# SOLIDWORKS Sponsorship for Student Teams Learn everything about our sponsorship programs and apply easily with one click! ![Race car on track - SOLIDWORKS sponsorship](/sites/default/filesd10/styles/webp/public/migration/2023-05/solidworks-studnet-sponsorship-hero-2.jpg.webp) ### Show Off Your Design Expertise with SOLIDWORKS Sponsorship Programs Thousands of student teams worldwide use SOLIDWORKS® software and **3D**EXPERIENCE® Works solutions to design and analyze their projects for student competitions. All analysis and data management functionalities are fully integrated into the SOLIDWORKS interface, xDesign and **3D**EXPERIENCE Engineer, making it faster and easier to try new design ideas than ever before! **Age requirement**: applicants must be 18 or older to apply. Students under 18 can have their teacher or mentor apply for them. ### Boost your skill ### Pursue new challenges ### Build a stronger resume ## Our 4 Product Offers - Apply Today to Get a FREE License! #### SOLIDWORKS xDesign for Students Next-generation browser-based 3D CAD with Collaboration ##### Features include: - Cloud 3D CAD: Browser-based - Cloud Data Management and Collaboration - Cloud Simulation: Design Guidance only - Access to Learning Content and Student Community ##### Devices Supported: - Chromebook, MACs, Tablets, Windows PC - No installation required - [Apply for FREE](https://go.3ds.com/SOLIDWORKS-sponsorship) #### SOLIDWORKS Desktop Proven and Powerful SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD ##### Features include: - 3D CAD - Local Storage - Simulation: Structure, Flow, Plastics - Photorealistic Rendering - 2.5 & 3-Axis CAM - Access to Learning Content and Student Community ##### Devices Supported: - Windows PC only - Installation required - [Apply for FREE](https://go.3ds.com/SOLIDWORKS-sponsorship) #### SOLIDWORKS Desktop + Cloud Services Proven and powerful 3D CAD with collaboration ##### Features include: - All SOLIDWORKS Desktop Features + - Cloud Data Management and Collaboration ##### Devices Supported: - Windows PC only - Installation required - [Apply for FREE](https://go.3ds.com/SOLIDWORKS-sponsorship) #### SOLIDWORKS Desktop + 3DEXPERIENCE Engineer Proven and powerful 3D CAD with collaboration & ABAQUS Simulation ##### Features include: - All SOLIDWORKS Desktop Features + - Cloud Data Management and Collaboration + - Advanced Simulation: SIMULIA (Abaqus Solver: Structure, Fluid, Plastics, Electromagnetics) - Advanced Manufacturing: DELMIA for CAM, Robotics, Additive Manufacturing ##### Devices Supported: - Windows PC Workstation - Installation required - [Apply for FREE](https://go.3ds.com/SOLIDWORKS-sponsorship) ### Resources Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation can help student teams with sponsorships and various resources, including software, curriculum, parts designs, design tools, and more. Over 100 tutorials built right into SOLIDWORKS Software. ### Online Training MySolidworks provides access to hundreds of SOLIDWORKS training videos to expand your knowledge on your own schedule and at your own pace. - [Learn more](https://my.solidworks.com/training) ### Tutorial Videos 25 YouTube™ videos in the SOLIDWORKS tutorial playlist, and thousands of videos on the internet. - [Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/@solidworks/search?query=tutorials) ### Student Community Access to Student community to exchange with each other, share their work, and get help when needed from our experts - [Go to community](https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:AH6Out1lTB2kjqDkm0S-Qg) ### Worldwide Student Competitions and Challenges We Sponsor Read below to learn about the student competitions and challenges we sponsor. Then discover - [other challenges](https://edu.3ds.com/en/challenges) Dassault Systèmes is sponsoring. #### AAKRUTI --- **AAKRUTI** \[Global\] – addresses the challenges of tomorrow by providing answers to longstanding problems through a worldwide product design contest for engineering, design and technology. - [>>Go to AAKRUTI Global Contest](/product/students/aakrutiglobal2024) #### AVA Challenge --- The Australian Virtual Astronaut (AVA) Challenge is an innovative STEM initiative designed to engage high school students in solving real-world space-related challenges. Participants collaborate to create innovative solutions for scenarios such as Earth observation, robotics, growing food in space, and sustainable lunar habitats. Emphasizing critical thinking, teamwork, and engineering design principles, the program connects students with industry experts and provides hands-on learning opportunities. Partnering with the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education, the AVA Challenge runs nationally across Australia, targeting final-year high school students. In 2025, the program will expand to include schools in the United States. For more details about the challenge, visit the - [AVA Challenge website](https://avachallenge.org/). #### FIRST --- **F**or **I**nspiration and **R**ecognition of **S**cience and **T**echnology is an international youth organization that operates the FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST LEGO League Challenge, FIRST LEGO League Explore, FIRST LEGO League Discover, and FIRST Tech Challenge competitions. - [>>Apply for FIRST Sponsorship](/product/students/first-robotics-students) #### Formula Student --- **Formula Student** is a student engineering competition held annually worldwide – a testing ground for the next generation of world-class engineers. Student teams design, build, test, and race a small-scale formula-style racing car. - [>>Learn more](https://www.imeche.org/events/formula-student) #### SAE (All SAE Competitions) --- **S**ociety of **A**utomotive **E**ngineers Collegiate Design Series – Formula SAE, Formula SAE Electric, Baja SAE, SAE Aero Design, Clean Snowmobile, and AutoDrive Challenge Vehicle design Competitions – provides world-class, hands-on STEM learning experiences for undergraduate and graduate students. - [>>Learn more](https://www.sae.org/students) #### RoboNation --- **RoboNation** is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide a pathway of hands-on educational experiences that empower students to find innovative solutions to global challenges for Autonomous vehicles in the air, land and sea – RobotX, RoboSub, RoboBoat, IARC, SUAS, IGVC, SeaGlide, SeaPerch. - [>>Learn more](https://robonation.org/) #### SpacePort America Cup --- Promoting educational involvement in spaceport activities, and education and training of the workforce to develop the skills needed for spaceport operations, is part of the mission of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority. - [>>Learn more](https://www.spaceportamerica.com/education/) #### Formula Hybrid --- The Formula Hybrid competition is an interdisciplinary design and engineering challenge for undergraduate and graduate university students. - [>>Learn more](https://www.formula-hybrid.org/%20) #### AIAA --- Started in 1996 by the AIAA Applied Aerodynamics, Aircraft Design, Design Engineering and Flight Test Technical Committees is an opportunity for university students to apply real-world aircraft design experience by giving them the opportunity to validate their analytic studies. - [>>Learn more](https://www.aiaa.org/) #### BEST --- **B**oosting **E**ngineering, **S**cience, and **T**echnology Robotics Competition s a national six-week robotics competition in the United States held each fall, designed to help interest middle school and high school students in possible engineering careers. - [>>Learn more](https://www.bestrobotics.org/site/) #### ASME --- **A**merican **S**ociety of **M**echanical **E**ngineering Student Mechanism Design Competition provides a platform to present solutions to design problems – from everyday household tasks to groundbreaking space exploration. Each team is required to design, construct and operate a prototype meeting the requirements of an annually determined problem statement. - [>>Learn more](https://www.asme.org/) #### ASABE --- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers uses technology such as robotics, sensors, computer models, and satellites to make a more clean and more sustainable environment. They maintain plentiful, clean water and make healthier, safer foods. - [>>Learn more](https://www.asabe.org/) #### Shell Eco-marathon --- Shell Eco-marathon is an international educational program and competition that challenges student teams to design, build, and operate energy-efficient vehicles. The goal is to achieve the highest possible fuel efficiency while considering different energy sources and innovative technologies. This global academic program and prestigious student engineering competition push the boundaries of energy optimization, fostering creativity and technological advancement. - [>>Learn more](https://www.shellecomarathon.com/) #### SkillsUSA --- SkillsUSA offers many opportunities for growth through career competitions. Students can compete at the local or state level. State winners go on to the national competition: The SkillsUSA Championships. - [>>Learn more](https://www.skillsusa.org/) #### MATE --- The MATE ROV Competition is an underwater robotics (aka remotely operated vehicle or ROV) challenge that engages a global community of learners each year. - [>>Learn more](https://materovcompetition.org/) #### NRL --- National Robotics League Design Competition provides a national structure for educational robotics competitions to increase traffic to manufacturing-related career opportunities. Student teams compete regionally to be able to test their robotic creations and battle for local supremacy. - [>>Learn more](https://gonrl.org/) #### RoboGames --- RoboGames is the Olympics of Robots – inviting the best minds from around the world to compete in over 50 different events: combat robots, fire- fighters, LEGO bots, hockey bots, walking humanoids, soccer bots, sumo bots, and even androids that do kung-fu. Some robots are autonomous, and some are remote-controlled - but they're all cool! As an open event, anyone can compete. - [>>Learn more](http://robogames.net/index.php) #### RoboCup --- RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded in 1996 by university professors (including Hiroaki Kitano, Manuela M. Veloso, and Minoru Asada). The competition aims to promote robotics and AI research by offering a publicly appealing – but formidable – challenge. - [>>Learn more](https://www.robocup.org/) #### Solar Splash --- Solar Splash is an annual collegiate solar boating competition that started in 1994 – an intercollegiate solar/electric boat competition dedicated to showing the feasibility of solar energy. - [>>Learn more](https://solarsplash.com/) #### VEX Robotics --- VEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students and a subset of Innovation First International, which is managed by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation. - [>>Learn more](https://www.vexrobotics.com/) SOLIDWORKS Sponsorship for Student Teams- [](mailto:?subject=https://www.solidworks.com/product/students/solidworks-sponsorship-student-teams) - [](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.solidworks.com/product/students/solidworks-sponsorship-student-teams) - [](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.solidworks.com/product/students/solidworks-sponsorship-student-teams) - [](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https://www.solidworks.com/product/students/solidworks-sponsorship-student-teams)