FAQ
You can participate in Unilever IdeaTrophy as a team of three. Individual applications are not admissible for this year’s competition.
No. You can participate in Unilever IdeaTrophy only as a team of three people.
No, you cannot remove/add a team member in any phase of the competition after completing your application.
No. You can be part of only one team.
No. Each participating team can only submit one application – which you will not be able to review and revise once you hit the submit button.
You have to answer all the questions at once and submit them accordingly. If you hit submit button with missing answers, you will be scored based on the questions you answered.
If you exit before hitting the submit button, your answers will not be recorded, and you will have to re-enter all your information and answers next time you attempt to apply.
If you exit before hitting the submit button, your answers will not be recorded, and you will have to re-enter all your information and answers next time you attempt to apply.
No. You must submit before the deadline.
Only the finalist team members of previous years cannot participate in Unilever IdeaTrophy again. So, if you were not a finalist, yes, you can.
Students from different universities, classes and different faculties or undergraduate, postgraduate or master’s students may form a team.
No. It is a nationwide competition for all undergraduate, postgraduate or master’s students of universities in Turkey. Students who wish to apply must be above the age of 18.
The brief for the Semi-Final will be released in the Brief section on 6th of April 2026 and will be shared with all applicant teams after the application period ends.
Finalist teams may revise their strategies in line with the assigned brief for the Final stages.
You are required to review the brief document, which will be shared with you on March 31st, and complete your work and upload it to the site by April 20, 2026, at 23.59.
No, you are expected to upload your work to the site by April 20, 2026 at 23:59. The results will be announced on April 24, 2026.
No, you will not be provided with a presentation template or an outline. However, in the brief, we will explain what we are looking for and you will need to make sure your presentation covers all of these.
The presentations should be prepared using Microsoft Powerpoint in the format of *.ppt or *.pptx
For the Final, you will receive an additional brief based on the first one, and you will be expected to improve your semi-final ideas accordingly. You will have to finalize your presentations before the Final Presentations which will be held on 15th of May 2026, Thursday.
All team members must be present and speak during the presentation at the Final event.
We will gladly answer all your questions via ideatrophy@boomerang.careers or @unilevercareerstr on Instagram.