Engineering Innovation Challenge

Engineering Innovation Challenge FAQs

Why enter the Engineering Innovation Challenge?

There’s lots of great reasons to enter our Engineering Innovation challenge. It will teach you useful research and design skills, help you approach engineering from a practical angle and enhance your applications to Engineering courses or Design Engineering courses at university.

How will the Engineering Innovation Challenge support my Design Engineering application?

If you’re looking to get a place on competitive Design Engineering programmes, such as Imperial Design Engineering or Cambridge Design Engineering, taking part in our international engineering competition is a great way to make your application stand out. Submitting an entry to a competition showcases your dedication to exploring the subject, shows your aptitude for independent learning and gives you a really interesting topic to discuss in your personal statement and interview.

Who is the Engineering innovation challenge for?

The engineering innovation challenge is for Year 12 students, or more ambitious younger students, who are aspiring engineers. If you’re interested in engineering or design engineering courses at university, the Engineering Innovation challenge is perfect for you to boost your knowledge of the subject and develop useful engineering skills!

How should I present my entry to the Engineering Innovation Challenge?

How you present your entry to the Engineering Innovation Challenge is ultimately up to you. It just needs to fit in a 2-page pdf.

Whatever format you choose, your entry needs to:

• demonstrate the quality of your research

• clearly explain the need for the product

• explain how your wearable offers a solution to it

Remember sometimes less is more: don’t feel like you have to write a side of A4 if a clearly labelled diagram would explain it better.

You should also consider the visual aspect of your submission to the Engineering Innovation challenge.
Maybe you’d like to present it as a sketch, CAD, diagram, image, GIF, video…

Is it an international Engineering Competition?

Yes, the engineering innovation challenge is open to international entries! You can submit your entry online from anywhere in the world.

Can I submit more than one entry to the Engineering Design Competition?

You can only submit one entry to the engineering design competition. However, you can enter an essay in a different competition category if you’d like to enhance your knowledge in another subject area. Take a look at our STEM essay competition questions this year, with questions in Maths, Physics, Biology Chemistry and Computer Science.

How can I learn more about Design Engineering?

If you’d like to learn more about Design Engineering, take a look at our blogs on Cambridge Design Engineering and Imperial Design Engineering, filled with useful resources. You could also register for our Design Engineering course, designed to take you from the basics of design engineering through to a more complex understanding.

Can I have support with the Engineering Innovation Challenge?

Yes, you can work with one of our engineering mentors to support you through the Engineering innovation challenge. A mentor can help you come up with ideas, offer feedback on your project, and teach you useful engineering skills to enhance your submission.