1951 — 2026
Every place we've gathered
From a Copenhagen lecture hall in 1951 to the steppe at Astana in 2026 — three quarters of a century of General Assemblies, traced city by city across the world.
- 75
- Years
- 104
- Assemblies
- 82
- Host cities
- 6
- Continents
Seventy-five years, city by city
The complete chronological record of IFMSA General Assemblies, grouped by decade. Exchange Officer Meetings (1951–2000) are noted in passing.
The founding
August 1951
Foundation
Copenhagen, Denmark
The first decade
+ 17 Exchange Officer Meetings
August 1952
1st General Assembly
London, United Kingdom
August 1953
2nd General Assembly
Zurich, Switzerland
August 1954
3rd General Assembly
Rome, Italy
August 1955
4th General Assembly
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
August 1956
5th General Assembly
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
August 1957
6th General Assembly
Copenhagen, Denmark
August 1958
7th General Assembly
Berlin (East), German Democratic Republic
August 1959
8th General Assembly
Istanbul, Türkiye
Coming of age
+ 20 Exchange Officer Meetings
August 1960
9th General Assembly
Milan, Italy
August 1961
10th General Assembly
Jerusalem, Israel
August 1962
11th General Assembly
Madrid, Spain
August 1963
12th General Assembly
Oslo, Norway
August 1964
13th General Assembly
Gdansk, Poland
August 1965
14th General Assembly
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
August 1966
15th General Assembly
Athens, Greece
August 1967
16th General Assembly
Vienna, Austria
August 1968
17th General Assembly
Helsinki, Finland
August 1969
18th General Assembly
Jerusalem, Israel
December 1969
Extraordinary General Assembly
Chur, Switzerland
Going global
+ 19 Exchange Officer Meetings
August 1970
19th General Assembly
Berlin (West), German Federal Republic
August 1971
20th General Assembly
Paris, France
August 1972
21st General Assembly
Bologna, Italy
August 1973
22nd General Assembly
Singapore, Singapore
August 1974
23rd General Assembly
Haifa, Israel
August 1975
24th General Assembly
Philadelphia, USA
August 1976
25th General Assembly
Hong Kong, United Kingdom
August 1977
26th General Assembly
Sonderborg, Denmark
August 1978
27th General Assembly
Matrei am Brenner, Austria
August 1979
28th General Assembly
Kiljava, Finland
Activism and reform
+ 20 Exchange Officer Meetings
August 1980
29th General Assembly
Cairo, Egypt
August 1981
30th General Assembly
Katoomba, Australia
August 1982
31st General Assembly
Wartensee, Switzerland
August 1983
32nd General Assembly
L'Aquila, Italy
August 1984
33rd General Assembly
Solbacka, Sweden
August 1985
34th General Assembly
Valkenburg, The Netherlands
August 1986
35th General Assembly
St. Pölten, Austria
August 1987
36th General Assembly
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
August 1988
37th General Assembly
Lagos, Nigeria
August 1989
38th General Assembly
Estoril, Portugal
After the Wall
+ 20 Exchange Officer Meetings
August 1990
39th General Assembly
Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia
August 1991
40th General Assembly
Åland, Sweden/Finland
August 1992
41st General Assembly
Londrina, Brazil
August 1993
42nd General Assembly
Sonderborg, Denmark
August 1994
43rd General Assembly
Skopje, Macedonia
August 1995
44th General Assembly
Barcelona, Spain
August 1996
45th General Assembly
Prague, Czech Republic
August 1997
46th General Assembly
Cape Town, South Africa
August 1998
47th General Assembly
Hurghada, Egypt
August 1999
48th General Assembly
Monterrey, Mexico
The new millennium
+ 1 Exchange Officer Meeting
March 2000
49th GA · March Meeting
Kuopio, Finland
August 2000
49th GA · August Meeting
Porto, Portugal
March 2001
50th GA · March Meeting
St. Paul's Bay, Malta
August 2001
50th GA · August Meeting
Aalborg, Denmark
March 2002
51st GA · March Meeting
Kopaonik, Serbia and Montenegro
July 2002
51st GA · August Meeting
Taipei, Taiwan
March 2003
52nd GA · March Meeting
Parnu, Estonia
August 2003
52nd GA · August Meeting
Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands
March 2004
53rd GA · March Meeting
Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
August 2004
53rd GA · August Meeting
Ohrid, Macedonia
March 2005
54th GA · March Meeting
Antalya, Türkiye
August 2005
54th GA · August Meeting
Hurghada, Egypt
March 2006
55th GA · March Meeting
Pucon, Chile
August 2006
55th GA · August Meeting
Zlatibor, Serbia
March 2007
56th GA · March Meeting
Mandurah, Australia
August 2007
56th GA · August Meeting
Canterbury, United Kingdom
March 2008
57th GA · March Meeting
Monterrey, Mexico
August 2008
57th GA · August Meeting
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
March 2009
58th GA · March Meeting
Hammamet, Tunisia
August 2009
58th GA · August Meeting
Ohrid, Macedonia
A federation of the world
March 2010
59th GA · March Meeting
Bangkok, Thailand
August 2010
59th GA · August Meeting
Montreal, Canada-Quebec
March 2011
60th GA · March Meeting
Jakarta, Indonesia
August 2011
60th GA · August Meeting
Copenhagen, Denmark
March 2012
61st GA · March Meeting
Accra, Ghana
August 2012
61st GA · August Meeting
Mumbai, India
March 2013
62nd GA · March Meeting
Baltimore, USA
August 2013
62nd GA · August Meeting
Santiago, Chile
March 2014
63rd GA · March Meeting
Hammamet, Tunisia
August 2014
63rd GA · August Meeting
Taipei, Taiwan
March 2015
64th GA · March Meeting
Antalya, Türkiye
August 2015
64th GA · August Meeting
Ohrid, Macedonia
March 2016
65th GA · March Meeting
St. Paul's Bay, Malta
August 2016
65th GA · August Meeting
Puebla, Mexico
March 2017
66th GA · March Meeting
Budva, Montenegro
August 2017
66th GA · August Meeting
Arusha, Tanzania
March 2018
67th GA · March Meeting
Hurghada, Egypt
August 2018
67th GA · August Meeting
Montreal, Canada-Quebec
March 2019
68th GA · March Meeting
Slovenia, Slovenia · Approximate location
August 2019
68th GA · August Meeting
Taipei, Taiwan
Pandemic and beyond
March 2020
69th GA · March Meeting
Kigali, Rwanda
July – August 2020
69th GA · August Meeting
Online
February – March 2021
70th GA · March Meeting
Online
August 2021
70th GA · August Meeting
Panama City, Panama
March 2022
71st GA · March Meeting
Ohrid, Macedonia
August 2022
71st GA · August Meeting
Istanbul, Türkiye
March 2023
72nd GA · March Meeting
Tallinn, Estonia
August 2023
72nd GA · August Meeting
New Delhi, India
March 2024
73rd GA · March Meeting
Quito, Ecuador
August 2024
73rd GA · August Meeting
Tampere, Finland
March 2025
74th GA · March Meeting
Istanbul, Türkiye
August 2025
74th GA · August Meeting
Ioannina, Greece
March 2026
75th GA · March Meeting
Copenhagen, Denmark
When the world couldn't gather
In 2020 and 2021, as the pandemic closed borders, IFMSA met online — everywhere and nowhere at once.
August 2026
And now — Astana
Seventy-five years after Copenhagen, the General Assembly arrives in Central Asia for the very first time.
75th GA · August Meeting · Astana, Kazakhstan