The participants of the Ulysses Contest will work in international student teams on real problems of Hungarian, Austrian and Italian family businesses.

All students are welcome to apply for the Ulysses Competition online no later than March 27, 2024!

The competition is organized by an international consortium funded by the EU's Erasmus+ program. The project is led by the University of Szeged (Hungary), but its partners include Management Center Innsbruck (Austria), University of Vienna (Austria), Univations GmbH (Germany), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) and marketing agency Agentur fundus GmbH (Austria).

In order to find the most authentic solutions possible for the competition, the Ulysses Competition teams will work closely with the family businesses that provide the basis for the case studies. Family businesses gave Ulysses project partners an insight into their problems to be solved through in-depth interviews. The student teams will work on the solutions of the case studies based on the interviews within the framework of the competition.

Teachers from interested higher education institutions are invited to encourage their students to apply and to freely use the case studies collected in addition to the tasks of the competition, even as part of their curriculum.

Students can register for the competition online – individually, in pairs or in teams of four – and after completing the registration phase, Ulysses staff will form international student teams of 4. After the first round, the nine best teams will compete in the second round, who will be able to present their results online in front of an expert jury in the final.

Important dates:
26 March 2024: REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Students register (alone, in pairs on in teams of four).
 
8 April 2024: ONLINE CONTEST OPENING CEREMONY
Student teams receive the case studies on family businesses.
 
8-22 April 2024: FIRST ROUND
Student teams work on the case studies and come up with a solution.

 
6-20 May 2024: SECOND ROUND
The best 9 teams participate in the second round and work on solving a new case study.
 
5 June 2024: FINALS
The best 9 teams present their solutions in teams in front of a professional jury and representatives of family businesses.

The Ulysses Contest offers students a great opportunity to put the theoretical knowledge acquired during their studies into practice. They can develop their entrepreneurial mindset, come up with new ideas and innovations, which they can turn into real solutions together with family businesses.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you in advance for your interest! To stay up to date with the latest news, follow the contest's social media pages and subscribe to Ulysses newsletters on the project website.

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Contact: Dr. Anita Kéri; keri.anita@eco.u-szeged.hu