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Sustainability

CRE-Lab 24' - 25'

Period: 21-04-2025 - 01-01-2030HIP Circulair & Digitaal

CRE-Lab richt zich op circulaire en duurzame challenges voor iedere opleidingsrichting binnen het ROC van Amsterdam-Flevoland. Ook vraagstukken op het gebied van sociale duurzaamheid of vanuit de SDG's passen hier bij. Onze standplaats is Lelystad, maar we richten ons ook op Almere en Amsterdam.

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ICT

Cyber Security Lab - HvA - Sep 25

Period: 01-09-2025 - 30-01-2026MKB Werkplaats

Bij Cyber Security Lab van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam testen de studenten onder begeleiding van hun docent de veiligheid van digitale infrastructuur van een bedrijf.

Submission deadline: 15-07-2025
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Software Engineering

Business & ICT Challenge '25

Period: 01-09-2025 - 11-12-2025Leiden University

Talented 3rd year Bachelor students Informatics & Economics help your company solve a business/ICT challenge, such as improving business and/or IT development processes, setting up a requirement specification, creating a software design proposal, or developing a rudimentary software application.

Submission deadline: 15-07-2025
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Strategy

Strategy Challenge '25

Period: 01-09-2025 - 10-10-2025Nyenrode Business University

Let a team of business students from Nyenrode Business University help you out with developing or adapting your business strategy.

Submission deadline: 15-07-2025
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Innovation

Software Innovation Challenge '25

Period: 04-09-2025 - 11-12-2025Leiden University

Talented Master Computer Science students help you with starting up a new software innovation project.

Submission deadline: 15-07-2025
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Software Engineering

Validate your Software Idea '25

Period: 01-09-2025 - 24-10-2025Universiteit van Amsterdam

Let talented Master Software Engineering students work on your software idea! As part of a course on Requirements Engineering, they will validate and work out your software idea. The goal is to advice you, based on data, on what value it delivers and whether the software solution is indeed needed.

Submission deadline: 16-07-2025
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Intrapreneurship

Corporate Innovation Challenge '25

Period: 08-09-2025 - 24-10-2025Utrecht University

Let talented master students help boost the entrepreneurial capabilities and innovation power of your organization.

Submission deadline: 16-07-2025
Business Models for Sustainable Energy Challenge '25Photo by Markus Spiske
Sustainability

Business Models for Sustainable Energy Challenge '25

Period: 02-09-2025 - 04-11-2025University of Twente

Let talented master's students help you to (further) design and validate a business model for your sustainable energy solution.

Submission deadline: 18-07-2025
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Strategy

Strategy Consulting Challenge

Period: 05-09-2025 - 10-10-2025Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Get in contact with talented master students (MBA) who will provide a fresh perspective on your consulting reports.

Submission deadline: 18-07-2025
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HR

HR Challenge '25

Period: 30-08-2025 - 20-10-2025Tilburg University

Need help with improving your workforce? Talented students of the Master Work and Organizational Psychology will help your company solve relevant HR-related challenges!

Submission deadline: 21-07-2025
Organizational Improvement Challenge 2025Photo by CoWomen
Business

Organizational Improvement Challenge 2025

Period: 01-09-2025 - 12-12-2025Hogeschool van Amsterdam | Amsterdam School of International Business

Let a team of talented international business students help you improve your organization! Think about receiving advice on how to deal with change, improve leadership, better integrating new business processes, etc. The team will provide you with relevant insights and hands-on recommendations.

Submission deadline: 25-07-2025
September  2025: Challenges HU Institute of ICTPhoto by Martin Woortman
ICT

September 2025: Challenges HU Institute of ICT

Period: 01-09-2025 - 31-01-2026HU Institute for ICT

Laat talentvolle HBO-ICT-studenten in (multidisciplinaire) teams werken aan een duurzame ICT-opdracht binnen jouw organisatie en profiteer van hun frisse kennis en ideeën.

Submission deadline: 26-07-2025
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Data

Data Driven Interventions for Complex Health & Mobility Problems

Period: 08-09-2025 - 31-01-2026Computational Social Science UvA

We invite partner organisations to collaborate with us on data-driven interventions in the field of mobility and health. Our students learn how to run Machine Learning algorithms, develop a data driven intervention, deliver actionable insights as a foundation for informed decision making.

Submission deadline: 14-08-2025
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Other

Studio Smart Cities - HvA - Sep 25

Period: 01-09-2025 - 30-01-2026MKB Werkplaats

Bij Studio Smart Cities werken studenten en professionals samen aan innovatieve oplossingen voor stedelijke uitdagingen. Door een integrale benadering wordt gewerkt aan de ontwikkeling, implementatie en evaluatie van technologieën en concepten die bijdragen aan slimme, duurzame steden.

Submission deadline: 15-08-2025
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Marketing

Marketing Strategy Challenge

Period: 30-10-2025 - 04-12-2025Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Let teams of master students work on strategic marketing challenges. These include anything linking to i. analysis of the relevant market, ii. segmentation, targeting, positioning, iii. crafting competitive advantage and a value proposition, iv. category expansion, new product launch, repositioning.

Submission deadline: 15-08-2025
Studio Immersive Tech (AR/VR/XR/MR) - HvA - Sep 25Photo by Maxim Hopman
Data

Studio Immersive Tech (AR/VR/XR/MR) - HvA - Sep 25

Period: 01-09-2025 - 30-01-2026MKB Werkplaats

De studenten komen van verschillende opleidingen maar grotendeels van de HBO-ICT opleiding Game Development. Extended Reality (XR) vertegenwoordigt een samensmelting van alle immersieve technologieën—Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), en Mixed Reality (MR).

Submission deadline: 15-08-2025
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Software Engineering

Studio Dark Tech - HvA - Sep 25

Period: 01-09-2025 - 30-01-2026MKB Werkplaats

Studenten verkennen op prikkelende wijze de grenzen en risico’s van hedendaagse technologieën. Door eerst onethische prototypes te ontwikkelen, zoals verslavende apps, deepfake AI-tools of privacy-schendende systemen, worden de schaduwzijden van technologie concreet gemaakt.

Submission deadline: 15-08-2025
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Impact

Studio Social Impact apps - HvA - Sep 25

Period: 01-09-2025 - 30-01-2026MKB Werkplaats

Studenten ontwikkelen apps die maatschappelijke impact hebben. Vaak zal er een (web)app gebouwd of verbeterd worden nadat de analyse- , advies- en ontwerpfase zijn doorlopen, waarna de applicatie gehost, onderhouden en gemanaged moet worden.

Submission deadline: 15-08-2025