What is YUFETHON?

It is an online event where participants will meet for two days (20h) to work intensively on a solution to a specific problem.

 Team requirements (if possible):1. 5 to 6 participants2. At least 3 universities represented3. At least 3 different fields of study or degrees4. Balance gender diversity teams

 Teams evaluation criteria:1. Project design and final solution: (learning process, novelty of the idea and degree of development)2. Communication and presentation skills3. Team criteria requirements and Team work (extent of collaboration, involvement of team members).

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The YUFE Challenge Teams aim to develop creative thinking through an intensive teamwork process to solve real social, scientific and technological challenges by providing a novel and innovative solution with a collaborative, multidisciplinary and multicultural approach.

The benefits and value proposition of the YUFE Challenge Teams for the people involved are:

•For students, stimulated by new learning experiences and soft skills training for their future, based on teamwork problems, they can solve a real challenge and acquire demanding professional competencies.

•For researchers, by joining a problem-based venture, they will be mentoring a team to solve a real challenge with a certain novelty, minoring the gap between university-industry and/or society, and focusing on problem-based research.

•For citizens, empowered and aware of present and future problems they will contribute to solve a real challenge for the benefit of the community or a third party.

•For local government, concerned about the present problems and the future of the community, it contributes with resources, brings stakeholders together and collects smart solutions for the benefit of the community.

•For industry, joining a problem-based venture, addresses social responsibility through mentoring and solution guidance, opens access to talents and contributes to minor the university-industry gap.

Expected workload: The expected workload is 60 hours to complete the Challenge. 

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