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Join an ECIU challenge | Solve real-life problems

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ECIU challenges are courses that engage diverse teams to solve real-life problems using a novel and practical method of challenge-based learning (CBL). All KTU students with at least 90 ECTS credits can participate unless specific requirements or restrictions are stated in the challenge description.

Why participate in challenges?

  • Hands-on experience working with companies and organizations
  • New knowledge and skills
  • Collaboration in an international team of students and lecturers
  • Support from mentors (teamchers)
  • Opportunity for a short-term study visit to a foreign university (depending on the challenge)
  • Participants receive a badge that adds extra points when applying for Talent scholarship

 

Join the following challenges this semester:

1. Smart & Green

Deadline for applications: 11 January 2026

Hosting University: University of Stavanger

Credits: 3 ECTS

Study format: Blended

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2. The Sustainable Forest Challenge

Deadline for applications: 18 January 2026

Hosting University: Linkoping University

Credits: 5 ECTS

Study format: Blended

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3. Beyond Classroom Walls: Sustainability Education In a Changing World

Deadline for applications: 18 January 2026

Hosting University: Linkoping University

Credits: 4 ECTS

Study format: Blended

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4. Engaging With the Futures – Resilient Communities

Deadline for applications: 25 January 2026

Hosting University: University of Trento

Credits: 4 ECTS

Study format: Blended

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5. Social Media Detox Camp

Deadline for applications: 25 January 2026

Hosting University: University of Trento

Credits: 4 ECTS

Study format: Blended

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6. Rethinking Professional Ethics: Deconstruct and Reconstruct Your Approach

Deadline for applications: 25 January 2026

Hosting University: INSA Group

Credits: 3 ECTS

Study format: Blended

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7. Building Cities of the Future: Harnessing New Urban Bioresources

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2026

Hosting University: Linkoping University

Credits: 5 ECTS

Study format: Blended

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8. ECIU University Creathon 2026: Building Inclusive Futures: Care, Community and Mobility

Deadline for applications: 1 February 2026

Hosting University: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Credits: 2 ECTS

Study format: Blended

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9. Healthcare and Sustainable Mobility (HASMO)

Deadline for applications: 2 February 2026

Hosting University: INSA Group

Credits: 3 ECTS

Study format: Blended

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10. Go Global. Grow Digital.

Deadline for applications: 18 February 2026

Hosting University: Kaunas University of Technology

Credits: 6 ECTS

Study format: Online

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11. Reimagine Food Production. Redefine the Future

Deadline for applications: 18 February 2026

Hosting University: Kaunas University of Technology

Credits: 6 ECTS

Study format: Online

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12. Greener Commute

Deadline for applications: 18 February 2026

Hosting University: Kaunas University of Technology

Credits: 6 ECTS

Study format: Online

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13. Game the Bias: Adultcentrism in Educational Relationships

Deadline for applications: 15 March 2026

Hosting University: University of Stavanger

Credits: 5 ECTS

Study format: Hybrid

14. Childism and Archiving the Climate Movement

Deadline for applications: 1 April 2026

Hosting University: University of Stavanger

Credits: 5 ECTS

Study format: Hybrid

 

Browse all ECIU learning opportunities here.

13th of January, 2026 - 1st of April, 2026

Learning in remote, blended or in-person formats

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