AEISEC

What AEISEC does

AEISEC (Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra) is a non-profit student association founded in 1979/80, headquartered on Rua Pedro Nunes in Coimbra, Portugal. It serves as the exclusive representational body for students of ISEC, a public engineering school within the Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC). The association operates a portfolio of student-facing services and cultural activities, organized across seven internal structures: two gabinetes (Gabinete de Emprego e Saídas Profissionais and Gabinete de Imagem e Comunicação) and five sections (Eventos, Desporto, Cultural, SRI — Serviços de Relações Internacionais, and Manutenção). Core service products include the Sala de Estudo Ricardo Ferraz (study room with extended exam-period hours), the Secção de Textos (printing, copying, and scanning), and AEISEC-branded merchandise sold at the secretariat.

The underlying technology stack is minimal: a standard website (aeisec.pt) provides a member portal with login restricted to @isec.pt institutional email addresses, enabling study room reservations, document downloads, and event information. There is no proprietary platform, no mobile application, no API, and no AI/ML components. AEISEC also incubates ISECOTUNA (Tuna Mista do ISEC), a mixed student music group founded in 2010 with its own social media presence, and co-organizes signature academic traditions including the Queima das Fitas festival and Festa das Latas e Imposição de Insígnias.

Revenue mechanics are not disclosed; the organization operates as a non-profit and does not publish financial statements. The only visible income streams are transactional: per-unit printing/copying fees ranging from €0.03 (B&W A4) to €0.50 (color A3), color scanning at €0.05 per scan, and one-time merchandise sales. Distribution is exclusively direct and on-site at the Coimbra headquarters, with online access limited to study room reservations. AEISEC is a founding member of two federations: FNAEESP (national polytechnic student federation, headquartered at ISEC) and FAIRe (Portuguese representative in the European Students Union), giving it amplified policy influence in national and European student affairs.

Name

AEISEC

Legal name

Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra

Website

https://aeisec.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AEISEC is a non-profit student association founded in 1979/80 that represents and serves students of Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra in Portugal, providing study facilities, printing services, cultural events, sports programs, and employment support under a federated representational mandate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Coimbra

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Merchandise sales: Sale of branded AEISEC merchandise (apparel, accessories) available through the association's secretariat. Customers purchase items in person at the AEISEC office.
2. Printing and copying services: Charges for black-and-white and color printing/copying services on A4 and A3 formats, plus color scanning services. Prices are fixed per unit.
3. Sala de Estudo reservations: Revenue derived indirectly through a reservation system for private study rooms (gabinetes) within the Sala de Estudo Ricardo Ferraz, accessible upon login via institutional email.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AEISEC is a non-profit student association that represents and defends the rights of ISEC engineering students, delivering on-campus services including study room access (Sala de Estudo Ricardo Ferraz), printing/copying/scanning (Secção de Textos), branded merchandise sales, and event programming. It operates internal offices for employment/career services and communications, plus five activity sections covering sports, culture, events, international relations, and maintenance, while supporting the ISECOTUNA musical group.

Product overview

AEISEC (Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra) is a student association serving ISEC students with a portfolio of services and activities. The core offerings include: the Sala de Estudo Ricardo Ferraz (study room), Secção de Textos (printing/copying/scanning services), and Merch AEISEC (merchandise). The organization operates through seven internal structures: two offices (Gabinete de Emprego e Saídas Profissionais, Gabinete de Imagem e Comunicação) and five sections (Eventos, Desporto, Cultural, SRI, Manutenção). AEISEC also supports ISECOTUNA (student tuna group) and organizes major academic events including Queima das Fitas and Festa das Latas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ISECOTUNA: Tuna Mista do ISEC - a musical group founded on March 7, 2010, by Cláudio Maio, João Ferreira, and Igor Ferreira with support from AEISEC. It performs academic music and participates in events throughout Portugal.

Products and services

• Secção de Textos

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FNAEESP (Federação Nacional das Associações de Estudantes do Ensino Superior Politécnico)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1989AEISEC is a founding member of FNAEESP, the national federation of student associations in Portugal's polytechnic higher education sector. The federation is headquartered at ISEC. AEISEC has been an active participant in FNAEESP's advocacy for polytechnic autonomy and student rights, including the successful 1990 campaign for Lei 54/90.
• FAIRe (Fórum Académico para a Informação e Representação Externa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAEISEC is a founding member of FAIRe, a federation representing Portuguese students in the European Students Union (ESU). FAIRe serves as the national platform for student representation at the European level, engaging in policy advocacy and international student representation.
• ISEC (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra)minorOthersAEISEC operates within and alongside ISEC, organizing events and services for its students. ISEC provides facilities such as the Auditório for ISECOTUNA rehearsals and various event spaces.
• IPC (Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra)minorOthersAEISEC is one of several student associations that collaborate with IPC's presidency to organize joint events such as the student reception during the Festa das Latas. IPC students also participate in IPC CUP sports tournaments.
• FADU (Federação Académica de Desporto Universitário)minorOthersAEISEC's Desporto section manages student athletes' participation in FADU competitions alongside internal IPC tournaments.
• Escolas de Música (music schools)minorOthersAEISEC's Cultural section creates partnerships with music schools to support and promote musical activities, including events related to ISECOTUNA and Fado de Coimbra.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• FAIRe - Fórum Académico para a Informação e Representação Externa: AEISEC's sister federation representing Portuguese students in the European Students Union (ESU). It is functionally an ecosystem peer — same mission of student representation, but operating at the international/EU level rather than at a single institution.
• European Students' Union (ESU): The continental student umbrella that AEISEC participates in through FAIRe; an ecosystem peer that defines standards, advocacy plays, and mobility frameworks relevant to all Portuguese engineering-student representation.
• FNAEESP - Federação Nacional das Associações de Estudantes do Ensino Superior Politécnico: The national federation of polytechnic student associations that AEISEC co-founded and is headquartered at ISEC. Not a direct competitor but a tier-above peer that coordinates policy advocacy and member services across all polytechnic student associations in Portugal.

Direct peers

• Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC): The umbrella student association of the University of Coimbra, the most prominent peer organization in the same city; shares AEISEC's mission of student representation, cultural traditions (Queima das Fitas, Fado), sporting events, and member services at a larger and more historic scale.
• AAISEG - Associação Académica do ISEG: Student association of ISEG (Lisbon School of Economics), a fellow member of the national polytechnic/university student federation network with comparable member services, advocacy role, and event programming.
• AEIST - Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico: The student association of Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon), a direct counterpart to AEISEC as a peer engineering-polytechnic student body; offers analogous services (study rooms, printing, merch, sports, events) and national federation membership, and competes with AEISEC for talent and federation influence.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/isecotuna
• Facebookfacebook.com/isecotuna
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aeisec

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