VTC STEM Education Centre

The VTC STEM Challenge Cup aims to inspire students' creativity and innovation through the integration and application of STEM knowledge and skills, and creating innovative solutions, thereby encouraging them to take on challenges in lives. Together, we promote STEM in the community and transform Hong Kong to be a smart and sustainable city.

Under this year’s theme – Going Beyond "SMART" Cities, the VTC STEM Challenge Cup invites you to create the new normal by developing innovative solutions through the Competition.

The competition is open to local secondary school students from Secondary 2 to 5 and full-time students from DVE programmes in VTC.
Each project team shall consist of 2 to 4 student members (for secondary student groups) or 3 to 6 student members (for DVE student groups) from the same school or campus. Each project team shall invite a teacher (for the secondary student groups) or student leader (for the VTC student groups) from the participating school or campus as its contact point with the Competition Secretariats for all the matters relating to the Competition.
Each secondary school could field 2 teams of students at most. Normally, each team consists of 2 to 4 student members.
The proposal must be an original work of the project team. By submitting an application to the Competition, the participants agree that the copyright in the entries shall vest upon the VTC STEM Education Centre absolutely.
In case of disputes, the Organiser reserves the rights of final decision, including suspending, terminating or changing details of the Competition and its terms and conditions without prior notice.

The proposal should address the following points:

1 PROBLEM STATEMENT
Identify a challenge from the Challenge Sectors you are tackling for community, campus or students and describe the shortcomings of current solutions

2 IDEA
Propose an innovative solution with system architecture. Use of smart technology with a system architecture or programming with Micro:bit or Python is required in your proposal.

3 BENEFITS
Specify the impact or the benefits from your proposed solution

4 IMPLEMENTATION
Outline your implementation plan