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WTUN Student Competition 2022 – Winners announced!

31st August 2022

For 2022, undergraduate and postgraduate students from WTUN member institutions were invited to form a multidisciplinary team of up to four members and submit a proposal to the WTUN Student Competition.

The theme was “Digital Creativity” and students were asked to use Digital Creativity in some way to try and address one of the WTUN’s chosen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:

Affordable and Clean Energy
Climate Action
Clean Water and Sanitation
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Gender Equality

We are delighted to announce our 2022 winner is Team EquaLearn from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology! Congratulations!

To view Team EquaLearn’s winning entry as well as the great second and third place proposals go to WTUN Student Competition Winners 2022

WTUN Congress 2022 – Registration Open

8th July 2022

THE 2022 CONGRESS

The seventh World Technology Universities Congress (WTUC2022) will be hosted by Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on 22-24 November 2022. Nakhon Ratchasima (or Korat), which is known as the gateway to beautiful highlands of the Northeastern region. The province is the largest province in Thailand and the most prosperous province in the region, boasting its richness in culture and biodiversity amidst the splendor of lush mountainous landscapes.

The 2022 Congress

WTUN Student Competition 2022 now closed – check back soon for winners!

4th July 2022

The 2022 WTUN Student Competition is now closed.

We received 26 entries this year from students across the world who came up with new ideas to combat WTUN’s 5 chosen priority UN SDGS:

– Affordable and Clean Energy
– Climate Action
– Clean Water and Sanitation
– Sustainable Cities and Communities
– Gender Equality

This year the teams have the opportunity to win cash prizes and present their winning ideas at the upcoming WTUC 2022 at Suranaree University of Technology in Thailand.

Best of luck to all of our entrants and remember to check back for the winners.

We aim to have informed the winning team(s) and all applicants by 11 August.

For more information about the activity, please visit the Student Competition page.

WTUN Student Competition 2021 – Winners announced!

9th December 2021

In 2021, WTUN launched their second Student Competition, it was open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students from our member universities.

The theme was “Digital Creativity” and students were asked to use Digital Creativity in some way to try and address one of the WTUN’s chosen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:

Affordable and Clean Energy

Climate Action

Clean Water and Sanitation

Sustainable Cities and Communities

The assessment panel was thoroughly impressed by the student proposals and videos and the final results were very close.

We are delighted to announce our 2021 winners;

First Prize

Team Ahlia from Ahlia University

Areej Salah Abdulrahman

Hanaan Ur Rahman

Maryam Akram Tasleem

here.

Second Prize

Team Fire Fall from Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science

Venkata Neeraj Naidu Vishnumolakala

Niteesh Narasimhan

Hannah Addakula

Panvi Patel

Watch Team Fire Fall’s video here.

Third Prize

iTexCo from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Muhammad Imran Ismail

Chee Wan Choy

Mohd Amirul Mukminin Latirin

Muhammad Iqbal Rushaidi

Watch iTexCo’s video here.

Congratulations to our fantastic students!

WTUN Student Competition now closed – check back soon for winners!

21st September 2021

WTUN have now closed their second annual student competition.

We received 24 entries this year from students across the world who came up with new ideas to combat WTUN’s 4 priority UN SDGS:
– Climate Action
– Clean Water and Sanitation
– Affordable and Clean Energy
– Sustainable Cities and Communities.

This year the teams will have the opportunity to win cash prizes and present their winning ideas at the upcoming WTUC 2021!

Best of luck to all of our entries and remember to check back for the winners.

For more information about the activity, please visit the Student Competition page.

Closed – Register now for WTUC 2021

WTUC 2021 is almost here and we are open for registrations.

Once again, WTUC will be held online but this year our members will be hosting different sessions across the week commencing 18 October 2021.

Sessions will include presentations and discussions around:
– Climate Action
– University Social Responsibility Practices and Strategies
– UN SDGs – how is the progress going in your country?
– International Student Collaboration projects

and more.

For more information check out the WTUC 2021 page.

This year only registered delegates will receive meeting links so please register before Friday 15 October 2021 to receive the Zoom links.

WTUN July COVID-19 Webinar Series

14th July 2020

WTUN are running a series of 3 webinars over July 2020 to share how technology universities have been working during a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has had huge impacts on how we function.

For more information on dates, times and speakers visit the July Webinars page.

WTUC 2020 Announcement

3rd July 2020

The international COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact across the globe. Faculty and students across all our members have felt this and we have had to evaluate which WTUN activities are safe to continue, as this must be the priority.

For the health and safety of our hosts, members, and delegates, the WTUN Boards have decided that it is best to cancel this year’s physical WTUC 2020, which was due to be held in Germany in October later this year.

However, we will instead be delivering a virtual alternative featuring the usual Congress activities including keynote speakers, parallel sessions, and opportunities to network across the globe, later this year. Please check back to the WTUN website for further information in due course.

We will return to our physical Congress next year with WTUC 2021 being hosted by one of our founder members, Heriot-Watt University at their Malaysia campus. This year’s original hosts, TU Ilmenau will resume their hosting duties in 2022. We look forward to seeing our members and delegates in person next year, but in the meantime, we hope you can join us at our virtual events.

Please stay safe.

WTUN

WTUN Update: COVID-19

19th March 2020

WTUN would like to send our best wishes to all of the staff and students at our member institutions.

As an international network with members in various countries, we are aware of the impact of the current Coronavirus pandemic. Some of our members have now closed for teaching and staff are working from home. In some countries, our members are on lockdown and may be unable to work.

WTUN will continue to operate but we will be taking the impact of the current situation into account for our activities.

We will be extending the deadline for exchange proposals to Friday 1 May 2020.

We will make every effort to deliver WTUC 2020 as scheduled in October. However, we are making contingency plans if this cannot go ahead. We will make a final decision later in the year and communicate with all members.

Please stay safe.

WTUN

WTUN 19/20 Exchanges programme now open

7th February 2020

The annual WTUN exchanges programme is now open for applications.

Each member institution is welcome to submit up to 2 proposals for assessments.

This year WTUN would like to encourage two-way and multi-way exchanges. For the further information please visit the exchanges page.

We also welcome applications that are continuations of impact that has come from the previous rounds of exchanges.

We look forward to your submissions.