Students from all Europe invited to compete in the 4th European Universities & Grad. Schools Innovation Championship

Paris, October 12th, 2017 On April 12th, 2018, top European talents from 120 campuses will compete in the fourth edition of the Morpheus Cup to showcase their skills and highlight their most innovative projects. “The championship is a fantastic way for youth to demonstrate their abilities and close the skills gap that exists between education, higher education, and the job market in Europe.

After Luxembourg in 2017, the event will take place in 2018 at the Palais Brongniart (Stock Exchange) in Paris and will focus on burning topics such as digital transformation, creativity, deep tech, circular economy, e-commerce, and much more.

Since its launch in 2015, the Morpheus Cup has been placed under the high patronage of the European Commission, with the support of Commissioners Marianne Thyssen and Carlos Moedas in 2017.

“The championship is a great opportunity for young people to showcase their skills and to help bridge the gap between universities, schools, and the European employment market.

In the Commission, we believe that the right skills not only improve young people’s life chances but also act as a driver for our future competitiveness and growth,” underlines Mrs. Thyssen.

In the last three years, the event has already attracted hundreds of campuses from more than 20 countries and rewarded many of them, including Warshaw School of Economics, Mannheim Business School, HEC Paris, Polytechnique Nantes, and universities from Oxford, Berlin, Luxembourg, Athens, and Barcelona.

New challenges for new talents

The next edition will take the competition to another level by featuring tech, business, science, marketing, and creative challenges in five different rooms, suggesting meetings with employers, innovative brands, and investors through 50 stands and presenting not less than 20 categories for students to submit their projects or startup ideas (Morpheus Prize).

Apart from the live experiences and challenges designed by entrepreneurs or partners of the event, almost 500 research projects and startups will be showcased to win awards, the championship, and up to €50,000 worth of prizes.

Art, circular economy, human capital, smart cities, mobility, FinTech, design, industry, sport, artificial intelligence… topics, regardless of the students’ profiles and education level, invite them to be creative in many different fields.

Finalists will have to pitch in front of an international jury. Past editions welcomed jury members from Google Lunar XPrize, WarnerBros, Accenture, European Investment Fund, FC Barcelona, ESA, Canal+, Novak Djokovic Foundation, etc.

Daimler, Forbes, Expon Capital, Davidson, Leroy-Merlin, and PwC have already joined the next edition.

Registrations are already open. First partners, jury members, and employers will be unveiled before the Christmas season.

The Morpheus Cup’s website unveils the main characteristics of the championship and also the past edition prize winners.