Board of European Students of Technology

Board of European Students of Technology ( BEST short ) is an international, non-political non-profit organization which is organized only by students. The main objective of BEST is to provide students with technical courses in Europe, an international orientation.

BEST was founded in 1989 in Berlin. The organization consists of 82 groups which are represented in 30 European countries. The main activities of BEST are the organization and application of public international and local events. In addition to one-to two -week academic and leisure courses for international participants some BEST groups also organize company contact fairs and company presentations at the university. Participation in academic BEST courses cost a maximum of 45 euros, which includes room and board.

Every year you count:

• More than 100 external events (most courses) throughout the year, especially in summer
• More than 15 000 applications to participate
• Three symposia on education
• A general meeting and a meeting of all local presidents
• Numerous internal meetings (training, regional meetings, cultural exchanges, internal meetings ... )

History

The first idea was created in 1987 during a European conference for students of mathematics and physics in Stockholm (Sweden). It was decided to hold bi-annual International Week. This should take place every time in a different country to develop the interaction between the students.

The second International Week was held in March 1988 in Grenoble (France). Not only students of mathematics and physics came to this meeting, but also from other disciplines. The next week was held in Eindhoven ( The Netherlands). The first specially aligned for BEST meeting was held in April 1989 in Berlin ( Germany ). There, the basic structure has been decided. The Association shall consist of a Board of Directors (Board), consist of a general assembly and of members. The delegates who took part, came from all over Europe.

During the meeting in Budapest in November 1990, the summer program has emerged as a group of courses, each lasting two weeks and take place throughout Europe. In the summer of 1991, so there was the first 13 summer courses. In the first three years they have been supported by the EU TEMPUS program.

The organization has continued to grow, adding new members have been added and new projects were developed. During the XIV General Assembly has decided to apply in collaboration with CESAER and SEFI for the thematic network H3E in the Socrates program of the European Union. This network, officially founded in 1996, should deal with the future of education in the field of engineering sciences and was the first thematic network in which students can participate as equal partners.

For XV. General Meeting in Belgium, the club has begun a close partnership with the German organization bonding- studenteninitiative eV. Every team is the activities of the other recognize to start a cooperation. Since 2002, BEST is also working with the Canadian Federation of Engineering Students ( CFES ).

List of BEST Groups

• Belgium: Brussels ULB, VUB Brussels, Ghent University, UCL Louvain- la -Neuve, KU Leuven, University of Liege
• Bulgaria: TU Sofia
• Germany: University of Erlangen
• Denmark: Aalborg Universitetscenter, DTU Copenhagen
• Estonia: Tallinn University of Technology
• France: Ensam, INP Grenoble, INSA Lyon, INP Nancy, Ecole Centrale Paris, Ecole Polytechnique Paris, ENSTA Paris, Paris Supélec
• Finland: Helsinki University of Technology, Tampere University of Technology
• Greece: NTU Athens, Technical University of Crete / Chania, University of Patras, Thessaloniki AU
• Italy: University of Milan, University of Naples Federico II, University of Rome La Sapienza, University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Turin
• Iceland: University of Iceland Reykjavik
• Croatia: University of Zagreb
• Latvia: Riga Technical University
• Lithuania: Kaunas University of Technology
• Macedonia: University of Skopje
• Netherlands: TU Eindhoven, TU Delft
• Norway: NTNU Trondheim
• Austria: Graz University of Technology, Vienna University of Technology
• Poland: Technical University of Gdansk, Cracow University of Technology, Technical University of Łódź, Silesian Technical University, Technical University of Warsaw
• Portugal: New University of Lisbon, Almada, University of Coimbra, University of Lisbon, University of Porto
• Romania: Transilvania University of Braşov, University of Bucharest, Iasi Technical University, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Technical University of Timişoara
• Russia: USTU Yekaterinburg, USURT Yekaterinburg, Moscow BMSTU
• Sweden: Chalmers Gothenburg, Lund University, KTH Stockholm, Uppsala University
• Serbia: University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad, University of Niš
• Slovakia: STU Bratislava, TU Košice
• Slovenia: University of Ljubljana, University of Maribor
• Spain: UPC Barcelona, ​​Carlos III University of Madrid, UPM Madrid, University of Valladolid
• Czech Republic: Brno University of Technology
• Turkey: METU Ankara, Istanbul Technical University, YTÜ
• Hungary: Budapest, Veszprém PU
• Ukraine: Lviv University, University Zaporizhia

Partner organizations

• Bonding- studenteninitiative eV (11 chapters in Germany, based in Aachen, since 1997)
• Canadian Federation of Engineering Students (45 engineering colleges in Canada, since 2004)
• AEGEE ( Association des Etats Généreaux des Etudiants de l'Europe, active in over 200 universities in 40 European countries, based in Paris)
• ESTIEM ( European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management, 72 chapters in 28 countries )
• European Law Students' Association ( local chapters in nearly 300 universities in 42 European countries)

Furthermore BEST Member of international informal forum IFISO.