The 2025 INGENIUM SDGs Hackathon brought together around 100 students online from all ten INGENIUM partner universities and partner institutions in developing countries. Students worked in diverse teams to address sustainability challenges such as campus climate resilience, waste management, student well‑being, and energy monitoring. Throughout the event, participants collaborated across cultures and disciplines, received mentoring and short lectures, and presented their ideas to an international jury of sustainable development experts. All participants received a digital badge.

The hackathon encouraged creative thinking, cross‑cultural exchange, and the development of prototypes and concepts with the potential to be implemented on INGENIUM campuses across Europe. By focusing on issues that directly affected daily university life, the event strengthened INGENIUM’s commitment to sustainability and to empowering the next generation of change‑makers.

The 2025 edition concluded with the selection of a strong winning concept: EcoCampus Hub, developed by

Guido Di Bernardo, Diego Tana and Laura Moderau (University of Pescara)

Aniwura Omolayo and Nithya Narayanan (University of Skövde)

Raluca‑Maria Țâbuleac (Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași)

Their project addressed a common challenge across European universities: students often lacked a clear overview of the sustainability work taking place on their campus. Issues such as outdated or scattered data, limited incentives for sustainable behavior, and few opportunities for feedback made engagement difficult. The idea will be further developed by guidance of Drivhuset in Skövde.