History of AEGEE Barcelona

AEGEE-Barcelona was founded in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 1986, even though it started to operate in a stable manner in 1991. Since then it handled the welcome program of the international students of that university; a task that during some period was also extended to the other public universities in Barcelona: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Universitat de Barcelona.

Historically, AEGEE-Barcelona has always been one of the most important AEGEE Antennas in Europe. In 1996 it became the third largest AEGEE body in Europe —only after Amsterdam and Budapest— with 540 members.

The Spring Agora of 1999 (probably the most important yearly AEGEE statutory event) took place in Barcelona. Many people consider it to be the best Agora ever! The European Planning Meeting (EPM) of 2020 —also one of the biggest and most important official AEGEE events, that takes place yearly— was organized in Barcelona.

However, the lockdown due to the pandemic, that happened shortly after EPM, took a big toll in our association, that is build upon in-person activities and international travel, and the number of members and events plummeted.

Nowadays we are on the charge again, organizing regularly local activities and international events (the 2024 BarceLoca event was the first international event since then, and a big success!). We are still far behind the numbers of pre-COVID times, but slowly getting there. Are you ready to be part of the AEGEE-Barcelona renaissance?