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Register now and join the Erasmus University Challenge Finale 2025!

Register now and join the
Erasmus University Challenge Finale 2025 !

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Will we see you at the Grand Finale of the Erasmus University Challenge 2025?

Welcome to the Erasmus University Challenge! For the 3rd consecutive year, Erasmus University and Erasmus Enterprise - in collaboration with Soapbox - create the amazing opportunity for students to learn and improve by developing their own business ideas with support from many educational and industry partners. Whether the idea is based on a prototype, scientific project, or your sheer motivation, everybody with an impactful idea is welcome! Besides online and offline coaching of our invaluable network, developing your personal skills and many opportunities for networking, there are of course also many prizes to win worth up to €10.000,-!

We are preparing for the final stage of the Erasmus University Challenge! The big Finale. Don’t miss out on meeting all those young entrepreneurial minds and register for the Grand Finale on the 19th of September in the Excelsior Stadium! See all the finalists below.

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Finalists of the Erasmus University Challenge

Why should you participate?


Showcase your idea or startup and let your entrepreneurial journey begin!

Connect and interact with the network and attend workshops and fun events.

Grow both your idea or startup and yourself personally.

Achieve new insights, skills, connection and various prizes!

Business cases get inspired and help partners with their challenges.

Career and internship opportunities with our partner network.

Why should you participate

Prizes

2nd Prize

Start-up Award

€5.000,-

1st Prize

Prototyping Award

€4.000,-

3rd Prize

Ideation Award

€3.000,-

Besides these prizes you can win the audience award (€1000,-) and many more such as co-working spaces, professional coaching to support further developing your idea and a year of free drinks!

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Stage Two: A huge success

After winning both the Audience Award and the Up!Rotterdam Prize at the Grand Finale of the Erasmus University Challenge 2023, team Accuselect took the Stage Two pan-European competition by storm. Together with Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship they traveled all the way to Berlin for the win, and they delivered!

Team Accuselect has struck gold with not one, but two remarkable investment triumphs. A staggering €150.000 and €50.000 in prizes! Huge compliments to Accuselect and their dedication to entrepreneurship.

News

Stay tuned for all the news about the Erasmus University Challenge!

Partners of the Erasmus University Challenge