Name: UofT Engineering Kompetition (UTEK) 2025 Sign Up
Start: 2025-01-18T08:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-18T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Bahen Centre for Information Technology

Become a part of THE largest engineering competition at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto!
About this Event

The University of Toronto Engineering Kompetition (UTEK) is THE largest engineering competition at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto! It is an annual competition for engineering undergraduate students and attracts over 200 future engineers, consultants, and more. The two-day competition gives students the opportunity to use their classroom education to discuss and solve real engineering problems ranging from design problems to case competitions, and debates surrounding the challenges within engineering and society. UTEK encourages collaboration, teamwork, creativity, and ingenuity among students through all its competitions. The top teams from UTEK will represent the university in Ontario Engineering Competition () and potentially in Canadian Engineering Competition ().

To learn more about us and join our mailing list, visit: UTEK

Eligibility: UofT Engineering undergraduate students

This year’s Kompetition theme is Against All Odds. All Kompetitions problem statements will tie back to this theme and will be centered around disaster relief, rescue efforts, and protective design.

You can join UTEK 2025 as a solo participant and we will randomly put you in a team. Alternatively, you can register with your team! Lunch will be provided for both days of the Kompetition.

For team tickets please ensure that you buy one ticket for each member.

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Bio-Engineering (New Kompetition!!):

Participants work in teams to solve a bio-engineering related problem by integrating principles of biology, chemistry, and engineering. Participants work in teams to develop a solution explained through a report and presentation, with this year's competition focused on developing a bio-engineering solution for healthcare applications. Teams can consist of 2 students.

Senior Design:

Participants work in teams to address a complex engineering problem for 8 hours using Arduino kits. Teams are evaluated on features such as novelty, practicality, & usability. Teams can comprise 2-4 students. For UofT Engineering Students who are in years 3 , PEY, and 4 only.

Junior Design:

Participants work in teams to solve a creative design problem using affordable materials. Does not involve electrical components or programming. Teams present their prototypes and are evaluated on criteria such as effectiveness, originality, and scalability. Teams can be of 4 students. For UofT Engineering Students who are in years 1 and 2 only.

Re-engineering:

Participants are challenged to take an existing engineering concept or technology and provide improvements on the original design to suit an alternate application. Participants must develop a concise technical document and presentation. Teams can consist of 2 students.

Programming:

Participants work in teams to solve a problem that can be addressed through a software solution over 6 to 8 hours. Teams are evaluated based on criteria such as the practicality, ease of use, and capability of their coded solution. Teams go on to present their code and its application. Teams of 3-4 students are recommended.

Consulting:

Participants work in teams to develop a solution explained through a report and presentation while considering its environmental, economic, and technical effects. The competition ranges from 4 to 8 hours and requires the submission of a concise technical document and presentation. Teams can consist of 2-4 students.

Parliamentary Debate:

Participants work in teams to debate an engineering-related resolution in a parliamentary debate structure. Judges evaluate participants on their ability to defend their stance through logic and reasoning. Debate topics are general enough to not require detailed prior knowledge of the subject matter. Teams can comprise 2 students.