Accept the challenge!
Participate in the fifth edition of the Industry 4.0 Student Contest
February - June 2026. For brave students only.
February - June 2026. For brave students only.
Digital Industries World, in promotion with Fondazione Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Milano (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale), in collaboration with University of Brescia (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione), University of Bergamo (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, dell'Informazione e della Produzione), and LIUC – Università Carlo Cattaneo (Scuola di Ingegneria Industriale), offers a contest where students can propose an innovative Industry 4.0 application.
The contest challenges students from Italian universities to design innovative Industry 4.0 solutions aimed at improving the management of industrial production systems. Participants are invited to tackle real industrial challenges by applying advanced digital technologies and gaining hands-on experience with tools and approaches aligned with the digital transformation of manufacturing.
Students will present their projects to a panel of experts from universities and industry.
Some of the topics covered by the Contest are (but not limited to):
All participants will have the opportunity to visit companies and work on projects supported by members associated with Digital Industries World. In addition, all participants will receive a certificate and the top 10 teams will be eligible to win a prize.
For more details about the contest, please refer to the Contest Regulations (IT/EN).
Student registrations by February 28, 2026
Contest introduction and training March 2026
Project development March to May 2026
Winners award ceremony May/June 2026