Best student competitions

Competitions are very interesting opportunities. They are hosted by organizations or companies and require some kind of contribution. Students compete with their ideas, photos, essays, or other projects, in order to win awards. Some competitions award money as well as other interesting prizes, like conference trips, airplane tickets, internships, and even job offers.

The APL Challenge is a quarterly event during which you can use APL to solve up to ten problems.

VCLA invites nominations for the Outstanding Master and Undergraduate Thesis Awards in the field of logic and computer science.

Enter this emerging market-focused case writing competition for a chance to win up to €2,500 and to have your case published globally.

Are you a change-maker, rain-maker, ground-breaker? Do you see opportunity, where others see crisis? Do you want to change the world? Young Champions of the Earth aims to celebrate and support individuals aged between 18 and 30 who have outstanding potential to create a positive environmental impact.

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The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2025 asks entrants to consider the relevance of journeys in a Commonwealth context, whether geographical, historical or personal.

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Scale up your startup, SME, or Critical Supply project - Strengthen Europe’s Raw Materials Resilience and Competitiveness. Apply for funding up to €2.5m with ERMA Booster Call.

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Accelerate your growth with international recognition. Join the most promising EdTech startups of 2025 from all corners of the world.

Pastel Journal and Artists Network are pleased to present our 27th Annual Pastel 100 art competition! Don’t miss the opportunity to win cash prizes, premium art materials from our amazing sponsors, and publication in a magazine with a worldwide audience of passionate artists and pastel enthusiasts.

It may not be obvious at first, but taking part in a competition can be a life-changing experience. It requires a lot of hard work, but it pays off later! You test your skills and knowledge in practical, real-world scenarios, which is so valuable to your future success.

WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 will be held from 22-26 September.

The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics (SDAE) will invite three award winners to present their essays at the Southern Economic Association (SEA) 95th Annual Meeting, November 22-24, 2025 at the Tampa Marriott Water Street in Tampa, FL.

Win a chance to pitch at Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival 2025 (November 3 - 7, 2025). Apply now to meet with 100+ investors and corporate clients in Hong Kong, Asia and beyond.

Join a global community for entrepreneurship and innovation. Develop ideas and solutions for today’s challenges together with like-minded people. At the Entrepreneurship Campus, ideas turn into real change. In 2025, the CEC is purely an ideas competition.

A highlight at the annual Global Wellness Summit (GWS), the Shark Tank of Wellness global student competition gives three university students a life-changing opportunity to network with the top visionaries and business leaders in wellness. 

The Entrepreneurship World Cup is one of the largest and most diverse pitch competitions and support programs of its kind.

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The Design Educates Awards recognize, showcase, and promote globally the best ideas and implementations of architecture and design that can educate.

The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is one of the biggest and most prestigious poetry competitions for 11-17 year olds in the world. Every year, 15 top winners and 85 commended poets are chosen; together, they represent some of the most exciting new voices writing today.

WANTED: PROBLEM SOLVERS James Dyson is on the hunt for bright minds with fresh ideas from around the globe. If you have an invention that solves a problem, we want to hear about it.

Since 2003, the MOE has been utilizing its existing educational and school resources for the nurturing of talented young people, especially in the areas of art and design. Through the promotion of the ''MOE's Program in Human Resource Development for Colleges of Art and Design, the '' MOE Scholarship Programs for Overseas Study in Art and Design'' and the ''MOE Award Incentive Program for Encouraging University/College Students to participate in International Art and Design Contests'', talented individuals have been given valuable opportunities to further develop their areas of exceptional interests and creativity.

Science/AAAS and SciLifeLab, a coordinated effort of four universities, have joined forces in creating the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists.

We empower creative thinkers across hospitality, travel and design. Through an annual competition, Radical Innovation mobilizes disruptors from around the world with the ideas to propel the industry forward.

We highly recommend you participate in as many student competitions as possible. You can even use some of those activities as professional experiences on your resume, regardless if you won or were a short-listed participant. Imagine adding to your resume the info that you participated in student competitions organized by Google, Daimler, or Schneider Electric!

The annual HG Wells Fiction Short Story Competition offers a £500 Senior and £1,000 Junior prize and free publication of all shortlisted entries in a quality, professionally published paperback anthology.

The International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition is an educational science competition that enables students from all countries to test their skills in astronomy and astrophysics.

We are delighted to announce that The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) is now open for submissions. The theme for this year’s competition is Our Commonwealth Journey.

Our competition is your ticket to global success.

The application and other materials are now available for the 2021 Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Award. Zonta International's YWPA Award recognizes young women, ages 16-19, who demonstrate superior leadership skills and a commitment to public service and civic causes, and encourages them to continue their participation in public and political life. 

The Moth Short Story Prize is an international prize, open to anyone from anywhere in the world, as long as their story is original and previously unpublished.

IvyPanda.com provides $1500 in scholarships annually for talented students who demonstrate mastery of presentation crafting. Scholarships will be awarded to two winners: the winner will receive $1,000; the runner-up prize is $500.

Inspired by one of the world’s most visionary leaders, the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition (LKYGBPC) is one of the world’s largest deep-tech university startup challenges.

Yope Foudnation provides funding, education and mentoring to young innovators who are solving the world’s most important problems. The goal is to help you build the foundation you need to become a world changing company.

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