Upcoming events

Are you wondering what the Best Idea Cup 2022 is all about?

The Best Idea Cup is a competition of innovative business ideas at Rhine-Waal University, at which you can win attractive money prizes.

Join our info session and get all your questions about the competition answered!

Get to know how new business approaches solve the world’s biggest challenges!

Dive into the world of social entrepreneurship with the well-known speaker Ulrike Trenz from Impact Hub.

Have you ever talked to a start-up that got a deal at the German Shark Tank show?
At our Start-up Talk you will get this unique chance!

Meet Antonia, the founder of the social start-up Pottburri from Straelen, and learn how she and her brother managed to convince investor Ralf Dümmel with their compostable plant pots.

After the presentation of the start-up, there will be a place for your curious questions!

Get a chance to learn about the sustainability-related student projects, initiatives and start-ups from our university!

Find out what projects your fellow students are working on and get inspired to come up with your own sustainable ideas!

Do you want to develop an idea that has an impact on the world?

Get to know and try out the most important steps from an sustainable idea to a new business model under the guidance of a social entrepreneurship coach Ulrike Trenz in our interactive workshop!

No business idea or preparation is needed.

Join the HSRW start-up community!

Our informal Start-up Circle is a monthly session, at which the start-up community of the Rhine-Waal University gets together. It offers you the opportunity to share your start-up experience, get answers on your questions and connect with fellow students interested in start-ups and entrepreneurship.

Become an innovation creator at the Cross Innovation Lab (XI-Lab)!

Join our workshop for students, innovators & entrepreneurs developed and hosted by students of the HSRW!

Together we create an environment for cross innovation and stimulate creativity and ideas to find solutions and potentials for your ideas and projects!

Day 1: Ideation
• Use creative brainstorming techniques and processes of design thinking
• Generate ideas by engaging with each other, listening, and building on own or other ideas
• Design your solutions related to your ideas and projects and draw links between them

Day 2: Prototyping
• Make your idea more concrete and transform it into a promising business model with the popular tool Business Model Canvas
• Design an early form of prototypes to get your idea into business

Pitch your final idea in front of a jury: The best idea will be awarded a special prize!

Whether you have your own idea or not, everyone is welcome!