Download: VDE-Membership Application Form 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 extra 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 LitG Lichttechnische Gesellschaft 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