Best student competitions
Competitions are very interesting opportunities. They are hosted by organizations or companies and require some kind of contribution. Students compete with their ideas, photos, essays, or other projects, in order to win awards. Some competitions award money as well as other interesting prizes, like conference trips, airplane tickets, internships, and even job offers.
APL is a programming language that will change the way you think about solving problems. You don’t need to know any APL or programming at all to participate in this challenge; the question texts will teach you everything you need to know to progress.
An exciting global challenge open to teams of students and young entrepreneurs from all backgrounds. Your mission? To develop an innovative business model that delivers clean, affordable, and renewable energy solutions tailored to the needs of local communities.
The John Locke Institute encourages young people to cultivate the characteristics that turn good students into great writers: independent thought, depth of knowledge, clear reasoning, critical analysis and persuasive style.
We seek to honour those who ordinarily would not receive recognition or be publicly appreciated for their selfless efforts to enhance the lives of people around them, through their unrewarded volunteering or humanitarian work, or by their acts of valour in extraordinary circumstances.
Vigor Awards International is the perfect way to show appreciation for the modern hero of today.
Nominate a community leader, religious adviser, philanthropist, humanitarian, volunteer, or someone who has affected the world in a positive way.
Now entering its seventh year, The Meaningful Business 100 recognises business leaders, globally, who are driving companies and initiatives aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Comprising social entrepreneurs, CEOs, corporate sustainability leaders and impact investors, the MB100 cuts across sectors, geographies, role types and SDGs, to champion outstanding individuals solving the biggest issues we face today.
Delivering much more than congratulatory recognition, the year-round MB100 programme, supported by industry leading organisations including EY, Hogan Lovells, Green Frontier Capital, Kenya Climate Ventures and The Portman Estate, is designed to help increase the winners’ positive impact and scale, by providing access to a range of pro-bono services, investment opportunities, potential customers, capacity building resources and a global community of peers.
Nominations are now open for the 2025 award and the deadline for submissions is Sunday 15th June 2025.
Our prestigious Young Economist of the Year competition is back for 2025! Last year's competition attracted entries from nearly 3,000 young people, and we can't wait to see all of your thoughts and ideas this time.
The Print Center is thrilled to announce its 100th ANNUAL International Competition, to be juried by by Anders Bergstrom, Joshua Chuang and Lesley Martin.
The ANNUAL is one of the oldest and most prestigious competitions in the United States, and 2025 marks two exciting anniversaries – the 100th ANNUAL and The Print Center’s 110th; we welcome you to be a part of it!
The ANNUAL is open to local, national and international artists, and The Print Center is particularly interested in highlighting the use of photography and/or printmaking in new and intriguing ways, both in content, form and process.
Any artist using Photography and/or Printmaking as critical components in their work can enter.
The Taiwan Ocean Conservation Administration (OCA) and GEEP invite young people (ages 15–30) everywhere to propose an innovative solution that addresses a marine conservation issue! The 2025 YIC explores how we can address marine issues and support people of all ages to be engaged stewards to protect marine environments.
An intensive 8-week program designed to ignite growth and equip pioneering built world startups with the right tools to transform the industry.
It may not be obvious at first, but taking part in a competition can be a life-changing experience. It requires a lot of hard work, but it pays off later! You test your skills and knowledge in practical, real-world scenarios, which is so valuable to your future success.
The ChallengeUS Future Leaders Competition aims to critically engage and amplify youth voices from all over the world in civic ideas and challenges. The competition seeks to find, spotlight, and reward promising future leaders through scholarship prizes and award recognition.
Organised by Fingertips Company Limited and sponsored by Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI), the “Art on Climate” International Illustration Competition aims to raise awareness of effective strategies for combating climate change.
The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics (SDAE) will invite three award winners to present their essays at the Southern Economic Association (SEA) 95th Annual Meeting, November 22-24, 2025 at the Tampa Marriott Water Street in Tampa, FL.
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The Founder Institute is the world's most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.
The Founder Institute is the world’s premier pre-seed startup accelerator, with chapters across 185+ cities and alumni companies that have raised over $950M in funding.
CineSpace is a collaboration between NASA and Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS) that offers filmmakers around the world a chance to share their works inspired by, and using, actual NASA imagery through “CineSpace,” a short film competition premiering at Houston Cinema Arts Festival.
Taipei is a dynamic and innovative city, and the Taipei Design Award has been organized by the Industrial Development Bureau of Taipei Municipal Government since 2008
The Nineteenth Century Studies Association is pleased to announce the Emerging Scholars Award. The work of emerging scholars represents the promise and long-term future of interdisciplinary scholarship in nineteenth century studies.
Can you explain a big scientific idea with a short film (3 minutes max)? Let The Brainstorming Begin! The official launch of the 2025 Breakthrough Junior Challenge is on April 1st. This could be YOU this year!
To mark Zepter International’s 40th anniversary, we are proud to launch a design competition inspired by the iconic cookware that built our legacy and made Zepter a globally recognized name in healthy living.
43North offers an opportunity to scale your business with funding and an immersive accelerator program like no other.
The K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is a government-backed accelerator program that helps non-Korean startups expand into the Korean and Asian markets through business support, funding, and networking opportunities.
We highly recommend you participate in as many student competitions as possible. You can even use some of those activities as professional experiences on your resume, regardless if you won or were a short-listed participant. Imagine adding to your resume the info that you participated in student competitions organized by Google, Daimler, or Schneider Electric!
The NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) seeks solutions to complex Earth Science problems using transformative or unconventional computing technologies such as quantum computing, quantum machine learning, neuromorphic computing, or in-memory computing.
The 14th annual Ocean Awareness Contest is a platform for young people to learn about environmental issues through art-making and creative communication, explore their relationship to a changing world, and become advocates for positive change.
The APL Challenge is a quarterly event during which you can use APL to solve up to ten problems.
The ELI Young Lawyers Award was officially launched at the 2016 Annual Conference and General Assembly.
An educational science competition open to students from around the world: Unleash your astronomy skills and expand your knowledge through diverse problems that explore the universe. Win awards and telescopes signed by Nobel Prize laureates!
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Accelerate your growth with international recognition. Join the most promising EdTech startups of 2025 from all corners of the world.
Pastel Journal and Artists Network are pleased to present our 27th Annual Pastel 100 art competition! Don’t miss the opportunity to win cash prizes, premium art materials from our amazing sponsors, and publication in a magazine with a worldwide audience of passionate artists and pastel enthusiasts.
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