As a Challenge Collaborator, You Benefit From:

• Fresh perspectives on the current challenges facing your organization
• Collaboration with motivated and talented students
• Access to the innovation and talent network of TUM and the EuroTeQ Alliance
• Exchange with experts from a wide range of disciplines
• Visibility within a Europe-wide education and innovation network

The EuroTeQ Collider brings together diverse perspectives to address socially relevant challenges through creative, interdisciplinary collaboration.

Suitable Challenges Are Those That:

• Address societal, technological, or organizational issues
• Are open enough to allow for creative and innovative solutions
• Can be meaningfully explored within the project timeframe
• Relate to current challenges faced by your organization

Challenges are submitted by companies, NGOs, universities, and other organizations and stakeholders from across society.

As a Challenge Collaborator, You Support the Teams Throughout the Five-Week Program

As a Challenge Collaborator, you accompany the teams throughout the five-week program and contribute your expertise to their work. The expected time commitment is approximately one hour per week.

At the Beginning

• Introduce your organization
• Present the challenge
• Answer initial questions from the teams

During the Collider

• Serve as the primary contact person for the teams
• Provide subject-matter input and feedback
• Offer additional support through data, context, or expertise when needed

At the End

• Participate in the final pitch event
• Provide feedback on the solution developed by the team
• Discuss potential next steps and opportunities for further development of the project

Your level of involvement remains manageable throughout the program and will be coordinated in close consultation with the organizing team.

1. Submit a Challenge

Together with the organizing team, you define and refine your challenge.

2. Collider Program

Interdisciplinary teams work for five weeks to develop innovative solutions to your challenge.

3. Final Pitch Event

The teams present their results to a jury and the Challenge Collaborators.

4. EuroTeQaThon

The best teams meet participants from other EuroTeQ universities and present their projects on a European stage.

5. Entrepreneurial Bootcamp

Selected teams have the opportunity to further develop their ideas together with experts at IESE Business School.

We Welcome Challenges From:

• Companies
• Start-ups
• NGOs
• Public institutions
• Research and educational institutions
• Social and community organizations

What matters most is not the size of the organization, but its willingness to work together with participants on a meaningful and relevant challenge.

The EuroTeQ Collider is open to organizations of all sizes that are interested in collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to address real-world issues and explore innovative solutions.

How Much Time Do I Need to Invest?

Typically, you will support your team at key moments throughout the program and participate in major milestones such as the kick-off event and the final pitch event. The expected time commitment is approximately one hour per week.

Does the Challenge Need to Be Fully Defined in Advance?

No. The organizing team will support you in refining and shaping your topic into a suitable Collider challenge.

Does My Organization Own the Final Solution?

The intellectual property primarily remains with the students. Specific arrangements and details will be discussed and agreed upon jointly before the program begins.