Have you ever thought of using your potential for a smarter Brno or Bratislava?
An inter-university student competition is a unique opportunity for students, who want to try practicing while studying.
You can also join-in and work on a project in the team with the biggest brains among your peers, throughout the academic year.
Plus if you are good enough to be a champion, you can also look forward to a generous financial reward.
MUNISS is a student competition where students from different fields, universities and cities meet to work on studies focusing on the development of Brno or Bratislava, stretched over time of the spring term. The competition is open to all students from Masaryk University, University of Technology, Mendel University in Brno. And to students from the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava. Any study field is welcome. The main partners for the international student competition are the Brno and Bratislava City Municipality, which follow the evolving projects closely. If a study looks good enough to them, they will give it a green stamp and maybe your project will up and running. Maybe even city of Vienna and students from TU Wien will join.
At the beginning, there is "I’ll sign up" and at the end, there is you with plenty of experience and achievements you can be proud of. You’ll learn what it’s like to work with a team of smart people on a project that can really help. Then, if you remember to include it in your CV, employers will be fighting to employ you. Also, the best teams will be rewarded with a total prize of around 100,000 CZK (in Bratislava cca 1,500 €).
The topic will deal with the revitalization of three selected small brownfields in the city of Brno. Teams are to propose a site-specific solution. This topic will be prepared for the Statutory City of Brno under the guidance of a lecturer from one of the local universities.
It concerns a proposal for time development and change of the city of Bratislava according to the Smart City approach. This topic will be prepared for the Slovak Republic’s capital city under the guidance of a lecturer from the Slovak Technical University.
During the semester, the city of Brno has the possibility to commission additional auxiliary studies that will address the current needs and problems of the city.
If you've just discovered that the student's competition may be of benefit to you then mark October 2019 in your personal organiser, as that’s the last day you can sign up for the competition. The best thing you can do is to sign up immediately. Every good team needs a strong leader. If you feel like an inspiring leader of competition teams, you will get chance to apply for this position after you get access to Muniss website.
After joining one of the nine teams, the introductory part of the competition begins, in which you have the chance to gather as much knowledge as possible on your topic. Then with your team, you’ll have the spring term to develop the study that will solve the given issue. In May, the competition will end and the expert committee will determine the winner. Good luck in changing Brno, Bratislava and Vienna!
If you are interested, please fill in the form. We will then contact you. Main registration for 2019/2020 already ended, but there still can be setup during the semestr smaller teams for special topics.
