Registration does not begin until 02.10.2026 at 08:00. It ends on 12.10.2026 at 23:59.

The registration is restricted to the following fields or courses of study:

• Leuphana Bachelor / Major International Business Administration & Entrepreneurship / alle Semester
• Leuphana Bachelor / Major Studium Individuale / alle Semester
• Leuphana Bachelor / Minor Studium Individuale / alle Semester

The Global Scaling Challenge is an international student competition about real-life firms that currently face the challenge of scaling globally. Student teams will develop, present, and discuss their suggestion for a scaling strategy with the entrepreneurs and an expert jury. Find more information here: https://gsc.mgt.unm.edu/

Student teams are coached to compete in developing a scaling solution to real-world cases. In doing so, the course revisits key concepts of entrepreneurship such as business models, growth and scaling strategies and discusses their practical application.

What’s in it for you? As a student of IBAE you can compete with teams from around the globe and your input can make a real difference for the participating firms. You will be given mentorship and hence can develop your knowledge and skills in addressing real-life entrepreneurial challenges. Additionally, successful student teams can win a share of the price money.

Note that this course takes largely place outside of the regular semester cycle. Thus, students have to be prepared to work intensively during February and March. Usually, there is a short time between the presentation date and the publication of the case materials - this time pressure is part of the challenge. Since this is an international challenge, most sessions will be online, i.e. you do not have to be on-site during the semester break.

Please check the Syllabus for the final seminar and challenge dates.

Professional competence:
The students
• gain a deeper theoretical knowledge about key concepts of entrepreneurship research and practice
• develop the competence to apply these concepts to real-world scaling challenges, considering diverse criteria such as risk management, finance, regulatory contexts and ethical concerns
• reflect about and do research on different global contexts for entrepreneurship
• develop good presentation and pitching skills
• learn to compete and collaborate at the same time in a team

Personal competence:
The students
• gain practical knowledge for developing their own entrepreneurial ventures
• practice creativity techniques such as design sprints
• reflect on how to evaluate their own work and provide feedback to others in a constructive and critical manner

Further information on teaching evaluation: https://www.leuphana.de/en/teaching/quality-management/evaluation/course-evaluation.html