Challenges & Competitions:
ULI Hines Student Competition (Graduate students only)
Registration in November
Duration: Up to 3 months
The ULI Hines Student Competition allows graduate students to form multidisciplinary teams and engage in a challenging exercise in responsible land use. Teams of five have two weeks to devise a development program for a real, large-scale site in a North American city. They provide graphic boards and narratives of their proposals, including designs and market-feasible financial data.
Bank of America Low Income Housing Challenge
Registration in January
Duration: 3 months
With the Bank of America Low Income Housing Challenge, students form teams and enlist an academic advisor and developer sponsor. Teams work together to create a forward-looking, feasible project that addresses all aspects of an affordable-housing development, including community needs, building design, and financing. Students participate in education and feedback sessions and present their final projects to a jury.
NAIOP Silicon Valley Case Study Competition (Undergrad students only)
Registration in January
Duration: 3 weeks
The NAIOP Silicon Valley University Case Study Challenge is an intercollegiate competition between full-time undergraduate student teams from Menlo College, San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, Stanford, and UC Berkeley. University teams evaluate the site of a previously completed development project to devise a current ground-up development plan based in the current market environment.
NAIOP Golden Shovel Real Estate Competition (Graduate students only)
Registration in January, Kickoff early February
Duration: 10 weeks
The Golden Shovel is a real estate development competition between Stanford University and UC Berkeley. The program gives graduate students hands-on experience in real estate development. Teams devise and pitch a solution to a complex real-world real estate scenario.
Registration in September
Duration: 1 week
Hack-A-House is an annual 24-hour “hackathon” created to inspire students to develop innovative solutions for the housing affordability crisis. Participants collaborate with peers, industry experts, and competition judges to explore and address housing challenges.