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IDEA League Challenge Programme 2023/2024
APPLICATION CLOSED - The Challenge Programme is geared towards highly talented students, selected for their outstanding academic performance and interest in interdisciplinary work. Typical candidates are in the 3rd year of their BSc programme or the 1st year of their MSc.
Friday 21 July, 2023 at 13:00 (CET)
- **26 – 29 October 2023** TU Delft / Politecnico di Milano (in Lecco)
- **23 – 26 November 2023** ETH Zurich (in Zurich)
- **22 – 25 February 2024** Chalmers (in Gothenburg)
- **23 – 27 May 2024** RWTH Aachen / TU Delft (Aachen & Delft)
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**Important:** The dates for RWTH Aachen / TU Delft have changed from April to end of May as seen above.
- **26 – 29 October 2023** TU Delft / Politecnico di Milano (in Lecco) - **23 – 26 November 2023** ETH Zurich (in Zurich) - **22 – 25 February 2024** Chalmers (in Gothenburg) - **23 – 27 May 2024** RWTH Aachen / TU Delft (Aachen & Delft)
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**Important:** The dates for RWTH Aachen / TU Delft have changed from April to end of May as seen above.
The IDEA League Challenge Programme (https://idealeague.org/students/challengeprogramme/) is a programme of extra-curricular activities offered jointly by the five universities of the IDEA League.
It is designed to serve our highest achieving students, who aspire to leadership positions beyond purely technical fields. The IDEA League partners join forces to offer highly qualified students a rigorous, interdisciplinary, educational programme on top of the regular curriculum in preparation for leadership roles in society.
The Challenge Programme therefore teaches engineering and science students key issues involved in decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. Students learn that they will have to deal with ill-defined complex problems, where different value sets are at stake instead of focusing on an engineering assessment that can be optimized. The modules incorporate innovative teaching methods, with real-life cases, group work and industry engagement with the students.
Students increase transferable competencies with special focus on the role of technology within society, and on how to bridge science and technology with ethical, societal, entrepreneurial and political topics. Further, the Golden Personality Profiler segment also provides the participants with a tool for gaining deep self-knowledge and awareness.
The Challenge Programme consists of four modules, each delivered during a long weekend (Thursday morning to Sunday afternoon). The four long weekends are organized at four of the IDEA League partner institutions. The fifth IDEA League partner hosts the final presentation. To participate students must be available to participate fully in all four modules and the final presentation.
The IDEA League Challenge Programme (https://idealeague.org/students/challengeprogramme/) is a programme of extra-curricular activities offered jointly by the five universities of the IDEA League.
It is designed to serve our highest achieving students, who aspire to leadership positions beyond purely technical fields. The IDEA League partners join forces to offer highly qualified students a rigorous, interdisciplinary, educational programme on top of the regular curriculum in preparation for leadership roles in society.
The Challenge Programme therefore teaches engineering and science students key issues involved in decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. Students learn that they will have to deal with ill-defined complex problems, where different value sets are at stake instead of focusing on an engineering assessment that can be optimized. The modules incorporate innovative teaching methods, with real-life cases, group work and industry engagement with the students.
Students increase transferable competencies with special focus on the role of technology within society, and on how to bridge science and technology with ethical, societal, entrepreneurial and political topics. Further, the Golden Personality Profiler segment also provides the participants with a tool for gaining deep self-knowledge and awareness.
The Challenge Programme consists of four modules, each delivered during a long weekend (Thursday morning to Sunday afternoon). The four long weekends are organized at four of the IDEA League partner institutions. The fifth IDEA League partner hosts the final presentation. To participate students must be available to participate fully in all four modules and the final presentation.
Four complementary modules in the form of long weekends (Thursday evening- Sunday afternoon) are organized alternately at each IDEA league partner university:
tbd.
Four complementary modules in the form of long weekends (Thursday evening- Sunday afternoon) are organized alternately at each IDEA league partner university:
tbd.
Participation Details
Accommodation, breakfast, lunch, and one dinner are arranged and paid for by the partner organising the weekend.
The students who are selected will be eligible to receive greener travel stipend of up to €1000 to encourage more sustainable travel between the universities.
There are no registration fees.
Accommodation, breakfast, lunch, and one dinner are arranged and paid for by the partner organising the weekend.
The students who are selected will be eligible to receive greener travel stipend of up to €1000 to encourage more sustainable travel between the universities.
There are no registration fees.
How to apply
The Challenge Programme is geared towards highly talented students, selected for their outstanding academic performance and interest in interdisciplinary work.
To be eligible you must be enrolled in the 3rd year of a Bachelors degree or 1st year of Masters degree at an IDEA League university throughout the entire length of the programme. This is a strict criterion.
The Challenge Programme is geared towards highly talented students, selected for their outstanding academic performance and interest in interdisciplinary work.
To be eligible you must be enrolled in the 3rd year of a Bachelors degree or 1st year of Masters degree at an IDEA League university throughout the entire length of the programme. This is a strict criterion.
In order to apply you need to login to SiROP with your university account. When your email belongs to a partner university the affiliation is created automatically.
After successful affiliation you can return to this event and you will find a button "Apply" right at the top.
If you need to affiliate manually please see: http://bit.ly/sirop-affiliate
In order to apply you need to login to SiROP with your university account. When your email belongs to a partner university the affiliation is created automatically.
After successful affiliation you can return to this event and you will find a button "Apply" right at the top.
If you need to affiliate manually please see: http://bit.ly/sirop-affiliate
The following documents will be requested from you as attachments you will have to upload with your application:
- Curriculum vitae & publications list
- Letter of motivation
- Transcript of records (optional)
- Letter of recommendation (optional)
The following documents will be requested from you as attachments you will have to upload with your application:
- Curriculum vitae & publications list - Letter of motivation - Transcript of records (optional) - Letter of recommendation (optional)
