Innovation

Innovation Challenge

Period: 11-05-2026 - 26-06-2026University of the World

Let talented students help you out with becoming more innovative.

Submission deadline: 22-04-2026
Innovation ChallengePhoto by Kvalifik

Description

Start with a 2-3 sentence description about the content/setup of the course. For example: In this challenge, master students work on a sustainability challenge. The solutions will be practically relevant and supported by collected data and relevant (academic) literature. They will receive training and guidance by lecturers from Name of University


✅ Key features of the challenge

  • Program: Master Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Course: Innovation
  • Students per team: 3-4 students
  • No. of hours spent per team: 200 hours
  • Duration: May - June
  • Supervision: Student teams are supervised and guided by senior lecturers.
  • Deliverables: Presentation and report (in the form of slides) with recommendations.
  • Company time investment: 8-12 hours in total (e.g. kick-off meeting, weekly meetings, final presentation, etc.)


📑 Challenge Examples

The student teams can work on challenges like, but not limited to, the following:

  • Provide here an example of a challenge
  • Provide here an example of another challenge
  • Provide here an example of another challenge


🏢 Company requirement

  • Any company (startup/scale-up/corporate/incubator/NGO) with at least two founders/employees working full time in the company.
  • In business for at least 6 months.


💰 Costs

IF ANY


📨 How to apply

You can submit the challenge directly through the website. Provide a title that summarises the challenge. Subsequently, briefly elaborate on your challenge. See link for a template you could use: https://link.masterchallenge.me/challenge-template or use the challenge generator: https://masterchallenge.me/challenge-generator


🗓 Planning

  • DATE: Deadline for submitting your challenge
  • DATE: Receiving message if your challenge is approved by the Course Coordinator
  • DATE till DATE: Matching phase (in case you use our matching feature)
  • DATE: Our matching algorithm will create perfect matches (in case you use our matching feature)
  • DATE: Kick-off meeting with your team
  • DATE: Final presentations in time slots of 30 minutes (after you are matched to a team, we will schedule the time slots).


Submit Challenge

Submitting a challenge is easy. Provide a short title, some context and company details. We will review your challenge and if needed contact you to discuss.

Innovation Challenge

11-05-2026 - 26-06-2026
Innovation
Submit before 22-04-2026

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