Your ideas could earn you world travel and global networking with the greatest minds in corporate real estate.
We invite students from around the world to think creatively about a problem facing real estate professionals for renowned companies like Google, Duke Energy, AstraZeneca, Whirlpool, and many others. Challenge your mind power by competing with your peers from around the world. Gain international experience. Connect with experts. Win US $5,000 for your team.
You and your teammates will engage in a contest with competing institutions from all over the globe. Your job is to address challenges like creating an employee experience that attracts millennials while retaining all other generations of employees; or reducing the gap between the speed of business and the typical speed of real estate.
Budding professionals welcome! We’re seeking your ingenuity and creativity. The competition is open to all students (undergraduate/graduate, full-time/part-time) who are currently registered at a recognized university. All past Academic Challenge presentations are viewable in the online Knowledge Center.
All competitions are open to students from all over the world; there is no registration fee.
Student teams from universities and academic institutions around the world are invited to compete in an academic challenge wherein students are asked to play the role of an internal corporate real estate team in order to address a real-world issue facing companies around the globe:
Develop strategies for the corporate real estate portfolio that prepare the company for a fluid workforce where virtual and augmented reality are practically applied to deal with the expected blend of remote and office workers.
Academic Challenge 13 (2023) Competition Winner: TBD
Join us on Thursday, 16 March at 9:00 in Singapore to watch the final presentations!
Academic Challenge 13 Finalists:
Universiti of Malaya
New York University
University of Washington
Student teams from universities and academic institutions around the world are invited to compete in an academic challenge in which students will be asked to play the role of an internal corporate real estate team in order to address a real-world issue facing companies around the globe:
develop a proactive strategy to: (a) “Recession-proof”, to the extent possible, the corporate real estate portfolio, (b) continue to support the business objectives of the corporation and (c) ensure that such a strategy does not negatively impact the company in the unlikely event that a recession does not materialize.
Academic Challenge 12 (2022) Competition Winner: The University of Reading, Malaysia
Academic Challenge 12 Finalists:
Marquette University
New York University
University of Reading, Malaysia
Academic Challenge 11 (2021) Virtual Competition Winner: Georgia Tech School of Building Construction
Academic Challenge 11 Virtual finalists:
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
Georgia Tech School of Building Construction
Fox School of Business at Temple University
Heriot-Watt University
Academic Challenge 10 (2020) Virtual Competition Winner: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur!
Academic Challenge 10: Virtual finalists:
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
University of Denver
New York University
University of Washington
Academic Challenge 9 (2020) Virtual Competition winner: TU Delft!
Academic Challenge 9: Virtual finalists:
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Delft University of Technology
University of Sydney
Academic Challenge 8 (2019): Orange County winner: Vanderbilt University!
Academic Challenge 8: Orange County finalists:
Breda University of Applied Sciences
Vanderbilt University
University of Washington
Student teams from universities and academic institutions around the world are invited to compete in an academic challenge in which students will be asked to play the role of an internal corporate real estate team in order to address a real-world issue facing companies around the globe:
Identify the potential technology disruptors your team believes are most likely to impact your client’s global corporate real estate footprint. Then, create short-term and long-term strategies that put corporate real estate at the forefront of technological innovation – and enable business success.
Academic Challenge 7 (2019): Hong Kong winner: University of Melbourne!
Academic Challenge 7: Hong Kong finalists:
National University of Singapore
University of Illinois
The University of Melbourne
Academic Challenge 6 (2018): Boston winner: National University of Singapore!
AC6: Boston finalists:
National University of Singapore
Temple University
University of South Carolina
Student teams from universities and academic institutions around the world are invited to compete in an academic challenge in which students will be asked to play the role of an internal corporate real estate team in order to address a real-world issue facing companies around the globe:
How to reduce risk in a company’s worldwide physical footprint (i.e., real estate portfolio) and thereby reduce overall risk exposure to the corporation.
Academic Challenge 5 (2018): Singapore winner: Georgia Institute of Technology!
Academic Challenge 5: Singapore finalists:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
National University of Singapore
Academic Challenge 4 (2017): Seattle, WA winner: Emory University!
Academic Challenge 4: Seattle finalists:
Columbia University
Delft University of Technology
Emory University
Student teams from universities and academic institutions around the world are invited to compete in an academic challenge in which students will be asked to play the role of an internal corporate real estate team in order to address a real-world issue facing companies around the globe:
How to attract, retain, and motivate the next generation of knowledge workers.
Academic Challenge 3 (2017): Shanghai winner: University of Cincinnati!
Academic Challenge 3: Shanghai finalists:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
University of Cincinnati
Academic Challenge 2 (2016): Philadelphia winner: University of Illinois!
AC2: Philadelphia finalists:
Eindhoven University of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
University of Huston
University of Illinois
Student teams from universities and academic institutions around the world are invited to compete in an academic challenge in which students will be asked to play the role of an internal corporate real estate team in order to address a real-world issue facing companies around the globe:
Determine how to close the gap between the speed of real estate and the speed of business — all within the context of an uncertain global environment. Provide a strategic solution that optimizes a corporate real estate portfolio and positions the corporation for the greatest flexibility and success.
Academic Challenge 1 (2015): Los Angeles winner: Tsinghua University!
Academic Challenge 1: Los Angeles finalists:
Arizona State University
Tsinghua University
University of Nottingham, Malaysia
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