Board of European Students of Technology
'Board of European Students of Technology' is an international, non-governmental, non-political, non-profit, student organisation managed entirely by students. It strives to make technology students more internationally minded by encouraging their mobility and intercultural communication.
It was established in 1989 and is growing ever since. Currently it consists of 66 local BEST groups in 26 countries with more than 1700 active members.
They have an online job fair with more than 4000 CVs of Engineering students from all over Europe.
In 2002 they had:
- 76 learning and leisure events
- 9288 applications for these events
- 3 educational symposiums
- 2 general meetings
Partner organisations
- bonding-studenteninitiative e.V. (since 1997)
- CFES – Canadian Federation of Engineering students
Local BEST groups
A Local BEST Group (commonly referred to as LBG) is an association of BEST members at the same university. These LBG's are responsible for the activities of BEST at their university.