Eligibility and Application Procedure

Eligibility

All current full-time/part-time students (undergraduate and postgraduate) from EdUHK or our co-organzing collaborative university partners (e.g., AU, AdMU, ECNU, GU, GDUT, NIE-NTU, KSU, UI, UKM) are welcome to participate.
Interested students can apply as individual or team.
The student/ student team shall have innovative ideas related to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #4; which includes universal and equal access to quality primary, secondary, technical/vocational and higher education; equity and inclusion; universal youth literacy and global citizenship.
Applicants may invite EdUHK, AU, AdMU, ECNU, GU, GDUT, NIE-NTU, KSU, UI, UKM alumni and staff as advisors to provide practical advice to turn their ideas into impactful solutions. This is optional and not a mandatory requirement for joining the Competition.

Application Procedure

EACH interested student or student teams should apply by date and time provided by your own university (see Table below in the “Application/Submission Method” section).

For EdUHK students only: Please apply via an online application form on or before 11:59pm on 12 April 2026 (Sunday). Late submissions will NOT be considered. Each eligible application (either in group or individual) should submit ONE application form together with a PowerPoint with no more than 10 slides to introduce your business idea under one of the themes 4.1 to 4.8, or 4a to 4b under the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #4 (Education). Some elements that you may want to highlight in your pitch deck:

Who are you?
What is your business idea?
What pain point(s) is/are solved by this business idea?
How your business can create impact related to the theme

You may use the following Pitch Deck Template in the link provided here:

Pitch Deck Template (for reference only)

Application/Submission Method

Students from the following universities may submit an online application form or please email or phone your universities' contact person at the contact details provided in the table below.

EDVentures Application and Submission Method

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The Education University of Hong Kong

The Education University of Hong Kong is the ranked 12th the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025, and ranked 3rd worldwide in education and educational research in the U.S. News & World Report 2025-2026.

The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) debuted at 195th in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026, 530th in the QS World University Rankings 2026 and 152nd in QS Asia University Rankings 2026.

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