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And the winner of the ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Contest 2026 is...

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Did you know that 50 million temperature data loggers are produced every year? And that 80% of them are thrown away while most components are reusable? Blue Iceberg is changing that with a circular recovery network for these devices, and their concept and pitch convinced the jury to award them the Grand Prize (€5,000).

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Contest partners 2026

Since its first edition in 2015, the ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Contest offers partners the opportunity to impact the next generation of innovators. Through their expertise and guidance, partners provide essential real-world insights that support the participants' learning journey, helping students turn their ideas into impactful solutions. These are the partners of the 2026 edition.

Empowering students, inspiring change

The ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Contest is a five-month competition and learning platform where engineering students develop innovative ideas into impactful concepts. While working in interdisciplinary teams, the ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø students enhance their entrepreneurial competencies and tackle societal challenges with guidance from experts across education, business, and society.

The ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Contest is an initiative of ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø innovation Space, supported by ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Knowledge Transfer Office.

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All students with innovative, impactful ideas can use the ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Contest as a launchpad for their (student) team projects or (social) startups.

Throughout the competition, participating teams develop entrepreneurial competencies through workshops and brainstorming sessions with peers. They also engage with coaches from educational and business sectors at various online and offline networking events.

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12 years of student entrepreneurship

Every year, teams of ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø students can join the ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Contest. They are challenged to develop themselves as engineers of the future and discover their path to impact. In co-creation with a diverse network of experts across educational, business and societal fields, the participating teams develop their innovative idea from concept to context. 

In 2025, the ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Contest celebrated its 11th edition with 160 participants and over 25 partners.

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Contact


General questions

tuecontest@tue.nl

Press inquiries

communication.innovationspace@tue.nl

More info for (potential) particIpants

Please contact our coaches
Email: tuecontest@tue.nl

More info for (potential) partners

Please contact Isabel de Haan or Santiago Castillo
Phone: +31 (0) 6 41447678 (Isabel)
Email: business.innospace@tue.nl



Visiting address ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø innovation Space

Matrix (1st floor) 
Het Kranenveld 12
5612 AK Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

Visiting address ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Knowledge Transfer Office

Alpha Hub (2nd floor) 
Het Eeuwsel 57
5612 AS Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

Postal address (for packages)

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø innovation Space - Matrix 1.350
De Rondom 70
5612 AP Eindhoven (The Netherlands)