20.03.2026

Catch me if you can!

Join European Universities walking challenge and knock me off the top spot for the TUHH.
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This April marks the launch of the first-ever European Universities Walking Challenge, bringing together students, academic staff, and university communities from across Europe in a shared movement challenge.

Right now its me, Dorothea, who is leading the TUHH with most steps.

Come on, dear all who train for a marathon or first 5k run, join us in the Challenge and beat me! Let’s work together to move TUHH up from 12th place among all participating universities to one of the top spots.

📅 When? April 1 – April 30

👟 What to do? Walk, move and collect steps!

The goal of the challenge is to identify Europe’s most active universities. Rankings are based on the average number of steps per participant, meaning every single step counts.

How to join: https://university.eciu.eu/events/join-the-european-universities-walking-challenge

Keep in mind, you can connect the Challenge with any other fitness app tracking your steps. Check the settings and you can import all steps you have dine since April 1st, the starting point of the Challenge. To syncronize you daily steps with the app you need to push the button "Register"!

Why join?

By participating, you can:

  • Stay active and boost your wellbeing
  • Enjoy time outdoors with peers and colleagues
  • Represent your university on a European level
  • Help your university and climb the leaderboard

💡 Invite your friends, classmates or colleagues to join, because the more participants the university has, the stronger its results will be! Meanwhile TUHH is on 11th place from all universities joing and on 3th place from all ECIU partner. But INSA is just 4000 steps behind us. Keep running!

🏆 The prize pool started at €2000 and continues to grow with every