Showa Women's University (Chairman / President Mariko Bando, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) will provide the facility as a regional qualifying venue for the world's largest student social entrepreneur contest "Hult Prize Business Contest". .. The Hult Prize will be qualifying in 30 countries around the world, but this is the first time in Japan.
The Hult Prize is the world's largest social entrepreneurship contest sponsored by the Bill Clinton Foundation. More than 120 million graduate students and students from more than 200 countries and regions around the world compete as a team for a business plan for solving social issues that is issued every year, and the degree of attention is so high that it is introduced as the "Student Edition Nobel Prize" in overseas media. Is high.The language used is English.
The qualifying area can be freely selected, and the 45 teams that passed the qualifying will receive a 5-week accelerator program in the UK to brush up their ideas.Ultimately, the team will be narrowed down to six teams, and if they win the finals, they will be awarded $ 6 million as entrepreneurial funds.From Japan, Hokkaido University, Kyoto University, International Liberal Arts University, International University, Kyushu University, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Agricultural and Industrial University, Showa Women's University, Temple University Japan School will participate.
The theme for 2018-2019 is "Youth Employment".The regional qualifying round at the Japan venue will be held on Saturday, April 4th and Sunday, April 27th, and more than 28 students from about 50 universities in more than 50 countries will gather at Showa Women's University.The qualifying round is not open to the public, but the final presentation for all students will be open to various media on the 200th floor of Shibuya Hikarie from 4:28 on April 18th.
