Board of European Students of Technology

You are a student of Graz University of Technology? Great! This and a bit of motivation is all you need to go on a BEST course. BEST provides courses four times a year (winter, spring, summer and autumn). Every season starts with application period. In this period the application is open for all students. You need to create an account and write a motivation letter for up to 3 courses (here you can find more information). After the selection is done by the organising BEST group, you get a notification if you are accepted. And finally after paying the deposit you will have a lot of fun at your BEST course!

When becoming a BEST member, the numerous interesting and challenging tasks you will be confronted with during your BEST time, will give you the chance to gain experience, develop your personal skills (like project management, communication, teamwork, leadership, etc) and to work on international level in an atmosphere of Friendship, joy and fun. Being a member enables you to participate in BEST’s internal events, e.g. Work Shops, Train Shops, Regional Meetings, General Assemblies, or when you work in a Committee, in the Committee’s meetings.

Don’t be shy, all of the work is voluntary! We welcome everybody who values trust, fun, respect and fairness!

You can become a member at any time just by willing to participate and contribute in the activities of BEST Graz. The BEST way to do so is to show up at our regular meetings, and to offer your help and fulfil the tasks you’re given. After having come to our meetings for a few times, you could become a member of BEST Graz and you can already fully take part in all our activities.

There are many different tasks BEST Graz has to fulfil in various working fields like IT-Infrastructure, Public Relations, Human Resources, Fundraising and Corporate Relations, office facilities, etc. We promote the events of other BEST Groups, and take care that students from Graz University of Technology can apply and participate in them, i.e. validating their accounts, confirming their participation, preparing them for the events, etc. Last but not least, we organise events too, both internal and public BEST Graz events. While internal events like trainings or workshops help us to improve our team spirit and to increase our knowledge, public events like Summer Courses are organised for regular (not BEST member) students. Organising an event means tasks from providing the participants with the logistics they can expect, i.e. doing fund raising, finding accommodation and providing food, up to operating tasks during the event like picking up participants, (trying to ) wake them up in the morning, etc.