Teaching Factories Competition Call 2025 for Solver Teams – First Cohort

Teaching Factories Competition 2025: Call for students to form Solver Teams

The Teaching Factories Competition 2025 is calling on Bachelor’s, Master’s and Vocational Education and Training (VET) students to team up, tackle real manufacturing problems and co-create solutions with leading European companies. It’s more than a competition — it’s an opportunity to build skills, network and make an impact.

Please review the eligibility criteria for Solver Teams in the ‘Eligibility’ section of the Call Guide document.

Who can apply

To be eligible for the call the Solver Teams should meet the following criteria.

Higher education students:

• Must consist of 4 to 6 members, with women and underrepresented groups actively participating in the implementation. 
• Must be students officially enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s programme at the end of the application phase in a Higher Education Institution in one of the Member States (including overseas countries and territories, (OCTs)) or Associated Countries to Horizon Europe.  
• Must be students in at least their second year of a Bachelor’s degree or enrolled in a Master’s studies. 
• Should include members from at least two different disciplines, such as informatics, engineering, business or natural and technological sciences. 
• Participants who graduate and/or unenroll during the competition phase are expected to stay in the competition until the end of it. 

Vocational Education and Training (VET) students:

To be eligible for the call, the Solver Teams should meet the following criteria: 

• Must consist of 4 to 6 members, with women and underrepresented groups actively participating in the implementation. 
• Must be students officially enrolled in a Vocational Education and Training (VET) programme at the end of the application phase in a VET institution in one of the Member States, including overseas countries and territories, (OCTs) or Associated Countries to Horizon Europe. 
• Must be students in at least their second year of a VET programme. 
• Should include members from at least two different disciplines, such as technical, engineering, business or other relevant fields. 
• Participants who graduate and/or unenroll during the competition phase are expected to stay in the competition until the end of it.