The University of Northern Philippines takes pride to be one of the few institutions of higher learning that sustains a structure of Student Government that responds to a pluralistic academic community.

The UNP student government is structured as follows: the Executive Branch which is the Student Council (SC) and the Legislative Branch, the Supreme Order of University Legislators (SOUL). The latter is composed of student representatives from the different Academic units of the university. The Academic Unit Councils (AUCs or Mandated Student Organizations), the chairperson of the Society for the Protection of the Interests, Rights, Initiatives and Talents of Students (SPIRITS or the confederation of Accredited Student-Sectoral Organizations), and the chairperson of the Peaceful, Responsible and Organized Fraternities (PROFrat or the confederation of Accredited Fraternities and Sororities). It also provides powers for independent Constitutional Commissions to act on particular areas of system regulation such as the efficiency and transparency of the UNP-SC and its subdivisions, by Student Auditors’ for Financial Efficacy (SAFE) Commission); the administration and enforcement of all laws and measures relative to the conduct of honest, orderly and peaceful student elections, through the Honest, Orderly and Peaceful Elections (HOPE) Commission; and the judicious implementation of the UNP-SC Constitution and the rules and regulations stated at the Student Code of Conduct and Discipline, under the guard of the Truthful and Responsible University Student Tribunal (TRUST) Commission.

Each formation operates according to the all-embracing principles of democratic, evocative and participatory leadership, integrity and transparency, unity and synergy, promoting campus peace and keeping abreast with technology.