Dell EMC Graduation Project Competition 2017 for Senior Undergraduate Students from the MENA Region (USD 12,000 Prize)

Application Deadline: November 30th 2016

Dell EMC is launching the annual graduation project competition for senior undergraduate students from universities in Turkey, Middle East and Africa who are enrolled in the EMC Academic Alliance Program. The competition is intended to spark the creativity of students for their graduation projects to play an active role in the Transformation of IT and get the opportunity to shine and win prizes.

Why should you participate in 2017?

• – Become the next big thing in Cloud, Big Data and Security
• – Take part and transform your ideas into potential businesses
• – Network, learn, and prepare for the next big step in your career

Eligibility Requirements:

•   Students who wish to participate should be in their senior year and should be enrolled in any of the Dell EMC Academic Alliance Institutions of the Middle East and Africa
•   Students should have a faculty member as their supervisor
•   Students should be a non-governmental employees and full-time university students
•   Authenticity of the information provided by the students should be validated by the head of his or her department
•   Students should be listed only in one project
•   All communication with Dell EMC will be between the project supervisor and team leader
•   Each competing team should consists of 3-5 members and one of the team members should be selected as a team leader with the following responsibilities

Prizes

Winners of the competition will receive cash prizes as below:

•   The first place winner will receive a cash prize of $ 5,000
•   The second place winner will receive a cash prize of $ 4,000
•   The third place winner will receive a cash prize of $ 3,000

A formal award ceremony will be organized at one of Dell EMC events in the region. The winning team and their mentor(s) will be invited to attend the ceremony along with officials from their institute.

Timeline:

• Project Abstract Submission – 1st November 2016 till 30th of November
• Announcement of Shortlisted Projects – 10th January 2017
• Project Design Layout Submission – 06th of April 2017
• Final Project Submission – 2nd July 2017
• The Winners Announcement – 4th September 2017

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Dell EMC Annual Graduation Project Competition 2017