title: National postgraduate representative body
text: # National postgraduate representative body
  
  A national postgraduate representative body exists in many countries and represents postgraduate students/researchers undertaking their doctorate (PhD) or postdoctoral research. Some have a broader remit to represent all postgraduates, including those taking master's degrees. A few countries have no specific body but are represented by a national body representing all students, including undergraduates.
  
  In Europe, many of the national organisations have come together under the Eurodoc federation.
  
  ## List of national postgraduate representative bodies by country
  
  ### Specific postgraduate bodies
  
  * Armenia – Ecosocium, Young Scientists NGO
  * Australia - Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations
  * Belgium – Focus Research
  * Bulgaria – Asociacija na doktorantite v Bylgarija (ADB)
  * Czech Republic – Czech Association of Doctoral Researchers (ČAD)
  * Denmark – Danske Ph.d.-stipendiaters netvaerk
  * Estonia – Eesti Noorte Teadlaste Akadeemia
  * France – Confédération des jeunes chercheurs (CJC)
  * Germany – Thesis
  * Greece – Elliniki Epistimoniki Etaireia Ypopsifion Didaktoron
  * Hungary – Doktoranduszok Országos Szövetsége (DOSZ)
  * Italy – Associazione Dottorandi e Dottori di Ricerca Italiani (ADI)
  * Lithuania – Lietuvos Jaunuju Mokslininku Sajunga
  * Moldova – ATCM Pro-Stiinta
  * Netherlands – Promovendi netwerk nederland (PNN)
  * Norway – Stipendiat-organisasjonene i Norge (SiN)
  * Poland – Sapere Aude
  * Portugal – Associação dos Bolseiros de Investigação Cientifica (ABIC)
  * Romania – Ad Astra
  * Russia – Young Researchers
  * Slovakia – Asociácia doktorandov Slovenska (ADS)
  * Slovenia – Drustvo Mladih Raziskovalcev Slovenije (DMRS)
  * Spain – Precarios
  * Sweden – Sveriges Doktorander (SDok)
  * United Kingdom – National Postgraduate Committee (NPC)
  * United States - National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS)
  
  ### Represented by a body for all students
  
  * Austria - Austrian National Union of Students (Österreichische HochschülerInnenschaft - ÖH)
  * Ireland - Union of Students in Ireland (USI)
  