# TU/e Contest
**Source**: https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest
**Parent**: https://www.tue.nl/en/education/bachelor-college
12 years of student entrepreneurship
# TU/e Contest
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- [TU/e Contest](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest)
- [About](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/about)
- [Participants](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/participants)
- [Timeline](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/participants/timeline)
- [Conditions of entry](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/participants/conditions-of-entry)
- [Coaching opportunities](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/participants/coaching-opportunities)
- [Practical info for participants](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/participants/practical-info-for-participants)
- [Partners](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners)
- [Practical info for partners](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/practical-info-for-partners)
- [News](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/news)
- [Contact and Press](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/contact-and-press)
## Empowering students, inspiring change
The TU/e Contest is a five-month competition and learning platform where engineering students develop innovative ideas into impactful concepts. While working in interdisciplinary teams, the TU/e students enhance their entrepreneurial competencies and tackle societal challenges with guidance from experts across education, business, and society.
The TU/e Contest is an initiative of TU/e innovation Space, supported by TU/e Knowledge Transfer Office.
- [Read more about the TU/e Contest](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/about)
## TU/e Contest partners 2026
Since its first edition in 2015, the TU/e 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.
- [Open partner overview](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners)
[### Twice](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/twice)[### Rabobank](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/rabobank)[### Bosch Transmission Technology](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/bosch-transmission-technnology)[### Heijmans](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/heijmans)[### BOM](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/bom-1)[### Sustainability Office](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/sustainability-office)[### EIRES](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/eires)
### AI Pitch Competition
[### Gemeente Eindhoven](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/gemeente-eindhoven)[### Provincie Noord-Brabant](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/provincie-noord-brabant)[### GoodHabitz](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/goodhabitz)
### Fusion
[### Zumtobel](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/zumtobel)[### Unitron](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/unitron)[### NTS](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/nts)[### PreZero](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/prezero)[### ICMS](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/icms)[### ASML](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/asml)[### EAISI](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/eaisi)[### ANWB](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/anwb)[### C3TE (Centre for Care and Cure)](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/c3te-centre-for-care-and-cure)[### Blenddata](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/blenddata)[### TBI](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners/tbi)
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## Launching innovative ideas
All TU/e students with innovative, impactful ideas can use the TU/e 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.
- [More info for participants](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/participants/practical-info-for-participants)
## Follow the TU/e Contest
- [### LinkedIn
Read more](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tu-e-contest)
- [### Instagram
Read more](https://www.instagram.com/tuecontest/)
- [### YouTube playlist
Read more](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk-3q_Ea7-TPdEB7mUGHiz5JEuxLb8ALY&feature=shared)
## 12 years of student entrepreneurship
Every year, teams of TU/e students can join the TU/e 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 TU/e Contest celebrated its 11th edition with 160 participants and over 25 partners.
- [Play aftermovie TU/e Contest Meet & Greet 2025](https://youtu.be/wGHAjqDQJ0k)
## Contact
### General questions
[tuecontest@remove-this.tue.nl](# "More information about the TU/e Contest")
### Press **inquiries**
[communication.innovationspace@remove-this.tue.nl](# "Press inquiry for the TU/e Contest")
### More info for (potential) particIpants
Please contact our coaches\
Email: [tuecontest@remove-this.tue.nl](# "More information about the TU/e Contest for participants")
### More info for (potential) partners
Please contact Isabel de Haan or Santiago Castillo\
Phone: +31 (0) 6 41447678 (Isabel)\
Email: [business.innospace@tue.nl](https://www.tue.nl/en/education/tue-innovation-space/tue-contest/partners "More info about the TU/e Contest for potential partners")
### Visiting address TU/e innovation Space
Matrix (1st floor) \
Het Kranenveld 12\
5612 AK Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
### Visiting address TU/e Knowledge Transfer Office
Alpha Hub (2nd floor) \
Het Eeuwsel 57\
5612 AS Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
### Postal address (for packages)
TU/e innovation Space - Matrix 1.350\
De Rondom 70\
5612 AP Eindhoven (The Netherlands)