Business Challenge - 2026
During the Business Challenge a team of carefully selected and highly motivated students from the Rotterdam Consulting Club will solve your business challenges, such as testing new value propositions, exploring new markets, boosting innovation, etc.
Description
The teams will come up with practically relevant solutions and an implementation plan related to your business challenges. This is a collaboration between the Rotterdam Consulting Club (RCC) and Master Challenge.
The students who will work on your challenge are carefully selected, top class, and highly motivated.
✅ Key features of the challenge
- Students per team: 4-6 student consultants.
- No. of hours spent per team: 10hrs per student consultant per week.
- Duration: 4 - 8 weeks (starting in February), duration depends on the size of the project.
- Supervision: Student teams are supervised and guided by experienced consultants.
- Deliverables: Management presentation and report (in the form of slides) with recommendations and an implementation plan.
- Company time investment: 8-10 hours
- Costs: Starting from €2.000,- (depending on the size of the project)
🚀 Who is RCC?
- Official student consultancy of Erasmus University Rotterdam
- 10+ years experience in bridging the gap between academics and professional experience in the industry of consulting
- 100+ events organized (Case solving sessions, conferences, workshops)
- 30+ collaborations with expert consultancies (incl. McKinsey, BCG and Bain)
👨🏻💼 Student Consultants
- Top Master students, MBA, and final year bachelors from Erasmus University Rotterdam
- High performers with strong GPAs only
- Mainly Business, Finance & Economics backgrounds
- 75% of members have relevant internship experience
- 47 nationalities offering diverse insights and experience
- Trained through workshops with experienced individuals, tailored to challenge's requirements
📑 Challenge Examples
The student teams can work on challenges like, but not limited to, the following:
- Testing new value propositions
- Exploring new markets
- Boosting innovation
- Helping out with your financials
Questions? Want to discuss your challenge before submitting one? Schedule a call here.
🏢 Company requirement
- Any company (startup/scale-up/corporate/incubator/NGO) with at least two founders/employees working full time in the company.
- In business for at least 6 months.
💰 Costs
Starting from €2.000,- (up to €6.000,- depending on the size of the project) (ex tax).
Invoicing will be done by Rotterdam Consulting Club.
📨 How to apply
You can submit the challenge directly through the website. Provide a title that summarises the challenge. Subsequently, briefly elaborate on your challenge. See link for a template you could use: https://link.masterchallenge.me/challenge-template or use the challenge generator: https://masterchallenge.me/challenge-generator
🗓 Planning
- December 19: Deadline for submitting your challenge
- December 22 (or sooner): Receiving message if your challenge is approved by the Rotterdam Consulting Club
- January 15-30: Selection process & Matching
- February 2: Kick-off meeting with your team
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