European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management

European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management (ESTIEM)

ESTIEM Logo
Formation	1990
Type	Non-profit, Non-governmental, Non-political
Legal status	Active
Purpose	Education
Headquarters	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Region served	Europe
Official language	English
Website	www.estiem.org
Remarks	The sole European Industrial Engineering and Management Student Organisation

ESTIEM (European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management) is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-political student organisation that connects European students that combine technological understanding with management skills. The goal of this organisation is to establish and foster relations between students across Europe and support them in their professional and personal development. As of August 2023, the ESTIEM network counts over 8,000 members that are registered in 76 universities from 26 countries.

ESTIEM has its seat in Eindhoven, Netherlands

History

The idea of the network was created during the WIFO 1990 seminar that was held in Darmstadt in January 1990. During the mentioned meeting participants from Darmstadt, Dresden, Graz, Helsinki and Karlsruhe decided to integrate a network of IEM Students and graduates to "enhance communication and co-operation". This network was called EAIM (European Association of Industrial Management). In November 1990 the statute of ESTIEM was signed in Berlin by representatives of 14 student groups from 6 countries. ESTIEM is an official student organisation registered in Eindhoven, since 1995.

Today

Annually, ESTIEM delivers over 150 European wide events to its membership of over 8,000 students. These events aim to support students in their personal and professional development by educating them in: Soft skills, IEM Seminars, Case Study competitions and Entrepreneurship. ESTIEM publishes two Magazines annually that claim to provide insight into "forward-looking topics" in Industrial Engineering and Management, the print run is approximately 3000 copies.

Structure

Structure of ESTIEM

The network consists of its Local Groups, which function as independent entities connected to IEM study programmes at universities over Europe. The purpose of the central level is to support the Local Groups in their activities.

The central level

• The Board of ESTIEM which is the core managing and responsible body of the organisation. It is constituted of six students who are being elected every spring.
• Committees & task groups, their task is to support the Board on operational tasks in specific areas of its responsibility.
• Services that are responsible to support Local Groups when organising an event and to provide services to students. Services are grouped in 4 departments.

Council meetings

The decision-making body of the network is the General Assembly, which meets twice a year in autumn and in spring at the Council Meeting. Each university, represented by its so called "local Group", sends two student representatives.

Benefits for students

ESTIEM offers students opportunities to develop themselves, including seminars, case study competitions, summer academies and training. These activities are set in an intercultural context, where individuals may find that different mentalities challenges their way of thinking. Making friends and exploring Europe by participating in European wide events that encourages open-mindedness, paving the way for friendships and a network of future colleagues across borders.

Local groups

Country	City
Austria	Graz, Vienna
Belarus	Minsk
Belgium	Brussels, Liège
Bulgaria	Sofia
Croatia	Rijeka (Observer), Zagreb
Cyprus	Famagusta
Estonia	Tallinn
Finland	Helsinki, Lappeenranta, Oulu, Tampere, Vaasa
France	Auvergne, Grenoble, Lyon
Germany	Aachen, Berlin, Braunschweig, Bremen, Darmstadt, Dortmund, Dresden, Hamburg, Ilmenau, Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe, Munich, Paderborn, Siegen
Greece	Piraeus, Xanthi
Hungary	Budapest
Italy	Calabria, Milan
North Macedonia	Skopje
Netherlands	Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen
Norway	Trondheim
Poland	Gdańsk, Kraków, Warsaw
Portugal	Aveiro, Coimbra, Lisbon, Minho, Porto
Romania	Bucharest, Târgu Mureș
Russia	Moscow, St. Petersburg
Serbia	Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš (Observer)
Spain	Barcelona, Cartagena (Observer), Madrid, Seville
Sweden	Gothenburg, Linköping, Luleå, Lund, Stockholm, Karlstad
Switzerland	Lausanne (Observer)
Turkey	Ankara-Bilkent, Ankara-METU, Istanbul-Bogazici, Istanbul-ITU, Istanbul-Yildiz, Izmir-DEU, Izmir-Economy
Ukraine	Kyiv

Local Groups are being divided into Regions in ESTIEM, every Region has a Regional Coordinator that is responsible to ensure the communication and cooperation among the members.

ESTIEM Local Groups Divided into Regions (April 2020)

ESTIEM Board

Position	Name	Local Group
President	Erik Viktor Pymay Jasinski	Gothenburg
Vice President of Finance	Tina Mlinarić	Zagreb
Vice President of Administration	Ari Hietanen	Tampere
Vice President of Education	Marlene von Steinaecker	Berlin
Vice President of Activities	João Piçarra	Aveiro
Vice President of Public Relations	Alex Marita	Xanthi

International projects

The ESTIEM network created and supports 9 international project. These projects aim to train and educate students via international events that take place in ESTIEM's Local Groups.

• Academic Days is an event developed to provide insights and understanding of IEM related topics in which the hosting university excels in, guided by an academic mentor.
• Activity Week is a 6-day event where participants get to know an aspect of the local culture or lifestyle through a series of activities.
• Be X for X Days connects students and experienced industry professionals offering participants hands-on experience in various positions, depending on the theme of the event.
• BrainTrainer provides soft and business skills such as communication, presentation, negotiation and team-management.
• businessbooster is an ESTIEM Project that promotes and stimulates entrepreneurship among students by organizing different training, educational and networking events and competitions.
• Language Programme is created to improve the communication within ESTIEM and giving ESTIEMers an opportunity to learn a language from native speakers amongst other ESTIEMers with its various online and offline offerings.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course was developed with help from Gregory H. Watson and it offers ESTIEMers to obtain an LSS Green Belt Certificate.
• Local Group Exchange gives an opportunity to membes of one local group to visit another local group and then return the hospitality.
• Europe3D gathers students from all around the world in a 6–7 days event where the participants get to learn more about three distinct dimensions of a country: politics, economy and culture.
• ESTIEM Magazine is the official publication of ESTIEM. It is published twice a year and distributed at Council Meetings. The run of 3000 magazines reaches 76 universities in 27 European countries.
• Summer Academy has the focus of developing the competence of creative leadership by engaging in open discussion, group work, debate and private study under a senior Academic Leader
• TIMES – The Tournament In Management and Engineering Skills is the largest pan-European case study competition for Industrial Engineering and Management students. This event has been organised since 1994 and attracts over 250 teams each year.
• Vision is a seminar series on a yearly topic related to technology, society and/or economics where participants could get a good grasp of the industry. In 2019, yearly topics were dropped but the event type kept going with independent topics related to aforementioned dimentions.

Partner organisations

In August 2023, ESTIEM counts three collaborations with student organisations:

• VWI (Verband Deutscher Wirtschaftsingenieure)
• BEST (Board of European Students of Technology)
• EESTEC (Electrical Engineering Students' European Association)

Other collaborations with ESTIEM:

• EPIEM (European Professors of Industrial Engineering and Management)
• IISE (Institute of Industrial & System Engineers)

External links

• ESTIEM Portal
• ESTIEM Magazine
• About ESTIEM
• Event page