The IT Innovation Centre is running the First Student Mobile App Competition to encourage students to create innovative new mobile apps. Key to this initiative is bringing students into developments at the heart of the University. The best mobile app will be considered for inclusion in a University App Store. Students creating the best mobile app will also become eligible for a prize.
Competition Prize: Two weeks unpaid work experience (voluntary) in the IT Innovation Centre and a tablet computer
Competition Rules
The competition opens on 7th February 2013 and it closes on 14th June 2013. The winner will be announced in July.
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Theme: “Student: build a mobile app that is useful to other students in the university”
We are looking for innovative mobile apps that will help others in the university, for instance apps that may help improve teaching or learning, sports, recreation, international students, etc… do you have any ideas about a new game for education, where to find a lecture, how to find a taxi, how to demo a difficult concept…? If so, this call is for you.
- Participants: The competition is open to all UG and PG students at the University of Birmingham.
- Accepted App Formats: Android, iOS, Windows Mobile and cross-platform HTML5, Javascript
How to Take Part
| Stage 1: Submit your idea. At this stage we need a brief description of what your mobile app is all about: what it will do, how it will work…To submit your idea for the mobile app, download and fill in the Student Mobile App Competition Idea Submission Form, and email it back to itinnovation@contacts.bham.ac.uk before the end of 15th March 2013. | Student Mobile App Competition Forms |
| Stage 2: Submit your mobile app. We are looking for a fully working app or a fully working prototype. You will need to submit an installable version of your app as well as the source code and a brief report describing the app. Email all this to itinnovation@contacts.bham.ac.uk. We may contact you if we require a live demo. The deadline for submitting your mobile app is before the end of 14th June 2013. |  Stage 1 Idea Submission Form |
| Stage 3: Winner revealed! After the closing date a judging panel from industry and experts from across the university will meet to evaluate the apps. The winner will be announced around mid July. |
Key Dates
- 7 February 2013: Competition opens.
- 15 March 2013: Closing date to submit your application form describing your idea
- 14 June 2013: Closing Date to submit your mobile app
- Mid July 2013: Winner revealed
Encouraging Student Collaboration
If you are a student who knows how to build a mobile app but don’t have an idea or vice-versa, if you are a student who have a great idea but are not sure about how to build a mobile app, the IT Innovation Centre could help you to team up with each other so that you could both enter the competition as a team.
To help us facilitate this collaboration please contact the IT Innovation Centre at itinnovation@contacts.bham.ac.uk either if you are a student good at developing apps but looking for an exciting idea or if you are a student with a great idea but looking for someone to help you develop it as an app.
Frequently Asked Questions
Visit the frequently asked questions page, to find out more about the competition.