IEEE Student Membership

Serving and Preparing our Next Generation

of Leaders
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Student Membership—Growing Worldwide
Network •116,224

Dec 2012

• 116,224 Student members

• 2,354 Student Branches

• Students represent 27% of total

IEEE membership

• 63% graduate students, 37%%

undergraduate

Global

• Asia/Pacific – 40%; U.S. – 28%;

Europe, Middle East, Africa – 21%;
Latin America – 8%; Canada – 3%
Student Transition into Workforce
Entrance into Workforce

• 25,000+ student members now

enter workforce annually

• 143,500 student elevations over

past six years
Local, Global & Virtual “Professional Home”

Student membership is the 333 worldwide

beginning of your IEEE
relationship
2,354 Section
Multiple vectors for benefits worldwide
and opportunities: e.g., 2,000 visits daily
Student Branches, Section
meetings, myIEEE / IEEE Student
Branch
memberNet

IEEE provides professional

development support and
recognition throughout your
career

Your Career

Student Member Sr. Member Fellow

Engaging Students’ Interests
Technical Programs
& Opportunities
Technical chapters
IEEE Xtreme contest IEEE
 Robotics contests
 Paper contests ‘
Project showcases
Technical speakers
 IEEE Spectrum
 IEEE Potentials
Student member
discounts
Student tracks at
conferences
 Society Membership
Volunteer Development
Regional Student
Congresses
Face to Face
Meetings
 Public Programs
& Opportunities
 Humanitarian initiatives
IEEE
 President’s Change the
World competition
 Future Cities/E4C
 Engineers w/o Borders
 Pre-University
activities
 EPICS
•Member  Awards & Recognition
Developme Career Programs
& Opportunities
nt  Job Fairs/Career
Resources
 ‘Soft-skill’ seminars
IEEE  Industry connections
 Engineers Week
Professional Awareness
Events
Student Branch Activities

IEEE Student Branch is the operating organizational

unit of IEEE constituted by a minimum of twelve (12)
IEEE student members

Goal: Engage students in the mission,

benefits, and opportunities of the IEEE

Sponsors activities and events technical,

professional, and humanitarian
aspirations
– Guest speakers
– Paper contests
– Local public imperatives

Fun, too!
– Social events to bring together
students with faculty
– Pi Day
Exciting Contests

IEEE Xtreme Programming

Challenge

Worldwide, 24-hour programming

challenge for IEEE Student Branches

Teams of Student members, advised

and proctored by an IEEE Member,
compete in a 24-hour time span
against each other to solve a set of
programming problems.

Provide Student branches with an

exciting new competition

Increase activities that appeal to

computer, programming and
information technology fans in IEEE
Exciting Contests (cont)

IEEE President’s “Change the World” Competition

Recognizes students or teams of students who develop unique
solutions to real-world problems using engineering, science,
computing and leadership skills to benefit their community or
humanity

Opportunity to win US $10,000

Are you working on a project with a team of students that will change
the world or a corner of it? Then you or your team can enter
Student Enterprise Award
Does your Student Branch have an idea for a
community service program, robotics project
or other idea?
• Submit your proposal in the IEEE Student
Enterprise Award
• Topics may be of technical or non-technical,
ranging from research on state-of-the-art
technology to community service programs
• Competition encourages IEEE Student
members to work with others on an
engineering project of their choice - teamwork
• Request up to US $1,500 in your project
proposal
Congratulations Winners
Region 3:
University of Technology, Jamaica-Recycling
Proposal
Region 8:
Cairo University-Robotics Program
Arab Academy of Science and Technology-
Automatic Waiter-Graduation Project Proposal
Region 10:
St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and
Technology-Passenger Safety System
Kongu Engineering College-Synthetic Vista
Dhirubhai Ambani Inst of Information &
Technology-Mesh Network
Government Engineering College-Thissur-
FPGA Based Project
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University-
HOPE: Wireless Gadget for Home Bound
Elders
Vimal Jyothi Engineering College-Borewell
Rescue & Inspection Robot
Student Development Through Volunteering

Through the Student Branch:

Develop professional networks

Enhance presentation skills in

low risk environments

Develop management skills,

e.g., leading without authority

Committee experience
– Managing projects
– Managing people
Next Generation Benefits

IEEE.tv is an internet television network

that produces and delivers special-
interest programming about technology
and engineering, for the benefit of
IEEE's members and the public.
Goal: Introduce video as a member benefit
and public relations opportunity

– “Made possible by the members of IEEE”

Add dimension to the ‘IEEE experience’

IEEE.tv Member Basic is an exclusive benefit

of IEEE membership

Over 50 programs now available

New IEEE.tv Student Channel

Financial Rewards

Help your Student Branch grow, and be

rewarded and recognized

All student members receive personalized

membership referral cards through IEEE’s
Member-get-a-Member program

Earn incentive rewards (money) by recruiting

other IEEE members
– US $2 for each student recruited; US $15
for each professional grade recruited
– Top recruiters recognized in IEEE’s
membership development report,
circulated to 2,000+ IEEE Volunteer
leaders worldwide

More about member-get-a-member program

at www.ieee.org/md
Graduating
Student Transition and Elevation Program
(STEP) Events

Sponsored by IEEE Graduates of the Last

Decade (GOLD) www.ieee.org/gold
Allows students to network with other
young professionals
Linkage to another local entity other than
student branch/chapter

Student Graduation Kits

Mailed to every graduating student

Recommends benefits for a beginning
professional – Job Site, Mentoring Connection,
IEEE memberNet
Overview of members-only discounts
Incentives to update mailing address info
Your Career

Student Member Sr. Member Fellow

‘Professional Home’ After Graduation

Connectivity via the IEEE Network

IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade

(GOLD)
Local IEEE Section & Technical Chapters
IEEE Societies

Beginning Career Benefits

IEEE memberNet directory

IEEE Job Site
IEEE Mentoring Connection
Many more… www.ieee.org/myieee

Your Career

Student Member Sr. Member Fellow

Bringing it all together… myIEEE

Personalized, Customizable, Portable

• Library of myIEEE modules/gadgets
• Layout selection , 2 or 3 columns, with drag-
and-drop gadget placement
• RSS tools to import feeds from IEEE or
other content sources
• Choice of several technology-based themes
for the interface

• IEEE memberNet
• Only directory of all 400,000 IEEE members
• Enables online, peer-to-peer networking with
technical expertise worldwide
Thank you !

www.ieee.org/students

student-services@ieee.org