In addition to hosting, planning, and running the Teikyo University Business Idea Contest, we also sponsor and cooperate in running the hybrid hackathon Tornado, and send Senior Assistant Professor from companies to undergraduate classes, all of which are carried out in collaboration and cooperation with faculty and staff at the Itabashi, Kasumigaseki, and Hachioji Campus.
This idea contest, which aims to foster a mindset and culture in students that encourages them to take on new challenges, has been held at Hachioji Campus since 2021. Finalists selected through a document screening process work to polish their presentations (at an intensive training camp at Hakone Seminar House) before making their final presentation at the final competition. Entry is open to individuals and teams from any faculty, and there are many applications every year.
This is a hybrid hackathon organized by an executive committee mainly consisting of IT companies, and we have been supporting it and helping to run the kickoff event since 2023. Students from all over the country form teams with product owners, designers, and engineers, and each team is assigned a corporate mentor to plan and develop a product over the course of about a month, which they then present at the final presentation. It is a competition in which members who meet for the first time hold repeated discussions to develop a product from scratch, which is then evaluated.
This is a business contest hosted by Teikyo Technology Transfer Center, Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization, and we have been supporting its planning and operation since 2024. Applications are open to Graduate School and graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni from all campuses who are interested in starting a business, and finalists who pass the document and presentation screening process will receive a business support grant.
