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Idea Competition Applications are now OPEN

Annual Idea Competition deadline is Oct 11--Win up to $750!!

Do YOU have the next great idea? Itching to create a positive impact on society? Share your ideas with us and you might just be able to do that and win up to $750! We want to help bring your ideas to life, and here’s how you can make this a reality!

The UMBC Idea Competition is designed to challenge you to think about problems and opportunities all around us. As one of the most innovative schools in the nation, UMBC harbors many innovative students that have ideas that can change the world, and we believe students like you are capable of making this happen.

Simply answer a few questions and submit your idea via the entry form to share your idea with us. The top entries will be judged by a panel of professionals and alumni, along with a crowd of students on November 15, 2018, at the final competition in the Sports Zone in the Commons. Video entries via YouTube are allowed as well, but are limited to 60 seconds.

Cash prizes are:

• 1st prize                  $750

• 2nd Prize                $500

• 3rd Prize                 $250

• Best Pitch               $250

How to Enter

To enter the competition, complete the UMBC Idea Competition Entry Form where you will describe your idea along with a description of the problem or opportunity you wish to apply it to. Submission forms will be limited to one page, so you will need to articulate the problem you have identified and your idea briefly yet effectively. Video entries submitted via YouTube are also allowed in which you can personally pitch your idea. Although they are not required, they are encouraged as an effective way to communicate ideas to the review committee. YouTube videos are limited to 60 seconds and creativity is encouraged. Videos longer than 60 seconds will not be considered by the judges.

For a full list of the rules, visit http://entrepreneurship.umbc.edu/competitions/umbcs-idea-competition/

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:

OCTOBER 11, 2018 AT 1:00PM

Good luck!

UMBC is again one of the top ten national universities in both undergraduate teaching and innovation, according to the 2019 Best Colleges rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. This news comes as UMBC welcomes its largest-ever class of nearly 3,000 new undergraduate students.

U.S. News ranks UMBC as #8 nationally on its closely-watched list of universities with a “strong commitment to undergraduate teaching,” alongside Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown, and Rice, and ahead of Duke and the University of Virginia.

“UMBC is committed to a holistic approach to undergraduate teaching,” says Katharine H. Cole, vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs. “We provide our students with a supportive community that values innovative inquiry and interdisciplinary thought.”

UMBC is #9 on the list of Most Innovative Schools in the country, alongside other research universities including MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. The “most innovative” distinction highlights colleges and universities making leading-edge improvements in areas from curriculum to campus life to technology.

These honors will sound familiar to many across the country, given the number of years UMBC has been recognized as a leader on both U.S. News lists. They remain an exciting point of pride for #RetrieverNation, demonstrating the staying power of UMBC’s vision of inclusive excellence.

“These teaching and innovation rankings include institutions specifically identified by college and university leaders across the country as being at the forefront of higher education,” says UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski. “They speak to our core commitments to student and faculty success and to constant learning and growth.”

This year, UMBC jumped up 23 spots on the ranking of top undergraduate engineering programs at U.S. universities that offer doctoral degrees in engineering. UMBC now appears at #87 on the national list, tied with Texas Tech, George Washington University, and other notable programs.

U.S. News also recognizes UMBC this year on its list of top national universities where students are most likely to encounter undergraduates from a different ethnic group than their own. UMBC appears alongside UC Berkeley and the University of Southern California.

The 2019 U.S. News rankings demonstrate the broader strength of Maryland’s public universities. The overall top public universities list includes both UMBC and the University of Maryland, College Park. The list of top regional universities (north) includes three University System of Maryland institutions: Towson University, Salisbury University, and Frostburg State University.

See additional recent rankings stories on UMBC News.

Featured image: UMBC students write on white boards during a group exercise. Photos by Marlayna Demond ‘11 for UMBC unless otherwise noted.

UMBC is again one of the top ten national universities in both undergraduate teaching and innovation, according to the 2019 Best Colleges rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. This news comes as UMBC welcomes its largest-ever class of nearly 3,000 new undergraduate students.

U.S. News ranks UMBC as #8 nationally on its closely-watched list of universities with a “strong commitment to undergraduate teaching,” alongside Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown, and Rice, and ahead of Duke and the University of Virginia.

“UMBC is committed to a holistic approach to undergraduate teaching,” says Katharine H. Cole, vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs. “We provide our students with a supportive community that values innovative inquiry and interdisciplinary thought.”

UMBC is #9 on the list of Most Innovative Schools in the country, alongside other research universities including MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. The “most innovative” distinction highlights colleges and universities making leading-edge improvements in areas from curriculum to campus life to technology.

These honors will sound familiar to many across the country, given the number of years UMBC has been recognized as a leader on both U.S. News lists. They remain an exciting point of pride for #RetrieverNation, demonstrating the staying power of UMBC’s vision of inclusive excellence.

“These teaching and innovation rankings include institutions specifically identified by college and university leaders across the country as being at the forefront of higher education,” says UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski. “They speak to our core commitments to student and faculty success and to constant learning and growth.”

This year, UMBC jumped up 23 spots on the ranking of top undergraduate engineering programs at U.S. universities that offer doctoral degrees in engineering. UMBC now appears at #87 on the national list, tied with Texas Tech, George Washington University, and other notable programs.

U.S. News also recognizes UMBC this year on its list of top national universities where students are most likely to encounter undergraduates from a different ethnic group than their own. UMBC appears alongside UC Berkeley and the University of Southern California.

The 2019 U.S. News rankings demonstrate the broader strength of Maryland’s public universities. The overall top public universities list includes both UMBC and the University of Maryland, College Park. The list of top regional universities (north) includes three University System of Maryland institutions: Towson University, Salisbury University, and Frostburg State University.

See additional recent rankings stories on UMBC News.

Featured image: UMBC students write on white boards during a group exercise. Photos by Marlayna Demond ‘11 for UMBC unless otherwise noted.