MBA Competitions

Recognized as one of the top-ranked accelerator programs in the nation, the New Venture Challenge has fostered the creation of more than 330 startup companies, including Grubhub, Braintree/Venmo, and Simple Mills.

SNVC helps students launch ventures that have a social impact mission and a model for financial sustainability.

The global track of the Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge program, the GNVC is specifically designed for Chicago Booth Executive MBA students on all three Booth campuses.

Hosted by the James M. Kilts Center for Marketing, the Marketing Case Competition gives you hands-on experience in brand management by using Nielsen and other consumer data to tackle a real-world marketing challenge.

In the SPITC, Chicago Booth student teams work with mentors at private equity firms over several months to develop original investment theses and recommend execution strategies.

The Aspen Institute’s Business & Society International MBA Case Competition focuses on finding innovative solutions to social, ethical, and environmental problems facing real businesses.

The premier MBA case competition focused on technology, the Berkeley Haas Tech Challenge attracts MBA students from the best programs around the country to solve real-world business challenges.

Showcase your finance skills by researching and presenting a financial analysis of selected companies. Your video submission to the HOLT Challenge will be reviewed by Credit Suisse HOLT professionals.

Sponsored by the Society for American Baseball Research, the Diamond Dollars Case Competition gives teams the opportunity to prepare an analysis and presentation of a real baseball operations decision.

Unleash your creativity while addressing real-world business challenges. The top five teams in the Goodyear Innovation Challenge will compete for prize money and an opportunity to work alongside team members from the Goodyear Innovation Labs.

This one-day competition brings impact-focused startups and investing professionals together with MBA students.

The annual Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge invites teams of graduate students from around the world to develop and pitch creative financial approaches to tackle pressing social and environmental challenges.

This competition gives student teams the chance to hone their communication and team-building talents while learning from the expertise of business executive judges and moderators.

Hosted by the Kogod School of Business at American University, the Kogod Case Competition is an excellent opportunity for students to sharpen their communication skills, presentation style, and problem-solving techniques.

In this national competition, students conduct diligence on early-stage impact investments.

This annual event challenges finance students to prepare and present buy/hold/sell recommendations and defend them.

Teams from top MBA programs compete to come up with innovative ideas to solve business problems in Microsoft’s Innovation Challenge.

Aiming to advance education reforms through technology, this competition offers insights into the education technology space.

This annual competition focuses on the evaluation and analysis of a major sports organization’s most challenging issues, while providing a networking and educational platform for graduate students with sports career aspirations.

This case competition, which is hosted by the Leeds School of Business at Colorado University Boulder, provides a forum for graduate students to solve real-world business problems with a focus on sustainability.

Hosted by the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business and Patagonia, this competition offers cash prizes and the chance to present at Patagonia’s headquarters.

In IESE’s annual consulting competition in Barcelona, student teams are coached by experienced consultants on developing analysis and preparing a convincing presentation.

Hosted by the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, the RECC is one of the nation's leading traditional-style energy case competitions. It tests MBA teams’ understanding of business strategy, finance, and the energy industry.

The SCG Bangkok Business Challenge is the largest startup competition for undergraduate and graduate students.

Sponsored by Good Capital Project and Wharton’s Social Impact Initiative, this competition is designed to inspire the next generation of at-scale capital mobilization to address the world’s critical challenges.

Do you have a great idea for a mobile app or a website? Submit your idea to the UChicago App Challenge for a chance to win prize money and get your app built.

Play the role of a venture capitalist, interact with real-life entrepreneurs to assess investment opportunities, and get an evaluation from actual investors. Booth’s student-run VCIC prepares students to advance to the regional, national, and global levels of the competition.

This competition connects MBA students with private equity professionals from the leading funds investing in Latin America.

In this competition, selected students from Booth and Kellogg work on redevelopment proposals, often for a site owned by the City of Chicago.