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European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management
	Logo of ESTIEM
Formation	1990
Type	Network for European IEM students
Location	Europe;
Membership	approx. 4.500
Official language	English
Website	http://www.estiem.org

ESTIEM (European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management) is a pan-European organisation for students in the field of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM). Its main goal is to increase the communication and cooperation between students and institutions of technology within Europe. Through its 65 member groups ESTIEM today reaches more than 45,000 students in 24 countries.

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IEM Concept

The Industrial Engineering and Management Concept concept rests on the integration of technological understanding and management skills. The studies provide analytical capacities, engineering and management knowledge.

Mission

ESTIEM is the only Europe-wide organisation of students of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM). Its main goal is establishing and fostering interrelations among IEM students of across Europe and supporting them in their personal and professional development. This is achieved by organising a diverse portfolio of activities and events, and by providing a platform for communication and intercultural exchange.

Structure

The organisation is managed by a board. Throughout the year different projects are going on and committees are working on strategic and operative tasks. All this is work is done voluntary by IEM students of the member groups and alongside to their studies. The students work in multinational teams from their home and hold meetings once in a time in different locations in Europe.

Local Groups

The members of ESTIEM – in a legal sense – are the Local Groups (LGs) spread out all over Europe. All are independent local student associations active in organising and arranging Europe-wide and local activities. All Local Groups are related to the studies of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) only, forming a network of IEM students all over the continent.

ESTIEM Local Groups are organising and promoting international ESTIEM events and a number of local activities. The latter are generally directed to students of the local university, such as company tours, career fairs in their university, and social events. Each Local Group is financially self-sustaining and thus needs to be active in fund raising.

List of Local Groups:

Austria

Belgium

Local Group Brussels

Bulgaria

Local Group Sofia

Cyprus

Local Group Famagusta

Estonia

Local Group Tallinn

Finland

France

Local Group Grenoble
Local Group Lyon

Germany

Hungary

Local Group Budapest

Italy

Local Group Calabria
Local Group Naples
Local Group Reggio-Emillia

Macedonia

Local Group Skopje

The Netherlands

Norway

Local Group Trondheim

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Local Group Bucharest

Russia

Local Group St.Petersburg

Serbia

Local Group Belgrade
Local Group Novi Sad

Spain

Local Group Sevilla

Sweden

Switzerland

Local Group Zurich

Turkey

Ukraine

Local Group Kiev

United Kingdom

Local Group Cambridge
Local Group Nottingham

General Assembly

Twice a year, in spring and autumn, the representatives from all member universities of the organisation gather at the so-called Council Meeting, which is an event facilitating the general assembly of the organisation. The General Assembly is the decision-making body of the organisation. It coordinates the projects within ESTIEM, sets up guidelines for the future and, once a year, elects a new board and project leaders.

Council Meetings

Council Meetings are organised twice a year, hosting up to 200 IEM students that gather in the General Assemblies to contribute to the course of the organisation. At the Council Meeting various Working Groups led by experienced ESTIEMers develop concepts and strategies, work on guidelines, do practical work and focus on improving the organisation. Moreover, the Council Meetings offer the participants the opportunity to see life in a different European city, experience the local culture, interact with partner company representatives and learn about their career opportunities.

Board of ESTIEM

ESTIEM is administered and managed by a board, which consists of 5 students who are associated with a local group that is a legal member of the organisation. The board members are appointed by the General Assembly at the second Council Meeting every year in fall.

President

The President keeps an overview of the work of the Board and ESTIEM, and is responsible for the contacts to other organisations.

Vice President of Finance

The Vice President of Finance is taking care of the bookkeeping and the budgeting of ESTIEM.

Vice President of Administration

The Vice President of Administration is according to regulations responsible for IT, especially the portal system for ESTIEMers and internal communication that includes for example monthly newsletter.

Vice President of Public Relations

The Vice President of Public Relations is responsible for managing the brands of ESTIEM and its Projects. This includes the internal brand communication as well as external communication towards press, universities and companies. Furthermore the Vice President of Public Relations holds the contact to ESTIEM’s Partners.

Vice President of Activities

The Vice President of Activities is responsible for the coordination and initiation of the activities as well as for the documentation of all ESTIEM activities.

Committees

ESTIEM has several committees. These groups – working closely together with the Board – perform tasks that are of strategic importance to ESTIEM. Through their activities they help realise ESTIEM’s long-term goals and support the overall organisation.

Corporate Relations

The Corporate Relations Committee (CRC) coordinates the relations between ESTIEM and companies jointly with the board. Furthermore its aim is to contribute to an overall strategy maximising the value to partners and ESTIEM itself through applying value added thinking and customer relationship management to student-corporate relations.

Financial and Legal

The Financial and Legal Committee predominantly consists of former and current Vice Presidents of Finance and the annually elected Financial Controllers. The task of the Financial Controllers is to inspect the finances of ESTIEM and its projects. They are checking for property, eligibility and reasonability. All committee members have an advisory function for those who are responsible for financial or legal affairs in ESTIEM.

Information Technology

The IT Committee maintains the mail, intranet, and web servers of ESTIEM and coordinates all IT-related development in the organisation, such as regarding the IT backend system. In addition, its members offer troubleshooting services and technical advice to ESTIEMers.

Knowledge Management

The Knowledge Management Committee (KMC) collects documents and makes knowledge accessible for all ESTIEM members by creating trainings, best practice documents, an ESTIEM FAQ, different guidelines and a help mailing list.

Members

The ESTIEM Members Committee (MC) supports the member groups of ESTIEM and provides information for those students who are interested in joining the ESTIEM organisation by forming their own local group. They guide the interested groups through the whole process, starting from establishing contact – via the guest and observation period – until fully pledged membership.

Public Relations

The aim of the Public Relations (PR) committee is to promote the ESTIEM brand in and outside the organisation, and this way increase the awareness of ESTIEM among companies, professors, as well as IEM students throughout Europe. The PR committee works with several different tools to achieve this aim, for instance designing promotion material, creating design guidelines, and working on media relations.

TIMES Committee

The TIMES Committee is responsible for all strategic, long-term, non-project specific planning and tasks of TIMES case competition. The work of the committee includes improving of the quality of TIMES project and building and maintaining relationships with key partners.

Activities and Projects

Multinational project teams organise a broad scope of Europe-wide activities such as exchanges, conferences, case study competitions, lectures and workshops.

TIMES

The European business case competition TIMES has been carried for over 10 years throughout Europe, being the only one of its kind on our continent. TIMES is the flagship project of ESTIEM, that has established an extensive network covering 24 countries and 64 universities, reaching as many as 45,000 students. The tournament attracts every year around 250 teams being challenged in their management and engineering skills and competing for the title of “IEM Students of the Year”. For more information go to http://www.times.estiem.org

The Vision Seminar

The Vision Project is a Europe-wide series of seminars organised annually by ESTIEM. Each year a new topic is chosen to study the current trends and substantial phenomena, that appear to have a great effect on the European economy, business and industry. The Vision Seminar Series explores innovative approaches and useful tools to understand emerging issues. It also encourages communication between students and business world. Individual seminars are organised by different local groups throughout Europe, allowing each of them to have a unique approach to the general theme. For more information go to http://www.vision.estiem.org

ESTIEM Summer Academy

The ESTIEM Summer Academy was set up to bring international students together during summer holidays to engage in open discussion, group work, debate and private study under a senior Academic Leader. By talking, studying and mixing with students from all over the world all participants supposed to gain new ideas and perspectives, not just on their profession but also on other cultures. Through the Summer Academy project, ESTIEM recognises the importance of ethical leadership, and takes responsibility for providing this knowledge to its student members as well as students from all over the world. In this way ESTIEM wants to contribute to their growth as “future leaders of Europe”. For more information go to http://www.sac.estiem.org

ESTIEM Magazine

The ESTIEM Magazine provides a platform to reach a target group of approximately 45,000 IEM students at universities all over Europe. It is published twice a year, covering current topics on the field of industrial engineering and management as well as different articles about past or upcoming ESTIEM events . For more information go to http://www.magazine.estiem.org

Student Guide

The ESTIEM Student Guide provides a Europe-wide platform for academic and intercultural information for students in the field of IEM. Its purpose being also to contribute to strengthening the network. It provides study and cultural information on countries, cities and universities and gives overview of differences in education. It aims to improve transparency within the field of IEM studies in Europe and being a contact point for IEM students searching for a place to study. For more information go to http://www.studentguide.estiem.org

Europe3D

Europe3D is a seminar, which takes place in different cities throughout Europe. Within a five-day seminar series the participants get a basic picture of the hosting country. A special focus thereby lays on national characteristics in politics and economy. For a better understanding of basic local parameters that exist in European states also cultural differences are considered. Lectures given by experts from politics, science and economy provide the participants with a theoretical insight. For more information go to http://www.europe3d.estiem.org

Alumni

“ESTIEM Alumni is providing life after ESTIEM”. It is open to all people formerly involved in ESTIEM, but also for other professionals interested in Industrial Engineering and Management. The only fixed event is the annual Alumni Meeting. All other events depend on initiatives of the members.

History

ESTIEM was created to increase the communication and cooperation between students and institutions of technology in Europe within the field of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM). It was founded in 1990 in Berlin by several IEM from four different countries. The first statutes were signed by 14 universities from 7 countries. Since 1995 ESTIEM is an official student organisation registered in Eindhoven according to the Dutch law.

Partners

ESTIEM cooperates with several international companies with the aim of combining the interests of both, the ESTIEM students and the companies. Through the enhanced communication the students are able to gain new professional knowledge from today’s business world, and to get to know the companies as possible future employers. In a partnership co-operation the students have the possibility of getting to know the companies more thoroughly and are often offered several opportunities for interaction with the companies in question.

External Links

Verband Deutscher Wirtschaftsingenieure e.V. German IEM Association