About
“Make an Impact” Product Design Competition 2025
“Make an Impact” Product Design Competition is jointly organised by Library and CEIE of The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), with an objective to nourish entrepreneurial and innovative skills of students at different levels, as well as to inspire them using STEM skills by designing and prototyping products or digital solutions on the theme “To design and produce a product/prototype or digital solution to enhance living of a target group, in alignment with at least one Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of the United Nations”.
Application and Guidelines
Features of the Competition
- Participating EdUHK students will be assigned as “EI Leaders” and form School Teams with students of individual primary or secondary schools
- Training on product design, mobile apps development, Canva design, 3D printing, pitching, etc. will be offered for EI Leaders
- Training on product design and pitching will be offered for School Teams
- ELAT hours will be counted for trainings attended by EI Leaders
- iWork hourly subsidy will be offered to EI Leaders
- Both winning School Teams and their EI Leaders will be awarded prizes
- EI Leaders who are full-time undergraduate students may also enroll in a credit-bearing course, and will be awarded 1 credit point upon completion of the Competition and submission of a 1000-word reflection (Students enrolling in this course must indicate their choice in their applications. ELAT hours will not be counted if they successfully enroll in the course)
- School Teams will compete for Champion, First Runner-up, Second Runner-up, 2 Merit awards and Best Performance Award in each Division
- Winning products may be showcased at exhibition
Important Date
| Date & Time | Event | EdUHK Students | Secondary Schools | Primary Schools |
| 11 Nov 2024
11:30-12:30 Zoom |
Online briefing for interested EdUHK students
Meeting ID: 294 865 1100 (LINK) |
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| 21 Nov 2024
14:00-15:30 STEM Room, 2/F, MMW Library |
Briefing and visit for interested schools
Interested schools are invited to register to attend the briefing and tour here on or before 14 November 2024 |
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| 30 Nov 2024 | Application / Nomination deadline for EI Leaders | √ | ||
| 30 Nov 2024 | Application deadline for schools | √ | √ | |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Announcement of the Assignment of EI Leaders to the participating School Teams
Each participating EdUHK student will be randomly assigned as EI Leader of one School Team |
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| 13 Dec 2024
11:30-12:30 Special Education Room, 1/F, MMW Library |
Briefing for EI Leaders (successful EdUHK student applicants) | √ | ||
| Jan – Apr 2025 | Design and Production of the Product | √ | √ | √ |
| 9 Jan 2025
15:00-17:00 Zoom & e-Learning Studio, 2/F, MMW Library |
Product design workshop (senior level) | √ | √ | (teachers only) |
| 10 Jan 2025
15:00-17:00 Zoom |
Product design workshop (junior level) | √ | ||
| 21 Jan 2025
14:30-16:30 STEM Room, 2/F, MMW Library |
3D printing and laser cutting workshop | √
(Optional) |
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| Feb-Apr 2025
(all Saturdays) |
Product prototyping and fabrication at EdUHK Future Classrooms | √ | √ | √ |
| 20 Mar 2025
15:30-17:00 Special Education Room, 1/F, MMW Library |
Pitching workshop | √ | √ | |
| 21 Mar 2025
15:30-17:00 |
Online Pitching workshop | √ | ||
| 15 April 2025 | Submission of Entries
Submission of presentation videos, PPTs, final products or photos by School Teams |
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| 2 May 2025 | Announcement of Top 8 of Each Division for Final Pitching | |||
| 9 May 2025 (AM) | Final Pitching (Primary Schools Division) | √ | √ | |
| 9 May 2025 (PM) | Final Pitching (Secondary Schools Division) | √ | √ |
Resources for EdUHK Students
