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WIN WITH YOUR DESIGN

     

Are you a student at school or university who has completed an exciting project or final thesis in engineering or development as part of your training or studies? Would you like to present your design project to a wide audience? Then Engineering Newcomer is the right place for you! Here you have the chance to prove your skills and win great prizes with your design project. 

Your chance to prove yourself 
Since 2014 we are looking for the best Engineering Newcomer. This construction competition is aimed at students at schools, universities, technical colleges and universities of applied sciences. All you have to do is submit your design work in the area of engineering or development. A qualified jury of experts evaluates submitted projects and selects the winner at a large award ceremony. 

Besides attractive prize money for you and your educational institute, you can look forward to a great deal of recognition and attention for your project. The competition also offers students and young professionals in engineering sciences the opportunity to present themselves as well as their skills and benefit from enhanced career prospects. 

Apply now and become Engineering Newcomer of 2025! 
Registering for Engineering Newcomer 2025 is easy: just click on 'TO REGISTER' and submit your design work until 31. July. We are looking forward to your participation and your innovative project! 

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Look out school pupils and students!

The Engineering Newcomer is about to make its 12th appearance

Together with CADENAS GmbH, the “Bundesarbeitskreis Fachschule für Technik” (a federal working group that supports vocational training candidates on their path to becoming certified technicians) and MDESIGN, we are looking for the Engineering Newcomer 2025. School pupils and students can apply with their project or final paper in the field of Engineering and Development, in a team or as an individual.

  • For your participation, we will need photos, screenshots or videos of the project or final paper together with a description (task, components used, challenges, project result)
  • The deadline for participation is 31 July 2025
  • The award ceremony will take place at the Motek Conference Centre in Stuttgart

The evaluation

The projects are then evaluated by a jury of experts according to the following criteria:

  • Innovation/creativity
  • Practical value, technological benefits, market opportunities
  • Use of standard parts/purchased parts, cost considerations, variability
  • Additional points for the use of norelem parts (free download here)
  • Function and handling
  • Technological implementation
  • Display and use of social media for presentation
  • Many Likes for your PARTcloud.net upload increase the chances of winning / Upload with the tag Engineering Newcomer 2025
  • Upload as STEP file

The prizes

The best projects will be awarded an attractive cash prize for the participant and their educational institution:

1st place:   1.250 €
2nd place:     750 €
3rd place:      500 €

Engineering Newcomer Leaderboard

For educational institutions and universities, the Engineering Newcomer offers a further incentive: by submitting entries and winning teams, the participating educational institutions receive points on an ongoing basis. At the end of each competition, it becomes clear which institution has so far sent the most successful and creative young talent into the race.

The educational institution that takes first place at the end of the competition can look forward to an additional prize of 500 euros.

Each project submitted earns 1 point. The winning schools receive an additional 10 points for first place, 6 points for second place and 3 points for third place.