events, decisions, and contact information.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership Program

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Junge Union Nordrhein-Westfalen (JU NRW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Schüler Union NRW is an official working group (Arbeitsgemeinschaft) of the Junge Union NRW. The JU NRW provides organizational support, shared resources, and infrastructure. A representative of the JU NRW holds a seat on the state board with speaking rights. The JU NRW Landesvorsitzender Kevin Gniosdorz is listed as an authorized representative in the imprint.
• CDU Nordrhein-WestfalencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Schüler Union NRW is the student wing of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia, operating within the Unionsfamilie (CDU/CSU family). The state chairman holds a seat on the extended state board of the CDU NRW. The organization advocates for education policy positions aligned with the CDU.
• Schüler Union Deutschlands (Bundesverband)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Schüler Union NRW is a constituent member of the federal Schüler Union Deutschlands organization. It participates in the Bundesschülertagung and coordinates positions at the national level. The state chairman holds a seat on the Bundekoordinationsausschuss.
• European Pupils UnionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Schüler Union NRW participated in an international seminar on digital crowdfunding co-organized with the European Pupils Union and Schülerunion Österreichs in January 2023, indicating cross-border cooperation with European student organizations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bundesschülerkonferenz: Federal statutory student representative body in Germany. Comparable as a national student advocacy organization engaging education ministries, but operates as an official non-partisan institution rather than a party-political working group like SU NRW.
• CDU Nordrhein-Westfalen: Parent party of SU NRW through Junge Union NRW. While not a student organization itself, it is the apex political body whose decisions, funding, and parliamentary access directly determine SU NRW's strategic agenda and operational capacity.

Regional players

• Schüler Union Hessen: State-level sister organization of SU NRW within the same CDU-affiliated Schüler Union family, serving Hessen instead of NRW. Functionally identical in mission and structure, making it a direct organizational analog rather than a competitor in NRW.
• Schüler Union Bayern: Bavarian state association of the Schüler Union. Mirrors SU NRW in mission, structure (Bezirks- and Kreisverbände), and CDU affiliation, but operates exclusively in Bavaria and therefore does not compete in NRW.

Emerging players

• European Pupils Union: Pan-European student political advocacy organization with which SU NRW has documented cross-border cooperation. Comparable in mission (student political advocacy, education policy) but operates at the EU level rather than within a single German state.

Direct peers

• Schüler Union Deutschlands (Bundesverband): Federal-level parent organization of SU NRW and all other state Schüler Union associations. Directly comparable as the apex of the same CDU-affiliated student political advocacy network, coordinating national policy positions and Bundesschülertagung.
• Grüne Jugend Nordrhein-Westfalen: Green party youth wing in NRW. Directly comparable as a party-political youth organization competing for the same student demographic, with parallel structure (Landesvorstand, Bezirks- and Kreisverbände) and education/climate advocacy focus.
• Jusos NRW (Junge Sozialisten): SPD-affiliated youth organization in NRW, structurally analogous to SU NRW as a party-aligned youth/political-education body. Comparable in grassroots district structure, Landesausschuss meetings, and education-policy advocacy, but on the center-left of the political spectrum.
• Junge Union Nordrhein-Westfalen: Parent political organization of SU NRW; the CDU's official youth wing in NRW. Highly comparable in mission (political advocacy, education/workforce policy, CDU affiliation), membership-driven structure, and Bezirksverband network across NRW.
• Landesschülerrat NRW: Official statutory student representative body for all NRW schools. Comparable as a student advocacy organization focused on education policy in NRW, with a similar territorial structure, though it is non-partisan and institutionally mandated rather than politically affiliated.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nrw_su
• Facebookfacebook.com/schueler.union.nrw
• Instagraminstagram.com/schuelerunionnrw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sch%C3%BCler-union-nordrhein-westfalen

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

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