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WEGE PRIZE 2026 DESIGN BRIEF FOR GLOBAL COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

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Application Deadline: October 5, 2025

LOCATION: USA

The Wege Prize is an annual competition that ignites game-changing solutions for the future by inspiring college/university students around the world to collaborate across institutional, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries to redesign the way economies work. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Team Requirements:

To be eligible to join a Wege Prize team, individuals must:

Have exactly five (5) members No more, no less

Represent at least three (3) different academic disciplines (in terms of each participant’s current program of study). Previously completed degree programs are not considered.

Represent at least two (2) different institutions of higher education (colleges, universities, or separate colleges/schools within a larger university). For instance, a team member from Example University’s School of Engineering and a team member from Example University’s School of Earth Sciences would be considered as representing two different institutions.

Individual Requirements:

To be eligible to participate in the Wege Prize, teams must:

Be currently enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate degree program at a college, university, or equivalent institution of higher education anywhere in the world. Teams can be composed of a mix of undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students if they so choose.

Be enrolled as a full-time (or equivalent) student for the duration of the competition. If you are graduating before May of 2026, you must be enrolled as a student through at least December 15, 2025.

Read the 2026 Design Brief: Downloadable PDF Version

BENEFIT:

Participants contend for $65,000 (USD) in total cash prizes with innovative solutions that are powered by human-centered design, underpinned by a shift to renewable energy, and built on the three core principles of the circular economy. 

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UNIL MASTERS EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIPS, SWITZERLAND

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Application Opening Date: September 2025; Deadline: 1 November 2025

LOCATION: Switzerland

UNIL awards around ten excellence scholarships each year, exclusively to students who have graduated from a foreign university and whose academic results are of a very high standard.

ELIGIBILITY:

The list of all master’s degrees at UNIL for which it is possible to apply can be found here.

Candidates must have graduated only from a foreign university: their qualification/university degree must be deemed equivalent to a Swiss university bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS credits). If the Masters Scholarship application file is complete, the Admissions Office (SII) will decide if the candidate is formally eligible. If this is the case, the application file will be forwarded to the faculty, which will take a decision on whether the candidate is admitted to the chosen master programme or not.

To have obtained a foreign university degree considered equivalent to a Swiss university bachelor’s before the beginning of the master’s program at UNIL.

To have distinguished yourself during your studies, especially through particularly brilliant academic results.

To have a language level of at least C1 (according to the European Language Portfolio global scale) in French or at least C1 in English according to the language in which your chosen master is taught (to check on the programme’s page).

Not to be registered at UNIL

To have paid the CHF 200.00 Administrative fees (see document, “list of documents for an application”).

The application form for the Master’s Scholarship also serves as an application for admission to the chosen Master’s program (and hence as a matriculation form at UNIL): you therefore do not need to apply for the master’s degree at the Admission Office (SII) of UNIL.

The application for the academic year 2025/2026 is closed. The application for the academic year 2026/2027 will open in September 2025 and the deadline will be 1 November 2025.

There is no age limit to apply for the Master Scholarship. However, for candidates from countries subject to visa restrictions, a higher age as well as a completed first master’s degree may have an influence on the obtention of a visa (difficult or impossible to obtain). They recommend verifying with the Swiss diplomatic representation in your country before applying.

Withdrawal from the master programme will lead to the suspension of the scholarship.

BENEFIT:

The scholarship is granted for the minimum statutory period of the programme chosen by the student. It amounts to CHF 1,600 (for more details, please refer to Article 10 of the “General conditions for the award of a Master’s Excellence Scholarship”).

Students offered a scholarship will be exempt from the fixed registration fees for the courses, with the exception of the CHF 80.00 fees to be paid each semester.

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