University of Trier - Karl-Marx-University of Trier

Karl-Marx-University of Trier

The General Students Committee (German: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss, or AStA for short) put forward a proposal to change the university's official name to the Karl Marx University of Trier (German: Karl-Marx-Universität Trier), in honour of perhaps the city's most famous son. Although the proposal was rejected by university authorities, the General Students Committee still typically refers to the university as "Karl-Marx-Universität Trier".