EAU mission, membership and history

Here you will find information on our membership, associations and working groups - the backbone of the EAU. For more details about the EAU's mission and activities, please see EAU Organisation, governance and structure.

Mission

The EAU mission is "to raise the level of urological care in Europe".

Membership

• 18 offices divided into 3 areas of interest: offices related to the secretary/general, science, education and communication.    
• 14 section offices.   
• More than 9,000 individual urologist members.

History

• In 1972, Professor Georgio Ravasini, holder of the chair of Urology at Padua, brought together 10 well-known European urologists to discuss the establishment of a European urological society.
• In 1973, the Constituent Assembly took place in Amsterdam on the occasion of the International Urology Congress. The European Association of Urology was a fact!
• In September 1974, the first EAU congress was held in Padua, Italy and was chaired by Prof. G. Ravasini.
• European Congresses were held every two years until 1997. From that date onwards, the Congress has been an annual event.
• The EAU journal is entitled European Urology. The first issue was published on 1 January 1975.
• By now, the EAU Annual Congress has developed into a modern and professionally-run congress, attended by over 10,000 urologists, urologists-in-training and urological scientists form the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural mountains. The EAU Annual Congress is the largest urological congress in Europe.