Accenture Campus Innovation Challenge
The Accenture Campus Innovation Challenge is embedded within the project seminar of the bachelor’s program in Industrial Engineering and Management (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen) and offers students an in-depth understanding of how to develop a business solution in a real-world context.
The challenge topic varies each semester, aligning with current trends and priorities in business practice. Monthly workshops, conducted in collaboration with Accenture, have previously covered the following areas:
Developing a business case
Innovation through design thinking
Agile project management
Financial evaluation of business cases
Presentation techniques
These workshops are held during the summer term, during which students apply the acquired knowledge to their own group business cases and ultimately present their solutions to a jury of Senior Accenture Managers. Successful completion of the seminar also requires students to produce a project thesis detailing the development and financial assessment of their business cases.
Accenture
Accenture is a global leader in consulting, technology, digital, and business transformation, serving clients in more than 120 countries. With approx. 800,000 employees, Accenture helps organisations innovate, optimise operations, and drive sustainable growth. The company works with three‑quarters of the Fortune Global 500, focusing strongly on digital transformation and advanced technology solutions.
Sample process of a business case development
Upcoming Campus Innovation Challenges
Advancing Hamburg’s Economy through Artificial Intelligence (Summer 2026)
In the summer term 2026, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), in cooperation with Accenture, invites students to participate in the Accenture Campus Innovation Challenge under the umbrella topic “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Hamburg.” The challenge offers interdisciplinary student teams the opportunity to develop innovative, AI-driven solutions to real-world problems relevant to the Hamburg metropolitan region. Participants will work on practice-oriented problem statements at the intersection of technology, business, and society, with a strong focus on innovation, scalability, and entrepreneurial thinking. Supported by experts from Accenture and TUHH, students will gain hands-on experience in applying AI methods, developing viable business concepts, and translating academic knowledge into impactful solutions. The challenge includes professional mentoring, workshops, interim feedback sessions, and a final presentation of results to an expert jury.
The Accenture Campus Innovation Challenge is open to motivated TUHH students from all disciplines who are interested in artificial intelligence, digital innovation, and entrepreneurship. Participation provides valuable insights into consulting practice, strengthens problem-solving and teamwork skills, and offers excellent networking opportunities with industry professionals. Further information on registration, schedule, and formal requirements will be announced in due course. We look forward to your ideas, creativity, and engagement in shaping AI-based innovations for Hamburg.
Innovation and Engineering to Face Climate Change (Summer 2025)
ORDERLY is a software for automating ordering and warehouse processes in small and medium-sized companies. It is aimed at companies without their own IT department and enables simple, cost-effective digitalization of materials management. With functions such as automatic order triggering, real-time stock overview and manual scanning, ORDERLY is quickly ready for use and scalable. The intuitive operation and flexible connection make the system a practical solution for modern purchasing.
VertiGreen is a modular, app-controlled hydroponic system for sustainable herb cultivation in urban environments. The concept centers around the Mini Module, which is specifically designed for use in private kitchens, shared flats, and educational settings such as schools and kindergartens. The system follows a plug-and-play approach, providing all essential components from a single source – including pre-portioned nutrient solutions, biodegradable seed plugs, and intuitive digital controls. By integrating sensor technology, a closed water cycle, and 3D-printed, recyclable PETG components, VertiGreen enables year-round, pesticide-free growing with minimal resource use. A companion app and integrated community platform support users throughout the cultivation process and promote knowledge exchange on sustainable urban agriculture.
Fresh Reminder is an innovative approach to face global food waste. With it's core feature, an foodinventory database and expiration date estimation the app always keeps track of which food should be used next and can give you suitable meal recommendations. The process can be streamlined even more by using the Fresh Cam, a hardware accessory that makes manually inserting and removing the food into the apps database obsolete thanks to a machine learning object recognition algorithm combined with a feed from your fridge. Fresh Reminder with all of its features can be used by a broad audience, whether it is used to minimize food waste, save money by avoiding redundant purchases or just helps staying organised, Fresh Reminder is the answer.
Generative AI (Summer 2024)
SyncNotes is an AI-driven transcription and meeting management software designed to streamline the workflow before, during, and after meetings. With advanced AI technology, SyncNotes not only transcribes spoken content in real time but also organizes it into actionable summaries and key takeaways. Its intuitive interface and secure infrastructure are tailored for the public sector, ensuring compliance with stringent data protection standards.
SMARTDIRECTIVE automates the creation of work instructions and standard operating procedures in the manufacturing industry, using existing data. Our AI tool optimizes the structure and content of instructions, making them as easy to understand as LEGO. This approach addresses the shortage of labor, increases productivity, reduces training time, minimizes errors, and ensures consistent quality across operations. Automatically created. Clearly formulated. Immediately understandable.
Ageing society (Summer 2023)
LifeLink is an emergency wristband designed to give elderly people more security and well-being in their daily lives. In the event of a fall, family members are automatically contacted. In contrast to conventional emergency wristbands, the LifeLink impresses with its modern design.
SimPill is an innovative solution aimed at transforming medication management in the elderly care sector. With a focus on simplicity, efficiency, and safety, SimPill offers a streamlined approach to administering medications for senior residents in care facilities. Our smart medication dispenser ensures accurate dosages and timely administration, reducing the risk of polypharmacy and medication errors. SimPill empowers caregivers by saving time on medication preparation, allowing them to allocate more attention to individualized resident care.
SMATTE revolutionizes physiotherapy: The intelligent sports mat independently recognizes and evaluates the rehab exercises performed and thus enables the patient to perform rehab exercises at home in a high quality. With the help of the SMATTE App, the physiotherapist can create an individual training plan for the patient for a fast and optimal recovery.
Augmented reality (Summer 2022)
EDULAR is a product that uses a modular kit and an augmented reality application to revolutionize physics education by making phenomena visible that would otherwise remain hidden.
With the skylAR app, visitors can explore the skyline from viewing platforms. The surroundings are scanned live and the most important information about the sights is provided.
New work (Summer 2021)
Advision is a platform promoting “New Work” in that it focuses on two goals, (1) promoting employees’ innovative ideas through an integrated “improvement management” and (2) connecting employees within the company.
RCAI is a software allowing AI-supported logging of meetings with voice control. With the help of RCAI, meetings can be prepared efficiently, the most important ideas and statements of the meeting can be recorded and a summarized. A protocol can be created through intelligent language processing in order to reshape the culture of meetings.
Robotic process automation and artificial intelligence (Summer 2020)
The Cortana Protocolleague is a bot, which supports the users in creating a record of online conference. The bot documents and summarizes the most important content of the conference, identifies the individual tasks and provides the record to the users in a meta database.
The Emergency Assist app provides a service for patients, emergency rooms, and doctors, in that it supports the transparency and efficiency of administrative processes in hospitals. [Video]
Blockchain (Summer 2019)
GermBlock is a system, which is integrated into hand sanitizers in hospitals. It strengthens the awareness of hospital staff for disinfection and collects hygiene data.
The ScanMe app is directed to bike users and provides several functions - status verification of bikes, local events on bikes, selling proposals, and localization of the own bike.
Augmented reality and virtual reality (Summer 2018)
ARnesis provides mobile physiotherapy, in that the user can execute the training anywhere at anytime, track the progress, and motivated and efficiently gain back a healthy status.
AvatAR is a search and communication platform, which integrates augmented reality and artificial intelligence. The platform provides information in a company environment at the correct time and place to the correct person.
ExplorAR is an individualizable city guide, which integrates and categorizes information on public transportation and directions in one database and directs them to AR glasses. The provided features are especially interesting for disabled people.
insAR provides customer tailored advice and transparency of service packages in the insurance industry by using augmented reality via smartphones.
