Global Student Challenge
Objective
The Global Student Challenge pits teams from business schools and universities worldwide against each other to identify the world's top talent in supply chain and value chain management, connecting students to the corporate sector.
Description
Overview
The Global Student Challenge (GSC), organized by Inchainge, is described as the world's number 1 supply chain management student competition. Teams from business schools and universities across the globe compete using Inchainge's business simulation games.
Who can participate
- Full-time or part-time bachelor's or master's students
- Students who have played The Fresh Connection, The Cool Connection, The Blue Connection or The Triple Connection in a course, or in a local competition hosted by an Inchainge-certified educator
- Teams must consist of 4 higher education students
- Teams that previously reached a Global Final cannot requalify with the same members
Format
- Top 10 percent of teams from certified curriculum courses are invited to the Global Qualification Round(s), an online stage where teams run a virtual company
- Top qualifying teams advance to the Global Final, an online event where the best teams battle for the Champion title
- Teams experience the impact of decisions across their whole virtual value chain, not only within their own functional area
Notable details
- The competition has run since 2014 and has grown to tens of thousands of student participants across many countries
- Top performing teams can earn official certificates and cash prizes
May 24, 2026
Public
Business School
Career
International
Logistics & Supply Chain
Networking
info@globalstudentchallenge.org
Inchainge, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences
Top teams compete for a total of EUR 10,000 in cash prizes (breakdown by place not published for the current edition)