Agenda Introduction History of BEST Identity of BEST Our services Internal Events

1988 Grenoble » History Let’s call it BEST!

97 LBGs 3300 members 34 countries » History

Vision « Empowered diversity » Why BEST?

Mission « Developing students » Why BEST?

BEST Spirit Improvement Learning Fun Friendship Flexibility

Position Voluntary Politically neutral Non profit Non representative In Europe European students of technology

Stakeholders

Core services Complementary Education Career Support Educational Involvement

Services BEST Courses EBEC BEST Symposia on education BEST Career Day BEST Career Center

BEST Courses BEST Courses are events in which participants attend lectures given by the university's teaching staff or by experts from companies. These lectures happen in parallel with other activities, like company visits, laboratory work, workshops, etc. At the end of the course students take an exam, which is designed to evaluate the participants' success, and a certificate is delivered for the students to be able to get the course recognised in their home universities.  Subtypes are BEST Courses on Technology, BEST Courses on Career Related Skills and BEST Courses on Applied Engineering.

EBEC EBEC, standing for European BEST Engineering Competition, is the largest competition organised in the organisation at the moment. It follows a pyramid structure with 3 levels and two categories (Case Study and Team Design), both of them team-based. The three levels of the pyramid are the following: ● Local Round of EBEC is a local event where participants from a local university compete in teams in the two categories mentioned above. ● National or Regional Round of EBEC is a national or regional engineering competition which gathers the winners of Local EBEC Rounds. ● Final Round of EBEC is an international engineering competition, and the last round of the EBEC competition. It gathers the winners of the National and Regional BEST Engineering Competitions (in both Team Design and Case Study categories) to compete to be the best engineers in Europe. 

BEST Symposia on Education A BEST Symposium on Education lasts usually 10 days and involves approximately 22 students participating and a content team composed of BESTies, representatives from European educational projects and universities or companies representatives delivering the content or engaging in the discussions. The goal is to approach the perspectives of the three stakeholders in education (students, companies and universities) through the continuous exchange of opinions and experience. 

BEST Career Day The BEST Career Day (BCD) is a European career fair that gathers more than 200 specifically selected students and recent graduates coming from all universities where BEST is present. It happens at the end of March and, since 2016 included, it always takes place in Brussels as a stand-alone event.

BEST Career Center The BEST Career Centre is the only online service provided by the organisation with an international reach. The set of tools present in it make it possible for students and companies to get closer to each other and/or interact without the need of travelling. It works on three areas: Dissemination, CV database and Webinars.

Events organised by LBGs Apart from the 5 services there are many other events organised by LBGs.

Internal Events General Meetings Discuss and vote upon changes Presidents’ Meeting Presidents General Assembly Two delegates from each LBG Elect the next board Internal events is where we can discuss and decide on actions to improve our organization, these events are only for BESTies. At General Meetings (GM) delegates from all Local BEST Groups (LBG), the management of BEST, members from international teams, project coordinators, gather to discuss changes in BEST and vote on them. Each LBG has one vote. The GMs in BEST are: Presidents’ Meeting in November, where all the presidents attend and General Assembly in April where two delegates from each LBG attends and the new board are being elected.

Internal Events Regional Meetings Prepare GM delegates Training, sharing, collect input, learn about international work Autumn RMs and Spring RMs

The end Questions? If you have any more questions that weren’t answered here, you can always contact: President@BEST.eu.org