NEEEC/AAC

What NEEEC/AAC does

NEEEC/AAC (Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores da Associação Académica de Coimbra) is a non-profit student union founded in 1998 that serves as the sole official representative body for approximately 700 undergraduate and master's students enrolled in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC) at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC). Operating under the parent Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) from facilities at DEEC (Torre S, Floor 4, Polo II), it delivers student advocacy, pedagogical coordination (including exam calendar management), study space administration, professional development, and recreational programming.

The organization's product surface consists of recurring events and publications rather than commercial products: F3E (an annual engineering job and entrepreneurship fair now in its 11th edition, recognized with the Prémio Empregabilidade 2024), BotOlympics (a four-day robotics competition positioned as the largest in Portugal's Centro Region), Gala Ohms D'Ouro (an annual awards ceremony in its 12th edition), two annual magazines (O Choque for incoming students and Zener as a year-end review), the ElectroCast podcast, and student support services (materials bank, study space directory, mentorship via year delegates). All student-facing activities are free of charge.

NEEEC/AAC operates as a non-commercial entity with no disclosed revenue. Funding is sourced from event sponsorships (Critical Software, Accenture, Altice Labs, Synopsys, Visabeira, Airbus, Tekever, and others underwriting F3E) and institutional support from AAC, DEEC, and FCTUC. Governance is exercised through annual student elections with a 10-person Direction team currently led by President Francisco Cunha for the 2025-2026 mandate.

Name

NEEEC/AAC

Legal name

NEEEC/AAC - Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores da Associação Académica de Coimbra

Website

https://neeec.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NEEEC/AAC is a non-profit student union founded in 1998 representing approximately 700 electrical and computer engineering students at the University of Coimbra, delivering career fairs, robotics competitions, publications, and advocacy services funded by corporate sponsorships and institutional support.

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

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Sponsorship and institutional support: NEEEC/AAC operates as a non-profit student organization funded primarily through event sponsorships from companies (Critical Software, Accenture, Altice Labs, Visabeira, and others sponsor the F3E career fair), institutional support from the Association Académica de Coimbra (AAC), and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC). Revenue is not commercial in nature and is directed toward student activities, events, and operational costs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

NEEEC/AAC is the official student representative body for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC) at the University of Coimbra's Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCTUC). It serves approximately 700 students through pedagogical representation, professional development events (notably the F3E career fair and BotOlympics robotics competition), an annual awards gala (Gala Ohms D'Ouro), student publications (Zener and O Choque magazines, ElectroCast podcast), and student support services including exam calendar coordination and a study spaces directory.

Product overview

NEEEC/AAC is a student representative organization for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Coimbra, not a technology company. Its offerings consist of student activities, events, and publications including: F3E (an annual engineering job fair with recruitment sessions and workshops), BotOlympics (a robotics competition), Gala Ohms D'Ouro (an awards ceremony), two annual magazines (Zener and O Choque), student support services, welcome events for freshmen, and the ElectroCast podcast. These offerings serve the approximately 700 students represented by the organization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Zener: Annual magazine published at the end of the academic year to showcase the year's activities and research projects.
• O Choque
• F3E
• BotOlympics
• Gala Ohms D'Ouro

Products and services

• F3E - Feira de Emprego e Empreendedorismo para a Engenharia
• BotOlympics

Quantifiable outcome

• 21 companies and 12 talks and 3 workshops in the 2023 edition of F3E, the largest career fair at Polo 2 UC.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Critical Software (Main Sponsor, F3E 2026)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Critical Software is the main sponsor of the F3E 2026 career fair (11th edition). The company also participates with talks on software engineering and aircraft systems development, and conducts recruitment sessions. Critical Software has been a consistent supporter of F3E across multiple years, including sponsorship at the platinum level in 2024.
• Accenture (Gold Sponsor, F3E 2026)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Accenture is a gold sponsor of the F3E 2026 career fair, conducting recruitment sessions and engaging with engineering students through the event. Accenture has sponsored multiple editions of F3E.
• Altice Labs / Inova-Ria (Platinum Sponsor, F3E 2026)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Altice Labs is a platinum sponsor of F3E 2026. The company has been a long-standing supporter of F3E and participates with talks and recruitment sessions targeting engineering students.
• Critical FlytechminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Critical Flytech participated in F3E 2026 with a talk titled 'Critical FlyTech | Engineering the skies of tomorrow' and conducted recruitment sessions. The company is presented alongside Critical Software in the engineering aerospace domain.
• Visabeira (Gold Sponsor, F3E)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Visabeira Group has been a gold sponsor of multiple editions of F3E, participating with a booth, talks, and recruitment sessions at the career fair.
• Prosistav (Gold Sponsor, F3E 2026)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Prosistav is a gold sponsor of F3E 2026, participating with a booth and recruitment activities.
• SanJose (Gold Sponsor, F3E 2026)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Constructora SanJose is a gold sponsor of F3E 2026.
• Ordem dos Engenheiros – Região CentrominorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026The Order of Engineers – Centro Region participates in F3E with informational talks about the engineering profession, the process of joining the Order, and the future of engineers in Portugal. Present in multiple editions of F3E.
• DEEC (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)coreOthers · 1 April 2024DEEC is the academic department that NEEEC/AAC represents. The organization operates within DEEC facilities at FCTUC Polo II and collaborates closely with DEEC leadership on pedagogical matters, study spaces, and departmental events. DEEC is listed as an institutional supporter of F3E.
• FCTUC (Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra)coreOthers · 1 April 2024FCTUC is the faculty under which the DEEC operates. NEEEC/AAC represents DEEC students within FCTUC and FCTUC is listed as an institutional supporter of F3E.
• AAC (Associação Académica de Coimbra)coreOthers · 1 April 2024AAC is the parent student union organization of which NEEEC/AAC is an integral part. NEEEC/AAC operates under AAC's statutes and regulations, receives institutional support from AAC, and AAC's emblem is displayed alongside NEEEC/AAC's logo. AAC also supported F3E and awarded NEEEC/AAC the Prémio Empregabilidade 2024.
• SynopsyscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2024Synopsys is a platinum sponsor of F3E 2024, engaging with engineering students at the career fair through booths and company presentations.
• TekeverminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2024Tekever is a platinum sponsor of F3E 2024, participating with company presentations and a booth.
• AirbusminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2024Airbus is listed as an institutional supporter (apoio) of F3E 2024, representing its presence in Portugal through the FCTUC connection.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Ordem dos Engenheiros: Portugal's professional engineering body, which already partners with NEEEC/AAC at F3E editions. While not a direct competitor, it represents a broader professional ecosystem player that intersects with the services NEEEC/AAC provides to graduating students.

Direct peers

• Núcleo de Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico (NEIST): Student representative body for engineering students at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, one of Portugal's top engineering schools. Operates the analogous career fair and student services model, making it a structural peer in a more competitive Portuguese engineering market.
• Other Núcleos de Estudantes of AAC (e.g., NEET, NEMEC, NEB): Fellow student union organizations operating under the same Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) umbrella, representing other academic departments at the University of Coimbra. They share the same governance structure, statutory framework, and institutional positioning, making them the most directly comparable peers.
• Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (AEFEUP): Student association for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto, running engineering career fairs and student services. Competes with NEEEC/AAC for the same sponsor pool of engineering employers recruiting across Portugal's top universities.
• Poliemprego (Instituto Superior Técnico): Engineering career fair at Instituto Superior Técnico, one of Portugal's flagship engineering recruiting events. Directly competes with F3E for engineering employer sponsorships and student participation, though operating in a different geographic market (Lisbon vs. Coimbra).

Emerging players

• Junior Empresas (e.g., AIESEC, PEEL, Consultório de Engenharia): University-affiliated student consulting and entrepreneurship organizations in Portugal that interact with the same student base and corporate sponsor pool. They represent adjacent student-led mechanisms for professional development and recruiter engagement.
• BEST (Board of European Students of Technology): European-wide student organization for engineering and technology students, with local chapters at Portuguese universities. Provides comparable career and competition services but at a broader geographic scale, representing a potential partnership or competitive expansion vector for NEEEC/AAC.
• IEEE Student Branch University of Coimbra: Local chapter of the global IEEE professional society, also operating within University of Coimbra's engineering community. Offers technical talks, networking, and professional development events that partially overlap with NEEEC/AAC's value proposition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/f3e.neeec
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/neeecaac
• Instagraminstagram.com/neeecaac

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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