UBI High School Case Competition

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Overview of UBI Virtual Case Competition

UBI Case Competition, a virtual contest that will take place entirely online, is designed to encourage innovation and critical thinking by engaging students from high schools worldwide and providing them with the opportunity to step into the shoes of a CEO or consultant and help a real-world business tackle its challenges.

Target participants are high school students who:
  • may be keen to pursue Business programs after graduation
  • may be keen to learn more about building successful businesses
  • are eager to start building valuable global friendships and professional contacts

The competition will be judged by an independent panel comprising

UBI faculty, leading industry practitioners, investors and C-Suite executives from established companies.

Why participate?

  • All finalists receive a certificate of participation issued by UBI Business School.
  • All participants have the opportunity to experience a UBI BSc class live via our hybrid learning classroom.
  • All qualifying teams will get to attend a valuation workshop to acquire hands-on knowledge from leading industry professionals in building a business case and valuing a business.
  • Opportunity to meet and interview the executives in the field at the Case Finals Presentation, and get reference letter for your university application!
  • And attractive cash prizes and scholarships for UBI BSc programmes to be won!

Prizes

1st Prize

€1,500.-
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50% scholarship for UBI BSc programmes, worth EUR16,200 per student

2nd Prize

€1,000.-
+

30% scholarship for UBI BSc programmes, worth EUR9,720 per student

3rd Prize

€500.-
+

30% scholarship for UBI BSc programmes, worth EUR9,720 per student

Flow of Competition

Preliminary Round

Teams will be sent a business case and will be given 7 days to solve the problem. The case usually describes an ethical dilemma in the business world whose resolution is unclear. Teams compete to create the best solution to solve the problem, taking ethical, economic, environmental, legal and other considerations into account. The work will be judged by a panel, and 16 teams will be notified for qualification into the next round.

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1-day Business Essentials & Valuation Workshop

The shortlisted 8 teams will be invited to attend a 1-day workshop conducted by UBI which will equip them with practical hands-on knowledge on business building and valuation.

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Semi-finals Knock-out round

The shortlisted 8 teams will be sent both the semi-finals and grand finals business cases and will be given 6 days to prepare the cases. All 8 teams will present their recommendations to a panel of judges at UBI who pose follow-up questions to test the teams’ logic. Judges are UBI faculty, leading industry practitioners, investors and C-Suite executives from established companies. They assign scores to each presentation and 4 teams will be qualified for the Grand finals.

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Grand Finals

4 teams will present the case to the panel and a winning team will be chosen.

During the semi-finals and final rounds, participants will rely on information retrieved from publicly available information to develop their cases. Each team will be given 15 minutes of presentation time followed by 15 minutes of Q&A by the judging panel, presentation timings must be strictly adhered to.

Eligibility

  • UBI Case Competition is open to all current high school students
  • Each team must comprise of 2-3 members.
  • There is no limit in terms of the number of teams from each school

Submission Guidelines

  • Each team will submit their case studies in the form of presentation slides
  • Presentation slides are strongly encouraged to be in 4:3 resolution. Teams may format their presentation slides in any way they wish
  • All deliverables must be submitted in PDF or PowerPoint format.
  • All presentations must be delivered in English
  • Teams are to submit all deliverables via the link which will be released with the case through email.

Judging Criteria

  • The case competition challenges each team to think, analyse and innovate across a diverse range of industry sectors. The ability of the team to think of growth from the overall business perspective will be emphasized throughout the competition
  • Team should develop solutions which are both innovative and realistic. In that respect, they should consider the actionability of the proposed solution within the real world (which is often complex and uncertain). The ability to balance human resources, technology, business and organisational issues forms an important factor during the judging process
  • Judges will evaluate each team on the depth of their analysis, the quality and creativity of their solution, the effectiveness of their presentation, and the transferability of their solution/s to a sustainable implementation in society

The sample case

Important Dates

Registration Deadline

24th March, 2023

Preliminary Rounds

11th April, 2023;
Release of business cases

17th April, 2023
Submission of business plans

Release of 8 shortlisted team

20th April, 2023

1-Day Workshop

23rd April, 2023

Release of semi-finals
and final case

24th April, 2023

Semi-finals and
Grand Finals round

30th April, 2023

Registration (No Fee Required)

Deadline: 24th March, 2023

  1. Submit your team members’ full name, nationality, DOB and email to your teacher-in-charge
  2. Or fill in the registration form below.