ESN International

Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is one of the biggest interdisciplinary student associations in Europe, founded in 1990 for supporting and developing student exchange.

We are present in 274 Higher Education Institutions from 34 countries. The network is constantly developing and expanding.

ESN is working in Higher Education (HE)

• Offering services to 150.000 students
• mainly on a volunteer basis
• with an average annual growth rate of 12,3% since 1990

ESN is operating on three levels, Local, National and International

ESN works for the creation of a more mobile and flexible education environment
by supporting and developing the student exchange from different
levels, and providing an intercultural experience also to those
students who cannot access a period abroad ("internationalisation at home")

In synthesis, ESN

• works in the interest of exchange students.
• works to improve the social and practical integration of exchange students.
• represents the needs and expectations of exchange students on the local, national and international level.
• provides relevant information about academic exchange programmes and ESN resources.
• works with the reintegration of homecoming students.
• contributes to the evaluation of different exchange programmes.

ESN also provides relevant information and encourages the future exchange students to gain the international experience and gain relevant insight to different cultures.

Finally, ESN International is developing, from the Headquarters in Brussels, ambitious projects such as the Survey on the exchange students' rights, the ESNCard or the ESNFactory.

Erasmus Student Network has its main office in Brussels -  this is where the International Board has its seat. The Board is elected once a year at the Annual General Meeting of ESN, the general assembly.

The International Board represents ESN towards the external stakeholders, keeps the network connected, coordinates the international projects as well as stands for the rights of exchange students. The International Board consists of 5 people, President, Vice President, Treasurer, External Relations and Web Projects Administrator - each responsible for its own field of work.

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