The Foster Difference

Competitive Edge

For the 2008-2009 school year, Foster’s MBA and undergraduate teams finished first six times and second six times at 11 major national and international case and business plan competitions, beating out teams from schools such as Carnegie Mellon, Notre Dame, NYU, Pepperdine, USC, Wharton and Yale.

Check out all the Foster-hosted business competition events.

Recent successes:

Foster students won top honors at the KeyBank-Ohio State University Minority Case Competition in March, 2009

Foster MBA teams have won the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) over the likes of Michigan, Harvard, MIT and Cambridge twice in three years, an unprecedented achievement.

Foster MBA students took the 2009 international finals of the Associate for Corporate Growth (ACG) case competition.

Foster undergrads won the Business Strategy Challenge at Georgetown University in Washington.

Foster undergrads conquer at the John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Gain a Competitive Edge
Foster School students can compete in business plan or case competitions—from green technology to minority business to financial analysis—to get hands-on experience while solving real-world issues.
See all Seattle-based competitions.

Energy Innovation Video
UW Environmental Innovation Challenge supports student-driven, clean-tech ideas to conserve energy. Eco buildings. Greener car engines. Solar devices. Watch video and get inspired.

$34,000 for Top Social Businesses
Ruby Cup - Danish entrepreneurs who empower African women to be more healthy, earth friendly and social - took 1st place at the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition. See all 2012 winners.