AICUF (All India Catholic University Federation) is a movement of university students with a vision to create a new and just society. Understanding the need for constant rediscovering and recreation, the organisation aims to meet the emerging needs and realities of the university, the church and wider society.

History
The Catholic Young Men Guild (CYMG), started by a group of college students under the guidance of Fr. P. Carty SJ at St. Joseph’s College, Trichy was an organization in the tradition of ‘Catholic Action’. The guild had the following principal aims: a) the spirit of Christian Brotherhood b) informed catholic mind c) application of catholic principles to social problems. Study clubs were main units for functioning. The Rally, the student magazine accompanied the guild from its inception. It was then merged with the MCYL (Malabar Catholic Youth League) that was founded by Fr. Honore SJ in 1915. CYMG was renamed as CYMF (Catholic Young Men Federation). In 1937 CYMF grew far and wide in the Southern part of India and got re-christened itself as SICUF.

SICUF became AICUF in 1949 as a national level student movement and got recognized by CBCI (Catholic Bishops' Conference of India). AICUF publishes an alternative student monthly 'THE RALLY' in English. The Rally is a mouth piece of AICUF. It deals with the current educational, social, cultural and political scenario of the country on various themes.

AICUF Karnataka
Karnataka has AICUF Unit across several Colleges. They conduct several outreach programmes. State Aicuf Secretariat is located in St Joseph's College, Bengaluru. Fr Brian Pereira SJ was Aicuf state Advisor for several years until 2018. Fr Joy Rodrigues SJ has become Karnataka State Advisor from 2018. He is mentoring several units. Every year elections are held to elect National Representatives.

Aims and objectives:
• To motivate students to engage in studies, research and other activities linked to broader socio-economic and political issues with a view to becoming a creative and critical force within the college/university.
• To enable students to critically analyze their socio-economic, political, cultural context at micro and macro level, to help them to recognize the need and importance of justice as a vital element of transformation, to instill in them a deep and genuine concern for the oppressed and the marginalized and to inspire them to commit radically to the task of building a new and just society.
• To develop a pedagogy which empowers students to play a prophetic role in society – a pedagogy which draws inspiration from the Holy Scriptures and the lives of committed men and women who worked for a better world order.
• To help students evolve spirituality rooted in God, which integrates contemplation and action and promotes humanization through praxis: involvement-reflection-evaluation- action?