BlueShift business case competition

BlueShift

Compete and develop a business solution for a real business in our BlueShift competition.

High school business case competition

BlueShift is a business case competition for secondary school students. Students work in small teams to develop real business solutions for a real business.

Participants compete in teams of three or four to analyse the business challenge and prepare a written solution to a real business case.

Teams with the best submissions present their ideas to a panel of judges at the BlueShift finals held at our Gardens Point campus in Brisbane.

The competition started in 2014 and more than 145 teams have participated.

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Winning Teams for 2022

Congratulations to our winning teams who competed at Finals Day at QUT Gardens Point Campus on Saturday 21 May 2022.

Champion team

The Gryphon Group, Brisbane State High School

2nd place

Meerkat Masters, Queensland Academy of Health Sciences

3rd place

CDI Consulting, Northside Christian College

From left to right - Samuel Zhu (student), Veronica Piercy (teacher), Professor Larry Neale (QUT), Trish Le (student)

Finalist Teams for 2022

Congratulations to our Finalist Teams who will be competing at Finals Day at QUT Gardens Point Campus on Saturday 21 May 2022.

Team Name	School
The Gryphon Group	Brisbane State High School
BSHS Team 1	Brisbane State High School
Hurlstone Hornets	Hurlstone Agricultural High School
Hurlstone Hurricanes	Hurlstone Agricultural High School
Hurlstone Haybales	Hurlstone Agricultural High School
TEEM BE	Mt St Michael's College
MHC Consulting	Northside Christian College
CDI Consulting	Northside Christian College
Wyse	Presbyterian Ladies College
Meerkat Masters	Queensland Academy for Health Sciences
Team B QAHS	Queensland Academy for Health Sciences
Shark Tank Consulting	The Southport School

2022 competition details

Registrations are now closed for the 2022 competition. Please register your interest below for the next competition.

Register your interest

Key dates

Registrations closed

28 February 2022: Early bird eligibility for coaching sessions close

1 March 2022: Case released

26 April 2022: Case submissions due, final day to register

5 May 2022: Finalists announced

21 May 2022: Champions round at QUT Gardens Point

How to enter

Interested in competing? Find out how to register your team, including the competition process and eligibility.

Enter the competition

Prepare for the competition

Find the resources you need to create your business case submission including what to include in your business proposal.

Competition resources

Why compete?

Real world cases

When you participate in BlueShift, you’ll:

apply what you’ve learnt and work in a team on a real-world business case
develop real business skills including professional presentation, financial analysis and creative problem solving
gain valuable insights into the business industry.

Networking opportunities

Finalists have the exclusive opportunity to meet and network with:

other BlueShift competitors from across the country
QUT staff and alumni
our award-winning international business case competition team of QUT students
business industry professionals.

Working with real businesses

We work with real businesses to provide participants the opportunity to address real-world business challenges.

Past case studies

Competition prizes

First place

Each member of the winning team receives:

a $2,000 scholarship for the QUT Faculty of Business and Law
a $250 EFTPOS card
a prize pack from our sponsors.

Your school also receives a $3,000 cash prize from QUT, and your teacher receives an $800 voucher from QUTeX, to access short courses, professional development and executive education.

Second place

Each member of the team in 2nd place receives:

a $100 EFTPOS card
a prize pack from our sponsors.

Third place

Each member of the team in 3rd place receives:

a $50 EFTPOS card
a prize pack from our sponsors.