Campus Living Lab 2026: Resilient Campus
A nationwide Ukrainian lab of hands-on experience for building resilient spaces and innovative solutions
01 / Mission
Learning through action
Campus Living Lab 2026 creates a space for hands-on learning, where students, faculty, business, experts, and the municipality work together on real-world challenges. We are building a co-creation environment where new partnerships, professional communities, and change leaders are born
Problems → Cases → Solutions → Pilots → Scaling
An experience you can't get in a classroom: working on real challenges, design thinking, solution design, and presenting results to experts and partners
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02 / Focus Areas
Real challenges the teams will work on
Energy resilience
Climate-adaptive landscapes
Resource-efficient and barrier-free infrastructure
03 / Format
An interdisciplinary ideathon built on real-world cases
This is not a conference and not a training course
Participants include students of engineering, energy, architecture, construction, ecology, IT, economics, management, urban studies, design, social sciences, and related fields. Teams will be formed on an interdisciplinary basis and will work on real challenges with the support of faculty, researchers, experts, business, and the municipality
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From ideas to pilots in a real-world environment
04 / Results
From ideas to pilots
The residency doesn't end with presentations: its goal is to build a portfolio of real projects ready for piloting, partnership, and investment
Our goal in numbers
60+ students. 6+ teams. 20+ mentors and experts
- 4 thematic tracks
- 5 days of intensive work,
- 6+ solution concepts
- at least 2 pilot projects for further implementation.
05 / For Partners
Become a co-creator of change that starts at universities
Who we invite to partner with us
Businesses, energy, architecture and construction companies, IT companies, renewable energy enterprises, environmental organizations, international projects, donor programs, charitable foundations, IFNTUOG alumni, and local government bodies — anyone who wants to support a co-creation environment
What a partner receives
Official partner status for the residency, presence in project materials, participation in the final presentations, access to the teams' results, and a stronger social and ESG profile for your organization Become a partner
Financial support
MY UNIVERSITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (NGO): EDRPOU 38713155 Account No. UA243052990000026007015504887 Purpose: to support the organization of Campus Living Lab 2026 Copy details
06 / Community
An experience created together
What you'll get
- Real experience working on current challenges
- Mentorship from experts
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- New professional connections
- A chance to present your own project
- A certificate and career opportunities
Who you'll meet
- Students from all over Ukraine
- Researchers and scientists
- Business representatives
- Experts from international organizations
- Employers and project partners
- Community leaders and change agents
07 / Organizers
IFNTUOG Center for Strategic Development
E-mail: sdc@nung.edu.ua
Partnership inquiries: Teodozia Yatsyshyn
Organizational inquiries: Tetiana Arshulyk
Deadlines
Early bird applications until September 13, 2026
General applications until October 5, 2026
Results announced by October 8, 2026
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