EuroTeQ Collider
Challenge based learning: Further develop the training of engineers in Europe
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has joined forces with five other leading scientific and technical universities to promote the European spirit in a EuroTeQ format and to support innovative engineering education throughout Europe. Learn more about the EuroTeQ project. and about the EuroTeQ collider.
The EuroTeQ Collider is a challenge-based learning format and was created by the EuroTeQ universities. ’Collider’ is the chosen term to emphasize a core value that the most creative and innovative solutions often emerge from the collision of ideas from a diverse group.
At each of the six EuroTeQ universities, the EuroTeQ Collider project weeks take place at the same time, with local colliders working independently. During these project weeks, interdisciplinary and heterogeneous groups consisting of students, vocational trainees and employees from various companies work on different challenges.
The best projects are then selected by an independent jury and the teams are invited to the EuroTeQaThon. The EuroTeQaThon is a three-day event, where the winning teams from all EuroTeQ universities come together and have the opportunity to exchange ideas, boost creativity, and innovation and if possible find synergies between projects from partner universities. The final pitches are evaluated in front of a high-level jury consisting of representatives from industry, European public institutions, NGOs, and the EuroTeQ Advisory Board.
The world we live in is interconnected and interdependent, and so are we. Enhance connections for sustainable futures is a topic that aims to help us understand and appreciate the value of our connections with ourselves, others, and the environment. It also inspires us to use these connections as a source of strength, creativity, and collaboration in solving the global issues that affect us all.
The categories for challenges are:
- People – Build stronger communities by facilitating meaningful connections.
- Nature – Develop mindful connections to nature and careful consideration for our environmental resources.
- Technology – Forge effective connections through technology, both digitally and physically.
- FR 12.04. | 4.00-5.30 p.m. | Workshop for Challenge Collaborators
- | 6.00-8.00 p.m. | Kick-Off: Opening. Team building & -forming
- SAT 13.04. | 12.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. | Get started: Workshop Agile Project management
- MON 15.04. | 10.00-12.00 a.m. | Workshop: Design Thinking by partner MATHWORKS
- WED 17.04. | 6.00-8.00 p.m. | LOOP I: Project structure & more
- WED 24.04. | 6.00-8.00 p.m. | LOOP II: Project concept & design
- MO 29.04. | 4.00-9 p.m. | Workshop Storytelling
- SA 04.05. | 12.00 a.m.-6 p.m. | Workshop Pitch Presentation
- MI 08.05. | 6.00-20 p.m. | Loop III: Project consolidation & next steps
- MO 13.05. | 2.00-8 p.m. | Feedback Session (20 min time slots)
- THURS 16.05. | 6.30-10.00 p.m. | Rehearsal
- FRI 17.05. | 5.00-9.00 p.m.| Finish with Jury & Closing Ceremony
SAVE THE DATE I: June 8-10, 2024 - EUROTEQATHON - the decision!"
- The three winning teams from TUM will compete with the top three teams from the European partners at the EuroTeQaThon!
- It will take place at our partner L'X in Paris!
SAVE THE DATE II: End of July 2024 (TBD) - BOOTCAMP - the step into entrepreneurship!"
- One team per partner will be invited to the boot camp and made fit for the entrepreneurial realization of their solution!
- It will take place at the partner at IESE in Barcelona!
Learn about the 10 challenges
To download a PDF file with further information, click on the image.
TUMJA is already looking for partners who submit challenges for the EuroTeQ Collider 2025.
Get in touch with us via euroteq@ja.tum.de
