Deadline:
As soon as possible
Program Ends: May 05, 2023
Location(s)
Online
Overview
The Global Student Challenge is so much more than just an international student competition! It offers students the chance to gain valuable knowledge and further develop their soft and hard skills that they learned during their curriculum course.
Ultimately, what we aim to achieve with the Global Student Challenge is to help students expand their professional network which might open new doors for them and their future
Details
Introduction to the Global Student Challenge
- International Networking - Expand your professional network by meeting people from all over the world. Kick start your career by gaining exclusive membership to our community network. More information about our community coming soon!
- Professional training - The Fresh Connection, The Cool Connection, and The Blue Connection are the world’s leading web-based business simulation games. These powerful professional training tools provide real-life insights in the complexities and inter-dependencies of value chains under uncertain and volatile market conditions.
- Fun and competition - A spectacular international competition at the highest level full of cultural interactions, networking, and team building. Every year, the Global Final and its exciting Award Ceremony are the highlights of the season. This year, a special fully online edition of the Global Final will be as exciting as ever!
The Challenge, now in its 9th edition, pits teams from top business schools and universities from across the globe against each other in the search for the world’s Top Talent in Supply Chain Management, - Finance, and circular economy.
The final will be an intense competition among the top value chain students around the world. Unexpected turns of events will make the battle fierce as teams compete for the coveted Global Champion title and prizes!
Business Games
Since we are dealing with time zones from California to South Korea we are limited in the timeframe that everyone can be online during reasonable hours. Therefore, the Global Final Week for this edition will only include The Fresh Connection.
However, students who have The Cool Connection or The Blue Connection can enter the competition. Qualification is only possible by competing with The Fresh Connection in the Global Qualifications Rounds.
Participants get to run their own virtual company called The Fresh Connection, a manufacturer of fruit juices. Faced with declining performance, the management team must get the company back on track as quickly as possible. It is a high-pressure environment in which effective supply chain management is the key to success!
Teams will experience the impact of every decision they make, not just in their own functional ‘silo’ but across their business, and the entire value chain! Each team member will each assume an executive roll: VP Finance, VP Purchasing, VP Supply Chain, or VP Sales.
Timeline
- Curriculum course - You will play The Fresh Connection, The Cool Connection or The Blue Connection in class over the period of time your teacher has decided.
- Local Final - In some exceptional cases qualification is organized locally in certain countries. Unless this is announced by your professor, this is not the case for your course.
- Global Qualification rounds - Three Qualification rounds will be held and the top 10% of each course is invited to participate. The best performing student teams during the curriculum course are automatically invited. The top teams receive information in the game on how to join one of the Global Qualification rounds. These are online events and the top teams are guaranteed a spot in the Global Online Final.
- Global Online Qualification 1: November 7th - December 5th
- Global Online Qualification 2: January 16th - February 13th
- Global Online Qualification 3: March 6th - April 4th
- Global Final April 29th – May 5th, 2023 - The final phase of the Global Student Challenge Edition 2022-2023 is the Global Final! Out of thousands of teams only the best will battle for the Champion title and prizes!
Getting started is easy!
OPTION 1: Integrate any of our business game(s) in a curriculum course.
- Since 2018, the competition is only open to students that have experienced The Fresh Connection, The Cool Connection, The Blue Connection, or The Triple Connection in a course, hosted by an educator, who has been certified by Inchainge.
OPTION 2: Get started with our Pilot Program!
- We now opened up the Challenge again to schools from all around the world! Those who are participating in a pilot program can now also compete for a spot in the Global Final! The pilot program gives 25 students access to one of our simulations and grants their educator free access to the Inchainge Connect educator conference. On top of that there are many additional benefits at only a very small investment!
- Therefore, if you wish your students to participate but don’t have The Fresh Connection, The Cool Connection, The Blue Connection, or The Triple Connection in your curriculum yet, we encourage you to speak to your professor about entering our pilot program and have him/her connect with us. The business simulation games provide a great opportunity to gain and practice Value Chain skills in a professional and realistic setting and are a great addition to any university classroom!
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
THE PARTICIPATION CRITERIA:
- Teams must consist of 4 higher education students.
- Participating students should be full-time students at bachelor or master level, during the school year 2022/2023, who are 30 years or younger.
- Teams that qualify for the Global Final cannot contain students that participated in a Global Final previously.
- The competition is open to students that have experienced The Fresh Connection, The Cool Connection, The Blue Connection or The Triple Connection in a course, hosted by an educator, who has been certified by Inchainge.
- Now open to students participating in the Pilot Program. If you don’t have The Fresh Connection, The Cool Connection, or The Blue Connection in your curriculum but still want to participate, talk to your teacher about the business game and the opportunity of introducing a new learning tool into your course.
- Important note: Students are not allowed to sign up or participate in a ‘Train the Trainer’ or any other type of workshop, exclusively for educators organized by Inchainge or partner network. Doing so will automatically disqualify this student from participating in the competition.
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Program ends:
May 05, 2023
Program Ends: May 05, 2023
Cost/funding for participants
Rewards
- International networking - You will meet students and teachers from top universities from all over the world. Share your culture and learn about others during the Global Final. Take with you an unforgettable experience!
- Professional Training - The world's leading companies use Inchainge's business games to train personnel in the complexities of Value Chain Management. The Challenge allows students to bridge theory and practice in a real-life and volatile virtual market environment.
- Community - As a Global Finalist, you become part of an elite community of the best and brightest talents globally. The once in a lifetime experience you’ve shared provides memories and a special bond that will last a lifetime.
- Cash Prizes - You will be battling for the honor of being the Global Champion. However, the top teams also compete for €10,000 in prizes.
- Certificates - Top teams can proudly demonstrate their performance with official certificates!
- Champions - The winner usually takes all of the glory! However, this unique experience is what makes all Global Finalist true champions. You develop crucial hard- and soft skills beneficial to your future career. It shows that you are a true team player, you obtained real world experience, practiced critical thinking, and so much more.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
