Ready to Innovate?
Follow these simple steps to participate in the WFEO Hackathon 2026.
How It Works
Simple 5–step process
- Register – Sign up as an individual.
- Form a Team – Connect with other participants in your university or around the world.
- Ideate – Collaborate to design an innovative solution for one of our hackathon challenges aligned with SDG 9.
- Pitch – Present your idea in a video format to an international judging panel.
- Win – Gain recognition, prizes, and global exposure.
Who Can Join: Open to engineering students, currently enrolled in an engineering education institution, anywhere in the world.
Areas of Innovation
Join us for a Hackathon like no other, where you can use your skills to show how engineering advances the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Design and build smarter urban systems
- Innovate ways to use and reuse resources responsibly
- Create solutions that protect the environment.
Inspiration & Impact
Mr. Geert Talsma
University of Twente, Netherlands | 2025 Winner
This presentation was made at the WFEO World Engineering Day Member Information meeting held virtually on 9 December 2025.
The speaker is Mr Geert Talsma, a Masters Engineering Student in Industrial Design Engineering at the University of Twente, Netherlands, and a member of "The Manufacturing Box," the team that won the 2025 WFEO World Engineering Day Hackathon. He speaks from the perspective of a participating engineering student on his experience in the Hackathon and what winning the global competition has meant for the innovation and the team members. It is truly inspiring!
Prof. Dr. Tiro Ronquillo
President, Batangas University, Philippines
This presentation was made at the WFEO World Engineering Day Member Information meeting held virtually on 9 December 2025.
The speaker is Prof Dr Tiro Ronquillo, President of Batangas University, the National Engineering University of the Philippines. The University is ranked 111th in the 2025 World University Rankings for Innovation. Batangas University has encouraged students to enter the WFEO World Engineering Day Hackathon since 2022, with teams winning in 2023 and earning a place or becoming finalists. Prof Dr Ronquillo speaks eloquently from the perspective of a University on the benefit of encouraging student participation in the Hackathon.
Organisers & Partners
FAQs
Access will be granted once challenges are announced.
No, the WFEO Hackathon is completely free to enter.