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.
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Empowering MSMEs: Innovative and Sustainable Business Solutions for Global Competitiveness. Register now for a chance to win and intern with Bank Rakyat Indonesia.
Fly Your Ideas is Airbus’ iconic student challenge, designed to inspire the next generation of aerospace pioneers and ensure students worldwide can shape the future of sustainable aerospace.
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.
Each year the RELX Environmental Challenge is awarded to projects that best demonstrate how they can provide sustainable access to safe water or sanitation. There is a $50,000 prize for the first place entry and a $25,000 prize for the second place entry.
The Society of Chemical Industry holds The Bright SCIdea Challenge, which provides support for students at university in the UK and internationally, to develop an innovative science-based idea into a business plan and to compete for a prize worth £5,000
The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise will host the 14th Annual Baylor New Venture Competition (NVC) on March 27-28 at Baylor University's Foster Campus for Business and Innovation. Applications for the competition are open Aug. 1 through Oct. 1
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business while attending college or university.
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Back in 2010, 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups) pioneered an accelerator program and shaped how venture capital fostered early-stage startups.
The European Product Design Award™ recognizes the efforts of talented international product and industrial designers who aim to improve our daily lives with their practical, well-thought-out creations.
Experience the world’s premier student trading competition. Celebrating its 23rd year in 2027, RITC brings together top universities to compete in real-time market simulations, test decision-making under pressure, and connect with future leaders in finance.
FGC is an international design competition launched in 2011 by Curtis Fentress, Principal in Charge of Design for Fentress Studios, a Populous Company.
Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world.
The Global Quantum Mechanics Challenge (GQMC) is an international challenge designed for high school and university students interested in learning more about the quantum world.
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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 Falling Walls Global Call is an international competition format that brings together science enthusiasts from diverse backgrounds.
The ELI Young Lawyers Award was officially launched at the 2016 Annual Conference and General Assembly.
At the Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA), we celebrate outstanding photography from around the globe. Our mission is to recognize, honor, and connect talented photographers with new audiences and creative communities in Tokyo, Japan.
Top young talents tackle toughest global challenges with blockchain.
The International Blockchain Olympiad (IBCOL) is an annual global competition inviting current and recent students to propose solutions for real-world problems with blockchain technology.
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Pastel Journal and Artists Network are pleased to present our 28th 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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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.
Photography 4 Humanity is an international initiative that calls on photographers around the world to bring to life the power of human rights through their images.
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