MBSC awards winners of university innovation challenge

MBSC awards winners of university innovation challenge

JEDDAH — Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship (MBSC) Saturday awarded winners of “University Innovation Challenge for Sustainable Development”, which it launched in partnership with the Ministry of Education, UNDP Saudi office, and the Babson Global Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (BGCEL). 15 Saudi universities competed with the aim of developing innovative thinking at young minds through stimulating them to find innovative solutions for global challenges. Qassim University won the first place, King Abdulaziz University won the second place and Dar Al-Hekma University took third, where each participating student will receive a participation certificate. Students who passed the training camp will receive certificates showing they have been chosen for the final national competition under a plan that seeks to encourage universities to form teams of students with various scientific backgrounds to enhance the team spirit and collective work to develop and find unique solutions. The college, the first of its kind in being specialized in entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia, stressed that this competition supports sustainable creativity practices and facing global sustainable challenges. The “University Innovation Challenge for Sustainable Development” was allocated for senior students, focusing on finding innovative and entrepreneur solutions, and applying their knowledge through identifying and