What is the EuroTeQ Collider?
From Challenge to Impact
The EuroTeQ Collider is a challenge-based learning programme developed within the EuroTeQ Alliance, a network of leading European universities that aims to modernise engineering education through hands-on, interdisciplinary learning.
Coordinated at TUM by the TUM: Junge Akademie, the Collider brings together students, researchers, trainees, companies and NGOs to work on real-world challenges.
EuroTeQ Collider
Interdisciplinary teams develop innovative solutions to challenges from industry, academia and society while building future-oriented skills.
EuroTeQaThon
The best teams from across Europe come together to exchange ideas, collaborate internationally and pitch their projects on a European stage.
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Selected teams further develop their projects with entrepreneurial mentoring and support from TUM and IESE Business School.
For Partners
Who can become a partner?
What benefits do I receive by being a Challenge Collaborator?
Which input do I need to give in order to be a Challenge Collaborator?
What are former Challenge Collaborators saying?
For Learners
Who can participate in the EuroTeQ Collider?
What do I get from participating in the EuroTeQ Collider?
What are former participants saying?
EuroTeQ Collider 2025 Aftermovie
In the summer semester of 2025, 16 teams worked on various projects over a period of eight weeks. Following the local pitch event at the end of the course, three teams were selected as winners.
Team BioThermoBox developed a sustainable cooling box made from recycled banana fibers to reduce post-harvest losses among smallholder farmers in Uganda. Team Briq worked on an affordable carbonizer that transforms agricultural waste into biochar and barbecue briquettes, promoting soil fertility, sustainability, and rural economies. The third local winning team, Mobility for Offliners, enhances mobility for senior citizens in Eching through printed maps, information boards, and group excursions.
The Ignite Bootcamp at IESE Business School in Barcelona
In July 2024, selected teams had the opportunity to take part in the Ignite Bootcamp at the IESE Business School in Barcelona. In a four-day sprint, the students gained valuable knowledge on dealing with investors as well as team-specific mentoring from experts.
Contact
E-Mail: euroteq@ja.tum.de
Diane Baumer
Referentin EuroTeQ Start-Up
Angela Wester
Referentin EuroTeQ Collider