Students’ Challenge
Tested on real challenges: student teams tackle topics proposed by institutions and companies
The Challenges connect students, organizations, and businesses to address cutting-edge issues. Participating teams, drawn from multiple disciplines, are tasked with developing creative, high-impact solutions by field-testing their transversal and entrepreneurial skills.
Innovating from practical challenges
Students’ Challenges are multi-week initiatives promoted by UniTo to create a direct connection between universities, businesses, institutions, and organizations, involving students from all degree programs in experimentation, learning, and professional growth paths. Through a challenge-based learning approach, participants work in multidisciplinary teams to address real, complex, and current challenges proposed by companies and institutions, developing innovative ideas and solutions capable of generating value and impact.
The Challenges in numbers
The objectives of the program
Innovating from practical challenges
Building bridges between academia and the outside world
Offer experiential learning and teamwork experiences in multidisciplinary teams
Enhance transversal skills and creativity
Stimulating social responsibility and sustainable impact
The topics addressed
Aerospace & Sustainable Mobility
Green Technologies & Sustainable Industries
Culture, Creativity & Digital Humanities
Digital Transformation & AI
AgriFood & AgriTech
Health & Wellbeing
The main moments of the format
Kick-off Day
Pitch Perfect Workshop
Deep Dive Day
Mentors’ Day
Pitch Day
Challenges are held in person. The possibility of hybrid participation depends on the individual initiative.
UniTo Students: How and Why to Participate
Participating in a Students’ Challenge means taking on real challenges, working in teams and in direct contact with companies and institutions. Over the course of about six weeks, the groups go through various stages, transforming their ideas into concrete projects, thanks also to the support of experts and mentors.
The initiative is open to all students enrolled at the University of Turin. Applicants can apply individually or in groups, with a preference for multidisciplinary teams. The Entrepreneurship and Spin-Off team will handle the initial organization of teams based on individual applications and can supplement or balance existing groups to create the right mix of skills and offer a stimulating experience for each student. Kick-off Day will provide participants with an opportunity to get to know each other and receive instructions on how to complete their teams and begin the challenge.
Participants will receive a digital Open Badge that can potentially be converted into 3 CFU credits, as well as access to professional development opportunities and rewards (defined from time to time depending on the company launching the challenge).
The Students’ Challenges are held in Italian and attendance at the main events is mandatory.
Institutions and businesses: why apply?
approaching the university with an open innovation approach
discover talents and future professionals
give visibility to the values and commitment of your organization
contribute to a cultural and sustainable development project shared with the University
Present us your challenge
Do you have a theme in mind to engage student teams in? You can submit your ideas and apply in just a few steps.
Present us your challenge
Do you have a theme in mind to engage student teams in? You can submit your ideas and apply in just a few steps.
