OUR STORY
The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience commonly referred to as IAESTE is an international organization exchanging students for technical work experience abroad. Students gain relevant technical training lasting from 6 weeks to 12 months. IAESTE includes committees representing more than 80 countries, that has exchanged more than 300.000 students, about 7000 annually. IAESTE's aims are to connect students with employers in foreign countries, provide university students with technical experience, and culturally enrich students and their host communities.
IAESTE was founded in 1948 at Imperial College, London. The Imperial College Vacation Work Committee headed by Mr. James Newby initiated a meeting with national organizations from 10 European countries in a post war effort to promote better understanding between countries and cultures.
IAESTE Catalunya was founded in 1982 as a Regional Comitee (RC) of IAESTE Spain (1951). The IAESTE Catalunya RC if formed by the Local Comitees of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Mataró, representing six universities and more than ten different specialities.
