in Bandung
The International Platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential
History
It all started when Brawijaya University (Malang, Indonesia) students came to explain about AIESEC. To gain more information, the founder team went to AIESEC University of Indonesia (UI), to initiate the establishment of AIESEC Local Committee (LC) in University of Padjadjaran (Unpad) . Obstacle came when AIESEC UI have objection for the establishment of AIESEC UNPAD, because it was too close to Jakarta geographically. With intense approach and confidence, AIESEC LC Unpad (AIESEC UP) was officially established in 1989.
Member recruitment was starting directly after the establishment of AIESEC Unpad. With a long selection process, the first batch was born with the 20 members and 9 founder team member. The legalization of AIESEC LC UP was very historical, because at that time the APLDS was coincidentally launched in Jatinangor, Sumedang, Indonesia. APLDS was attended by 15 countries from Asia Pacific.
For the first year, the organization focused on the settlement process despite of critics and objections of the establishment. Later, AIESEC Unpad made external projects started from the second year. In 1994, AIESEC Unpad had expanded the membership to all faculties in Unpad and officially became an “UKM” (Independent Student Unit). Since 1998, AIESEC member recruits around 40 members each year.
AIESEC LC Unpad reached its lowest point when it got disbanded in 2006. Through fierce effort, AIESEC LC Unpad got back to “Member in Alert” status in February 2007 in National Conference in Padang.
In National Conference 2007 in Bandung, LC Unpad has received the letter of authority from AIESEC Indonesia to expand into a city-based Local Committee, in order to engage more youth to join AIESEC. In National Conference III Malang 2008, AIESEC LC Unpad successfully turned its status into “Full Member” and the initiatives to expand into city-based local committee began.
In 2010 AIESEC LC Bandung was officially expanded with three main universities which are Universitas Padjadjaran, Institut Teknologi Bandung, and Universitas Parahyangan. AIESEC Bandung was still in probation status in those universities, except for Unpad. In the beginning of 2011, AIESEC Bandung engaged more universities such as Telkom Foundation School (now known as Telkom University), Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, and Maranatha Christian University. A significant increase in exchange rate and member recruitment happened after the local committee expanded through the city. AIESEC Bandung engage more youth through its “Expansion Program” and successfully made an expansion into Sumatera, Borneo, and Sulawesi.
Now, AIESEC Bandung has six main universities (Universitiess of Padjadjaran, Bandung Institute of Technology, Universities of Parahyangan, Telkom University, Indonesia Universities of Education, and Maranatha Christian University). We have delivered thousands of leadership experiences to thousands of youth in Bandung for 24 years. We still continue create leaders, shape the world, and bring impact on society.