On the 23rd of December 2005 S.V.A.T.(Studie Vereniging Advanced Technology) Astatine was founded by Stefan van Nierop, Brigitte Bruijns, Mark van Schagen and Jouke Hofman, together they formed the first board of the association. Before, all Advanced Technology students were members of S.V. Arago, but there was a demand for a separate association.
In 2006 Astatine participated for the first time with an Advanced Technology (AT) student only team in the Batavierenrace. They called the team the Ateam, and from then on every time Astatine participated in a sports tournament the team would be named the Ateam. As a closure of the year, an Astatine-BBQ
During the next academic year, 2006-2007, the first ATtentie was written, the symposium, trip abroad, and prom
The symposium
In 2007-2008 the BuCom was founded, a committee which organises a yearly trip to a destination within Europe exclusively for Astatine members. The
In December 2007 our borrel committee, the BOSS, was established and on January 9th they organised the first drink in the Tombe, in the Hogekamp.
During the academic year, 2009-2010, Advanced Technology was changed to an English bachelor. Therefore, also Astatine and the teachers would have to speak English. With much effort from the 5th board, this
The year after the first lustrum of Astatine
During this 2011 the
In 2015, the second lustrum
In the past
To keep in line with the internationalisation of the association, as well as the inclusion of Nanotechnology, it was decided that the abbreviation S.V.A.T. (Studie Vereniging Advanced Technology) should be changed to S.A. (Study Association). From the 6th of September 2018, the name of the association is officially S.A. Astatine.