Coloplast Innovation - A student case competition

Humlebæk, DK

Job Family: Administration

Country/Region: Denmark

Join the Chronic Care Innovation Challenge – A Week to Innovate, Collaborate, and Learn!

Are you ready to tackle real-world challenges in intimate healthcare while boosting your career? Coloplast invites ambitious BA’s or master’s students to join our Chronic Care Innovation Challenge and spend one dynamic week innovating, networking, and gaining invaluable experience.

• Want to apply your studies to cutting-edge topics like sustainability and AI?
• Dream of building connections for your master’s thesis - or even your career?
• Eager to pitch ideas to industry leaders?

If you’re a BA or master’s student in engineering, business, or social sciences, this is your chance.

What’s the Challenge?

• In teams of 3–4, you’ll create innovative solutions to make our intimate healthcare products more sustainable while leveraging the power of AI.
• Already in a group? Great!

Flying solo? No problem - we’ll match you with peers from diverse fields, fostering interdisciplinary innovation.
At week’s end, every team will pitch for the Chronic Care jury. The top three teams will pitch on stage to Coloplast’s senior innovation leaders, where the winning team wins a paid internship in Coloplast, to further develop their innovation solution. The winning team is also guaranteed a Master Thesis spot in our Master Thesis Program for one of our business relevant Chronic Care projects. Oh – and you can put ‘Top Innovator’ on your CV!

What’s the Plan?
The event runs 17th-21st of February, with an exciting program to inspire and empower you:

• Monday (Humlebæk HQ): Kick off with a deep dive into Coloplast, group formation, and case definition, ending with dinner and transport back to Copenhagen.
• Wednesday (BLOX, Copenhagen): Collaborate with your group and access support from our specialists.
• Friday (Humlebæk HQ): Present your solutions to Coloplast’s experts and senior leaders. Celebrate your achievements with dinner and networking.

Tuesday and Thursday: Use these days to prepare, study, or work - it’s up to you.

Why Join?
This is more than a one-week challenge - it’s a door to future opportunities! Gain insight into Coloplast, impress our experts, and position yourself for our Master’s Thesis Program or even a career with us.

Who Can Apply?
Last year BA’s or first year Master’s students (could be in engineering (e.g., IT, chemistry, production), business, or social sciences)
Available Monday, Wednesday and Friday in Week 8 of 2025

Ready to Innovate?
Send us a short explanation on why you’re excited about this challenge and what perspectives you’ll bring. No CV needed!
Applying as a group? Send us one application, containing all your names and contact details.
For questions, contact Caroline Emcken Wiechmann at [email protected].
We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring to the table!

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

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