Every undergraduate at Penn is a member of the UA.

To that end, the whole student body is reserved the power to alter the basic structure of the PSG and make binding decisions over all PSG branches through the referendum process. However, the whole electorate cannot feasibly be involved in the intricacies of university policymaking, and so there are additional levels of involvement.

Click on the links for more details on each of the forms of UA membership:

Representatives

The day-to-day management of the UA rests with a General Body of thirty-three (33) elected Representatives of the student body, 24 elected from the 4 undergraduate schools in the Spring and 9 elected from the Freshmen in the Fall. Representatives vote in weekly public General Assembly meetings (held Sundays at 9pm) on resolutions, which are authoritative statements of how the student body feels on a particular issue. In addition, Representatives pursue their own projects to improve student life, lobbying administrators, working with student groups, and creating new services to that end. Being a Representative entails a responsibility to serving your peers and the power to do it.

Associate Members

Associate Members are Penn undergraduates who work on UA projects and initiatives without holding one of the 33 representative positions. Many students prefer the AM position to being a Representative: it carries fewer obligations than a UA member but allows you to pursue the same projects and often making as great an impact as one.

Cabinet

The Cabinet is the elected leadership of the UA, composed of an Executive Board elected by the General Body in the Spring and a number of Directors appointed by the Executive Board in the Fall. The Cabinet and the UA are led by the Chair.