European Medical Students' Association - History

History

In 1990 the idea to create a European Medical Students' Association was discussed during a symposium for medical students from all European countries organized by students of the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium. A working group was created and in the summer 1991 the European Medical Students' Association was founded in Brussels. Students of Leuven at that time chose not to participate in the official upstart of EMSA, because headquarters were established in Brussels. The first and official founding EMSA General Assembly was under the patronage of Baudouin I, the King of Belgium and was financially supported by the European Community's ERASMUS programme. The statutes were officially established and published under Belgian law in 1991.