The history of the World Youth Festivals Students is linked to the World Federation of Democratic Youths created in 1945, whose first event was held in Prague, the capital of then Czechoslovakia in July 1947.

This was how the movement of the youth festivals was born, dates that were celebrated with intervals of two to five years until arriving at the appointment made in Berlin, German Democratic Republic in 1973.

At the IX Assembly of the World Federation of Democratic Youth held in Varna, Bulgaria, in November 1974, they proposed to hold the next youth event in Havana, Cuba in the summer of 1978.

In this opportunity, it was taken into account that the realization of the Festival in socialist Cuba contributed to the development of anti-imperialist solidarity, peace, national independence, democracy and social progress. Being the first time the Festival stopped being held in Europe to do it in a country of Latin America.

During the first meeting of the International Preparatory Committee (CIP) of the XI Festival held in February 1975 in the German Democratic Republic, it was unanimously agreed to grant the Republic of Cuba the seat of the great youth event.

For the Cuban youth, this decision constituted a high honor that also contained a commitment and a great responsibility with the progressive and democratic youth movement of the world.

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