AEGEE is a non-profit and non-governmental organisation, therefore all projects and activities are a result of voluntary work of its members.

By encouraging traveling and mobility, stimulating discussion and organising common projects AEGEE  attempts to overcome National, cultural and ethnic divisions and to create a vision of young people’s Europe.

The structure is based on an European level (a European Board of Directors working in Brussels and 4 Commissions, 11 Working Groups and 9 multinational Project Teams) and on a local level (240 antennae or local groups, forming the Network).

All the numerous events and projects run by the organisation are to be focused on our 4 Fields of Action  (Cultural Exchange, Active Citizenship, Higher education, Peace & Stability) and 5 Focus Areas (Non-formal learning, European Citizenship, Academic Mobility, Intercultural Dialogue, Globalization).

AEGEE has participatory status in the activities of the Council of Europe, consultative status at the United Nations, operational status at UNESCO and is at the same time a member of the European Youth Forum. The organization has also a number of illustrious personalities amongst its general partners: Mikhael Gorbatchev, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize; Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic; Eric Froment, former President of the European university Association, Wolfgang Thierse, former President of the Bundestag and Romano Prodi, former prime minister of Italy and president of the European Commission.