Compete · Win · Travel
Competitions & Wins
NUMIC runs Cambodia’s national Business Model Competition (BMC) and the regional Mekong Challenge, the proving grounds where student teams pitch real ventures.
Winning teams take home cash prizes and earn international trips to Europe, the USA, and across Asia, pitching alongside teams from around the region. The competition runs every year in partnership with Khmer Enterprise and Youth 21.
NUMIC teams also enter the CFA Institute Research Challenge every year, the global equity-research competition that puts students in front of professional analysts.
- National BMC hosted by NUMIC
- Mekong Challenge regional stage
- CFA Research Challenge entered yearly
- Cash prizes for winning teams
- International trips to Europe, the USA and Asia
Every year with
On the Podium
Where Our Students Have Placed
Some contests are hosted here in Phnom Penh, others are won on exchange thousands of kilometres away.
1st place · Tourism
Team EmpowHer
Won the Tourism category and US$1,000 at Asia’s Next Innovator Ideathon Cambodia 2025, with a women-led tourism venture built around safety and trust.
Phon Vansy · Sok Elizabeth · Lim Porly
1st place · Education
Team Edu-Assist
Took the Education category at the same Ideathon, with a project on rural dropout and inequality that brings agricultural education in as extracurricular learning.
Heng Ketiarithy · Lach Yongshang · Preung Sokun Vanny Pich · Sambath Seihalice
2,000,000 riel
Team SheSafe
Reached the top ten at the Techno Innovation Challenge Cambodia 2025 and came away a winning team, with a project addressing women’s hygiene needs.
Tep Sovanpisey · Salleh Nasrin · Kan Manita · Tith Eka · Chou Teangsopheap
1st place
Team Porcupine V
First place at the AIESEC Youth to Business Sandbox 2025 with “Domnork Oil,” a venture that recycles used cooking oil.
Em Pok Ponnareay · Im Ponha Niza · Leng David · Reth Khemhong · Tann Vitou
Delegation
Youth Model ASEAN Conference 2026, Singapore
Five students represented Cambodia at the YMAC simulation of an ASEAN Summit, alongside delegates from all ten member states. Hosted by Singapore Polytechnic.
Top 10
Team TroChaek
Came through to the last ten of the Youth 21 Competition 2025, and on to the accelerator programme in Siem Reap.
Accelerator
Youth 21 Acceleration Programme, Siem Reap
Students spent the programme refining their ventures with industry mentors. Dr. Sok Seang, Dean of NUMIC, spoke on building a business model that holds up.
Winners
NUMIC TikTok Video Contest 2025
Five students met the Rector of the National University of Management after winning the college’s own short-video competition.
2nd prizeVentureInno 2026, JapanIB junior Monin Chanbonnakmey placed second in an international SDG business-plan competition while on exchange at the University of Hyogo.
Final roundCFA Institute Research ChallengeSeason 8, 2025–26. The NUMIC team presented at the Cambodia Securities Exchange in front of professional analysts.
Open to allBusiness Model CompetitionThe national BMC and the regional Mekong Challenge send winning teams abroad to Europe, the USA and Asia, with cash prizes.