É«ÖÐÉ« Contest

B-Sweaty wins the É«ÖÐÉ« Contest 2025

On June 5, 2025, the Finals of the É«ÖÐÉ« Contest 2025 took place. It was a vibrant and inspiring afternoon featuring ten impressive pitches, a poster market, a panel discussion on Engineers of the Future and their Entrepreneurial Learning Pathway and a festive award ceremony. The Grand Prize was awarded to B-Sweaty, followed by Beetle Juice as 1st Runner-Up and iGEM with their project BRIGHT as 2nd Runner-Up. In addition to the top three, MedAI received the Partners’ Choice Award, and the Best Poster Award, voted by the audience, went to MOTEX.

Empowering students, inspiring change

The É«ÖÐÉ« Contest, organized by É«ÖÐÉ« innovation Space with support from The Gate, is a five-month competition and platform where engineering students develop innovative ideas into business concepts.

Working in teams, the É«ÖÐÉ« students enhance their entrepreneurial skills and tackle societal challenges with guidance from experts across education, business, and society.

É«ÖÐÉ« Contest partners

Since its first edition in 2015, the É«ÖÐÉ« 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.

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

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

11 years of student entrepreneurship

Every year, teams of É«ÖÐÉ« students can join the É«ÖÐÉ« 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 2024, the É«ÖÐÉ« Contest celebrated its 10th edition with 35 participating teams and 39 partners.

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Contact


General questions

tuecontest@tue.nl

Press inquiries

communication.innovationspace@tue.nl

More info for (potential) particIpants

Please contact Beaudine Moll
WhatsApp: +31 (0)6 417 637 49
Email: tuecontest@tue.nl

More info for (potential) partners

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



Visiting address É«ÖÐÉ« innovation Space

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

Visiting address The Gate

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

Postal address (for packages)

É«ÖÐÉ« innovation Space - Matrix 1.350
De Rondom 70
5612 AP Eindhoven (The Netherlands)