The Union of Swiss Theatres UST (Schweizerischer Bühnenverband) is an association classed as per article 60 of the civil code. The Union unifies all the theatres affiliated to it in Switzerland. The theatres of the francophone areas of Switzerland are part of the Fédération Romande des Arts de la Scène (FRAS), which is an regional umbrella group and it-self member of the UST. The main organs of the UST are:

The General Assembly
This comprises of the executive board and the committee members and honorary members of the UST. This is the voting body of the organisation, it approves the annual report of the president and decides on statute changes. 

The Executive Board
The board is made up of the artistic and commercial directors of the member theatres. It specifically decides on the accession of new members, the budget and the annual financial statements, the UST’s programme of activity, as well as the political, legal social and various other questions and issues which are submitted to it by the committee.

The Committee
This consists of the president, two vice-presidents, the managing director, a syndic, as well as members elected by the executive board. Two seats are reserved to the Romandie and one seat is reserved to the Ticino. It is the leading organ of the UST which prepares business for the executive board meeting of members and also deals with questions given to it from these bodies.

The Administration Office
This is run by the managing director, and processes all the business connected with the UST bodies, as well as the day-to-day duties of the Union. These tasks include administration, organisational work, public relations and documentation processing.

The Syndic
The syndic is an independent lawyer elected by the executive board, who advises the UST on all relevant legal matters.

The Audit Division
It checks the annual financial statements of the UST and provides the executive board with financial reports.