WHAT IS BEST? Firstly,
we
education
provide
complementary
integrating
universities
already
the provide,
one
our
bringing
knowledge ever closer to the students in need from all over Europe. Our most notable service on this is the organisation The Board of European Students of
of around one hundred BEST Courses per
Technology, also known as BEST, came to
year, gathering students from several
existence in April 1989. It has been 31 years
different backgrounds.
that BEST has been connecting students of technology from all over Europe. Currently,
Secondly, BEST offers itself to be a
we are composed of 93 Local BEST Groups
platform for educational involvement. To
(LBGs) from 34 countries. BEST has
do this, we gather students, academy and
developed itself to be a center for
industry’s input on how education should
innovation in the educational field and
be improved, so that solutions can be
student support, and also organised to
proposed to higher education institutions.
work for a million students from the hundred universities that we take part in.
Thirdly and lastly, BEST acts as a network
BEST works to ensure that students are
between
able to apply their full potential in a
students, so opportunities of collaboration
culturally diverse environment and, to
can be found and also provides career
achieve this, we constantly strive to find
support to our students so they can get
new and disparate opportunities for the
closer to their future careers.
development of students of technology. The focus of the organisation has revolved around three main areas.
6
the
industry,
academy
and
