The German philanthropist, artist, and entrepreneur Claus Hipp, the founder of the global children’s food brand HIPP, and GTU honorary doctor, who is on a working visit to Georgian Technical University, named the winners of the 2024 Hipp competition.
The vice-rector of Georgian Technical University opened the event, which was dedicated to identifying the winners of the HIPP competition.
As Professor Tamar Lominadze noted, Georgian Technical University has signed a memorandum with the HIPP company, based on this, the company conducts a competition for students twice a year, the winner of which receive an internship in Germany.
According to the vice-rector, within the framework of this project, about 40 students of the Georgian Technical University completed internships in different German cities.
“The Georgian Technical University has many years of fruitful cooperation with the founder of the world brand HIPP. Claus Hipp conducts a competition, and after selecting the winners, he invites the students to Germany for a one-month summer internship at his company. It should be noted that the full funding of students’ travel, living, and meals is carried out by Claus Hipp.
The winners of the competition are allowed to work for one month in the technological, marketing, financial, or logistics departments of the HIPP enterprise. This is a unique opportunity for students to gain European experience in high-tech and successful company such as HIPP,” announced Tamar Lominadze.
Claus Hipp offered the students to make a creative, exclusive, simple, branded product for a Georgian business.
According to philanthropist, the winners of the competition, Mariam Sulaberidze, a student of the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism, and Design, and Elisabeth Guntaishvili, a student of the International School of Design, revealed unique and original ideas characterized by practicality and compliance with HIPP values.
It is worth noting that the annual competition allows students to present creative and practical design and business ideas, which encourages the new generation to develop their visions and creativity.