Post on 27-Mar-2015
Board of European Students of Technology
by Tim GovaertPresident of XXI Board
2008/2009
Agenda
• BEST in general
• Services
• Structure
• Achievements of the year
• Partners
• Questions
BEST
• Board of European Students of Technology• Non-profit• Non-representative • Non-political • Volunteer student organisation founded in
1989
Our target group...Students of Technology
BEST• 30 countries• 81 universities• 2 600 active members
• Reaching 1 000 000students all over Europe
• 1 000 companies involved in all BEST events
BEST
Students
Universities Companies
Events of Education
BEST Courses
BEST Courses
BEST Career Support
Internal events
BEST Courses
Internal events
Services for students
• Complementary Education
• Career Support
• Educational Involvement
Complementary education
• Technical courses – 100 each year
• Engineering competitions – 3000 students
• Intense cooperation with companies
• High quality label and credits given by universities
• Continuous experience since 1991
Career support
• Multinational companies announcing• Jobs • Internships• Special projects
• Online CV database – over 13000 CVs
• Informal contact between companies and Students
Educational Involvement• Giving input in the development of engineering
education
States
EuropeanCommission
Students
BEST/EduCo
Higher Education
Conferences / thematic networks
Events on EducationQuestionnaires
Students’ views on their involvement in
Engineering Education Development
• President• Secretary• Treasurer
Structure
• Local BEST Groups
• VP Internal Support• VP External Services• VP Local Group Sup.
Board
6 Committees • Training Group• Corporate Relations• Marketing• IT Systems• Coordination of external
events• Educational Involvement
Achievements of the year
• European BEST Engineering Competition
• Media relations
• Marketing Strategy
• Training and technical trainers
Partners• Corporate Partners
• Career Support Partners
• Supporters
Questions
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