About Mensa

Mensa was founded in Oxford (GB) in 1946. Its goal is to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity, to encourage research in the nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence, and to promote stimulating intellectual and social opportunities for its members. Mensa is an international association, forever growing, we are now up to more than a hundred national Mensas. Mensa Nederland was founded in 1963 and will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2023.