The Aegis Professor Undergraduate Student Competition
The Aegis Professor Undergraduate Student Competition (APUC) launched in 2023, led by the Science Partnership Office and the Science Student Societies. APUC is excited to be once again inviting undergraduate students across the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and the School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, to work in multidisciplinary teams to apply their knowledge to real-world scientific problems to raise awareness of how science research can be applied and commercialised. Multidisciplinary teams will work on challenge briefs over the summer and present to the Aegis Professors at a Celebration Day event in September 2025.
Why you should take part
The competition will give you the opportunity to:
- Interact with industry and policy experts
- Experience team working with scientists from different subjects
- Attend a training workshop run by the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Bolster your CV including through the Bristol PLUS award
- Pitch for up to £5000 prize
The celebration event is a standout from the competition due to the experience it provides in presentation and poster sessions which is something that is limited in my course before the final year project. It is also a great networking event.
Student Participant 2024
Working with new people and developing an idea as far as we could. Having a task which was outside of the normal academic sphere and being able to work open-ended on something I was deeply passionate about
Student Participant 2023
The Aegis Professors – who they are
Director of the National Quantum Computing Centre
Chief Strategy Officer of Lucideon Group Ltd
Senior Vice President at Ultraleap
Chief Scientific Advisor to Nuclear Waste Services
Chief Technology Officer at Infinitesima Ltd
Chief Technology Officer at Aerospace Technology Institute
Head of Entrepreneurship, UK Civil Service
