The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is a partner in the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) alliance, a major strategic partnership that currently includes 10 universities from across Europe.
YUFE Challenge Teams offers UEF students a unique three–month journey where a team is built around students, researchers, experts and citizens to deliver solutions for specific challenges. It is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on entrepreneurial activity, work on real-world challenges and in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams with students from various YUFE Academic Institutions.
You will be guided by academic mentors and experts, and you are expected to propose a solution for the Challenge you choose to apply for and present it to the YUFE Evaluation Committee.
Participating in challenge teams it is an activity counting towards receiving a Professional Star. You are also eligible to apply for 3 ECTS.
In this call there are three Challenges:
- Impact Leaders
- Monitoring and Evaluation Solutions
- Strengthening of philanthropic activity among generation Z
Please find below important information:
- Registration Deadline: 6 November 2024.
- You can apply via the YUFE Virtual Campus.
- Duration of a YUFE Challenge: November 2024 – January 2025.
For more information, please contact:
Mari Argillander, Key Account Manager, UEF, mari.argillander@uef.fi