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About
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Application period


20 March 2022 - 09 May 2022

  • Create an account and add team members
  • Add information to your online team profile
  • Complete your application before 9 May

Info Session


25 April 2022

Online

  • Receive answers for your questions about the contest
  • Meet fellow students to form a team

Kick-Off Event & How To Fail


10 May 2022

Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 | Erasmus Enterprise buildings

  • Kick-Off Event with participants and partners
  • Get inspired my interesting guest speakers and a workshop by Erasmus X
  • Get to know your fellow competitors and coaches from the network
  • Learn about the do's and dont's during the challenge

Workshop: Idea Validation - Inspiration


24 May 2022

Marconitoren ECE


Workshop: Idea Prototyping


07 June 2022

YES!Delft Molengraaffsingel 12, Delft

An afternoon full of inspiration and development hosted by YES!Delft

Speed Date Event


14 June 2022

Erasmus University College Nieuwemarkt 1A, Rotterdam

  • An afternoon filled with brainstorming and coaching
  • Get the opportunity to date with 4 partners/students
  • Great opportunity to receive face to face feedback

Workshop: How to Pitch & How to get funded


01 September 2022

Woudestein Campus | Q-building

  • 13:45 - 14:00 - Walk-in
  • 14:00 - 14:30 - John Brands - CEO Retail NL - Jacob Douwe Egberts
  • 14:30 - 15:00 - Arco van Nieuwland - co-founder Exact & Yuki
  • 15:00 - 15:15 - break
  • 15:15 - 16:45 - Workshop Minite: How to pitch?
  • 16:45 - 17:45 - Workshop Graduate Entrepreneur Fund & Rabobank: How to get funded?
  • 17:45 - 18:30 - Pizza, DJ and drinks > Announcement of Finalists

Grand Finale


15 September 2022

Excelsior Stadium - Honingerdijk 110, Rotterdam

  • 13.30 – 14.15 – Walk-in with special guest Churandy Martina - 5x olympic athlete
  • 14.15 – 14.40 – Inspirational speech by Annelien Bredenoord, Rector Magnificus - Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • 14:40 – 15:00 – Inspirational speech by Matthijs van Doorn,Vice-President Commercial - Port of Rotterdam
  • 15.00 – 16.30 – Pitches finalists & Showdown
  • 16.30 – 16.45 – Award show
  • 16.45 – 19:00 – Networking drinks, DJ & pizza
Register now for the Grand Finale Register here!

After Trajectory


01 October 2022

Starting from October

  • Investor Readiness Program together with Innovation Quarter
  • Stage Two pan-European competition for the best startups spinning out together with ECE
  • 3 months co-working & coaching by YES!Delft, Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship and Erasmus Enterprise
Do you want to join the Erasmus University Challenge 2023? Register here!