Each competition offers student teams the opportunity to showcase their creativity and entrepreneurship by presenting projects that offer innovative solutions to various challenges. V.O.'s input is to share expertise on intellectual property, which is essential for protecting the ideas and innovations of participating teams.
TU Delft Impact Contest
The TU Delft Impact Contest, held at Delft University of Technology, offers students the chance to further develop their own ingenious ideas, prototypes and research projects into business plans. The main goal and mission is to challenge students to create out-of-the-box innovative solutions to social problems and translate them into real products and business plans.
Erasmus University Challenge
The Erasmus University Challenge, organized by Eindhoven University of Technology, allows engineering students to develop their entrepreneurial skills. In doing so, they benefit from the expertise of innovative and highly skilled partners, and come into contact with successful entrepreneurs and leading international companies. The competition challenges students to turn innovative ideas, which offer solutions to societal problems, into a viable business concept.
Incubators for innovation and entrepreneurship
These competitions act as incubators for innovation and entrepreneurship, giving students the opportunity to develop their skills, build networks and attract potential investors. Moreover, they help strengthen ties between universities, industries and the broader society, creating a fertile environment for the development of breakthrough ideas and technological advances.
