UCE Disrupt Challenge Series

Do you want to be part of imagining a better future for the heart of Ōtautahi | Christchurch? The Boost Your City Challenge is your chance to develop ideas that engage young people with the downtown core of our city. Learn more about the UC Boost Your City Challenge.

The Global Impact Challenge is an opportunity for all UC students to tackle the biggest problems facing our tourism sector. ChristchurchNZ is looking for innovative solutions they can implement. This is your chance to make a real impact! You don't need any experience or ideas to take part. Learn about the Global Impact Challenge 2022.

The Future of Health Challenge is an opportunity for all tertiary students in Canterbury to tackle the biggest problems facing our Health sector. Te Papa Hauora is looking for innovative solutions they can implement. This is your chance to make a real impact! Check out the Future of Health Challenge 2022.

Have you got an innovative economic growth idea for Waitaha Canterbury or your own region?​ Enter a team now to win spot prizes and from a total prize pool of $1,750!

Come up with an exciting marketing strategy to re-engage with sport in a Covid-19 environment!

Create a winning marketing strategy for NZ's leading Medical Courier!

A two-day Challenge to unlock Asia's real potential for New Zealand!

Transforming the future of Agriculture through innovative technology.

Cultivate intercultural connections at UC!

Reimagining the future of the General Practice.

An entirely online Challenge for students to create social connections in an increasingly isolated world.

Dream up an exciting, student-focused event, and it could become a reality!

Make an impact by creating a more sustainable University of Canterbury!

UCE partnered with the Christchurch City Council to provide a two-day Social Enterprise Challenge that tackled Aotearoa's carbon emission head on.

Make a difference to the planet, meet new people, learn some cool stuff and have the opportunity to win cash in the process.

The 48-hour Health Challenge is a perfect opportunity to engage with some of the big problems facing the Health Sector in Canterbury and New Zealand.

Hosted at Christchurch Airport, for all students interested in how digital disruption and emerging technologies would impact the future of travel.

Utilise marketing as the tool to solve problems that the Christchurch business community is facing.

An opportunity to develop your technical skills, business knowledge, and network with industry professionals, with the chance to represent UC at the Trans-Tasman challenge in Auckland.

Interested in working alongside the non-profit sector to find solutions to some of Christchurch’s biggest problems? Got lots of creative ideas about how we can make Christchurch a better place in 2025? This Challenge is for you!

A 10-day challenge where students will turn $20 seed funding into as much money as they can!

The NZTA Kaikoura Challenge is an opportunity for students to make a difference to a community in need after a disaster.

A challenge like no other, this event offers the opportunity to make a long-term difference for a Pacific nation.

This international business case competition emulates real-world scenarios in which consultants prepare and present solutions.

GovHack is an open data hackathon. Participants use open data to build innovative solutions to problems.

Two young entrepreneurs enjoyed an all-expenses paid trip to Vienna. Find out more.