Over 35,000 engineers, scientists, IT professionals, entrepreneurs and students are members of the VDE and are closely integrated into a broad network of experts in the fields of information-, energy-, micro- and nano technologies, medical engineering and automation. Interested? Take a look here at the advantages offered by a VDE membership, and check out our attractive package offers - including free first-year membership for new members.
Your advantages:
- An interdisciplinary and international network of experts
- Continuing education opportunities and knowledge transfers
- Prizes for research and young talents
- Professional studies and position papers
- Attractively priced meetings/ seminars and journals/magazines
- Free literature searches for research purposes
- Free VDE VISA card
- Attractive car rental offers from Sixt
- No membership fee in first year
Club advantages in the VDE YoungNet
Over 11,000 students and young professionals enjoy these benefits:
- VDE university groups and YoungNet service
- University and professional networking
- Job exchanges
- Free admission to many VDE events*
- Free FAZ university guide*
- 1 year subscription to etz*
* for students
And what does VDE membership cost?
Individual members pay no fees for the first year.
Annual fees
Full members: 72 euros
Junior members: 12 euros
Career beginners (first four years): 28 euros
Special rates for the new German states
Full members: 56 euros
Junior members: 12 euros
Career beginners (first four years): 22 euros
Membership in one of the specialist societies is free; an additional 10 euros is charged for the second society membership and 20 euros for every further membership. The respective fees in the new German states are 7.50 euros and 15 euros. Additional society memberships are free of charge for students.
Multiple memberships
Individual VDE members are given a 25% membership fee discount if they also belong to one or more of the following associations and societies:
- DECHEMA Deutsche Gesellschaft für chemisches Apparatewesen
- DEGA Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik
- DGG Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft
DGMK Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mineralölwissenschaft und Kohletechnik
- DPG Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
- DVS Deutscher Verein für Schweißtechnik
- FME Fachausschuß des maschinen- und elektrotechnischen Dienstes
- GDCh Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- GI Gesellschaft für Informatik
- IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IEICE Communications Society of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
- KIVI NIRIA Koninklijk Instituut Van Ingenieurs
- LitG Lichttechnische Gesellschaft
- SEEEI Society of Electrical and Electronic Engineers in Israel
- VDEh Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute
- VDI Verein Deutscher Ingenieure
European membership
VDE members automatically belong to EUREL (Federation of the National Electrotechnical Associations of Europe) as well. When traveling abroad, VDE members enjoy the same privileges (discounted participation fees, use of libraries, etc.) as the members of local professional associations. Local VDE offices issue EUREL membership cards.
E-mail: vorstand@vde.com
Termination
The date of departure must be notified in writing at least 3 months prior to the end of the year.