17 Years of Imagine Cup

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2018 Worldwide Champions

Team: SmarTArm Country: Canada

Every year, Imagine Cup celebrates the top student teams that bring their biggest, boldest ideas to life. Each team creates an original technology project from start to finish while competing on a global stage for the title of World Champion.

World Champion Winners

The 17th annual Imagine Cup brought together thousands of student developers from across the globe to innovate with Azure and make an impact with technology. The three top teams were selected to compete in the World Championship at Microsoft Build in Seattle.

2019 Imagine Cup World Championship
Out of 49 teams selected to compete in the World Finals, team smartARM from Canada took home the Imagine Cup!

Meet the 2018 Imagine Cup World Champions!
Read about the final four teams that competed in the Championships and learn more about them.

Meet the 2017 Imagine Cup Champions!
Team ENTy of Romania celebrates on stage in the Quincy Jones Performing Arts Center at Garfield High School after winning the 2016 Imagine Cup Championship.

And your new Imagine Cup Champion IS … Team ENTy of Romania!
The winners of the 2015 Imagine Cup are announced.

2015 Winners Announcement
Read about the final four teams that competed in the Championships and learn more about them.

2014 World Champions
The winners of the 2013 Imagine Cup are announced.

2013 Winners Announcement
The winners of the 2012 Imagine Cup are announced.

2012 Winners Announcement
The winners of the 2011 Imagine Cup are announced.

2011 Winners Announcement
The winners of the 2010 Imagine Cup are announced.

2010 Winners Announcement
The winners of the 2009 Imagine Cup are announced.

2009 Winners Announcement
The winners of the 2008 Imagine Cup are announced.

2008 Winners Announcement
The winners of the 2007 Imagine Cup are announced.

2007 Winners Announcement
The winners of the 2006 Imagine Cup are announced.

2006 Winners Announcement
The winners of the 2005 Imagine Cup are announced.

2005 Winners Announcement
The winners of the 2004 Imagine Cup are announced.

2004 Winners Announcement
2003 Winners Announcement,

2003 Winners Announcement,
Congratulations to team EasyGlucose from the United States, who took home the 2019 Imagine Cup trophy for his deep learning low-cost and non-invasive blood glucose level monitor for diabetics

Meet the 2019 Imagine Cup World Champion, team EasyGlucose from the United States!
All the hard work, late nights coding, testing, and business plans have come to this moment. The top 3 teams face off to determine who will take home $85,000 USD and the Imagine Cup!

2018 World Championship
52 teams from around the world came to the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington to compete in our 15th annual Imagine Cup.

2017 Imagine Cup World Championship
The 2016 Imagine Cup World Championship is here! Watch the drama unfold as young developers from around the world compete to win Microsoft's student technology competition.

2016 Imagine Cup World Championship
The 2015 Imagine Cup World Championship is here! Thousands of coding hours all come down to this. Who will win it all?

2015 Imagine Cup World Championship
Download the 2012 Imagine Cup yeardbook.

2012 Imagine Cup Yearbook
Download the 2011 Imagine Cup yeardbook.

2011 Imagine Cup Yearbook
Download the 2010 Imagine Cup yeardbook.

2010 Imagine Cup Yearbook
Download the 2009 Imagine Cup yeardbook.

2009 Imagine Cup Yearbook
Download the 2008 Imagine Cup yeardbook.

2008 Imagine Cup Yearbook
Download the 2007 Imagine Cup yeardbook.

2007 Imagine Cup Yearbook
Download the 2006 Imagine Cup yeardbook.

2006 Imagine Cup Yearbook
Download the 2005 Imagine Cup yeardbook.

2005 Imagine Cup Yearbook
Download the 2004 Imagine Cup yeardbook.

2004 Imagine Cup Yearbook
Twelve finalist teams were chosen to bring their original technology solutions to the 2019 Imagine Cup Americas Regional Final in Seattle, Washington.

2019 Imagine Cup Americas Regional Final
Find out more about our 2014 Award and Challenge winners.

2014 Award and Challenge Winners
The 2014 Imagine Cup World Finals in Seattle brings together over 30 student teams to compete for the Imagine Cup. Read more about our finalists.

2014 World Finalists
Team EasyGlucose from the United States took home the first-place title at the Americas Regional Final for their project, a low-cost and non-invasive blood glucose level monitor for diabetics which utilizes Azure deep learning and smartphone-based ophthalmic imaging.

Congratulations 2019 Imagine Cup Americas Regional Champions: Team EasyGlucose from the USA!
These three teams will present their projects in front of a trio of Championship judges in the hopes of winning the 2018 Imagine Cup.

Congratulations 2018 Imagine Cup Championship Teams!
Team iCry2Talk from Greece introduce themselves and tell us about their journey to the 2018 Imagine Cup World Championship.

iCry2Talk - Road to the World Championship
Team Mediated Ear from Japan introduce themselves and tell us about their journey to the 2018 Imagine Cup World Championship.

Mediated Ear - Road to the World Championship
Our 2018 Big Idea Challenge winner was VisionX from Romania.

Meet the 2018 Big Idea Challenge Winners!
Team smartARM from Canada introduce themselves and tell us about their journey to the 2018 Imagine Cup World Championship.

smartARM - Road to the World Championship
2018 Imagine Cup World Championship host Corey Sanders meets with team iCry2Talk from Greece to learn about their project.

World Championship - iCry2Talk Bio
2018 Imagine Cup World Championship host Corey Sanders meets with team Mediated Ear from Japan to learn about their project.

World Championship - Mediated Ear Bio
Team smartARM from Canada introduce themselves and tell us about their journey to the 2018 Imagine Cup World Championship.

World Championship - smartARM Bio
Meet our top 3 winners from the 2018 Imagine Cup World Championship

2018 World Finals Winners
Meet our finalists for the 2018 Imagine Cup World Championship

2018 World Finalists
Oculogx developed PickAR, a mixed reality application designed for the HoloLens for large warehouses.

2017 Second Place: Oculogx – Georgia Tech, United States
Nash created Rescue, software that enables a network of autonomous IoT drones designed to shorten response times to natural disasters.

2017 Third Place: Nash – Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires, Argentina
X.Glu invented a patented, cloud-connected glucose meter designed for children with diabetes.

2017 World Champion: X.Glu – Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
Real innovation comes out of the Imagine Cup, and many of these ideas go on to get venture capital funding and become full-scale products.

Making a difference for Type 1 diabetes—Meet Team X.Glu and their holistic solution for kids
Three students from the Czech Republic took home $100,000 after winning Imagine Cup last July. They built a holistic hardware, software and gamification application that helps Type 1 diabetics.

Scott Hanselman Talks with Team XGLU – the Winners of the 15th Imagine Cup!
Meet our top 4 winners from the 2017 Imagine Cup World Championship

2017 World Finals Winners
Meet our finalists for the 2017 Imagine Cup World Championship

2017 World Finalists
Please join us for the 2016 Imagine Cup World Finals Award Ceremony where the top three teams from each category will be announced!

2016 World Finals Awards Ceremony
The 2016 Games winner is announced.

2016 World Finals Games Winner
The 2016 Innovation winner is announced.

2016 World Finals Innovation Winner
The 2016 World Citizenship winner is announced.

2016 World Finals: World Citizenship Winner
Team ENTy of Romania, the 2016 Imagine Cup World Champions, got their chance to claim the grand prize for winning Microsoft’s global technology competition: a private mentoring session with CEO Satya Nadella.

Face to face with Satya Nadella: Find out what the 2016 Imagine Cup Champions asked Microsoft’s CEO!
This morning, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the first place winners of the Games, Innovation and World Citizenship categories in the Imagine Cup World Finals.

Here are your 2016 Games, Innovation & World Citizenship winners!
Here are our winners of the 2016 Imagine Cup World Championship

2016 World Finals Winners
Our list of finalists for the 2016 Imagine Cup World Championship

2016 World Finalists
Our list of semifinalists for the 2016 Imagine Cup World Championship

2016 World Semifinalists
View our list of 2016 award and challenge winners

2016 Award and Challenge Winners
Imagine Cup 2015 Games Winner: Ovivo from Russia

Imagine Cup 2015 Games: 1st Place
Imagine Cup 2015 Innovation Winner: EfitFashion from Brazil

Imagine Cup 2015 Innovation: 1st Place
Imagine Cup 2015 World Citizenship Winer: Prognosis from Greece

Imagine Cup 2015 World Citizenship: 1st Place
Virtual Dementia Experience team members Liam McGuire, Norman Wang, Chris Mackenzie and James Bonner face the judges in the 2015 Imagine Cup Championship

Winning first place at Imagine Cup was just the beginning for these teams
Find out more about our 2015 Award and Challenge winners.

2015 Award and Challenge Winners
The 2015 Imagine Cup World Finals in Seattle brings together over 30 student teams to compete for the Imagine Cup. Read more about our finalists.

2015 World Finalists
Read about the final teams that competed in the Championships and learn more about them.

2015 World Champions
The winners of the 2014 Imagine Cup are announced.

2014 Winners Announcement
Twelve finalist teams from 10 countries were chosen to bring their original technology solutions to the 2019 Imagine Cup EMEA Regional Final in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

2019 Imagine Cup EMEA Regional Final
The 2018 Imagine Cup Asia Pacific National Final brought together 15 teams to showcase their innovative technological projects with the potential to change the world.

2018 Imagine Cup Asia Pacific National Final
The US Imagine Cup brought together 12 student teams in San Francisco to compete for up to $11,000 and a spot in the World Finals at Microsoft headquarters.

2018 Imagine Cup US National Final
The 2018 U.S. Imagine Cup first place winner was Pengram from UC Berkeley.

2018 U.S. Imagine Cup Winners Announced!
At the Global Finals of Imagine Cup 2018, these 3 teams will represent Canada and compete for a chance at prizes.

Announcing the Winners of the Canadian Finals of Imagine Cup 2018!
We are thrilled to introduce this year’s Online Imagine Cup Finals winners!

Congratulate the 2018 Online Imagine Cup Finals Winners!
Meet our winners and honorable mentions for the 2018 Imagine Cup Big Idea Challenge

2018 Big Idea Challenge Winners
Watch the Online Broadcast of the 2017 US Imagine Cup Finals, hosted by Sabrina from YouTube’s "Nerdy & Quirky".

2017 Imagine Cup US Finals - Online Broadcast
The U.S. Imagine Cup Finals took place in Seattle this week during an exciting three-day event where Microsoft exposed students to networking opportunities, innovative technology and community celebration

2017 U.S. Imagine Cup Winners announced atop Seattle Space Needle!
Watch as student teams from Germany compete for a spot in the World Finals.

Imagine Cup 2017 – German National Finals
We are thrilled to introduce the 2017 Imagine Cup Online Finals champions!

Meet the 2017 Online Finals Winners
The winners of the 2017 US Imagine Cup, Microsoft's premier student tech competition, were announced on top of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.

Winners Announcement - 2017 Imagine Cup US Finals
List of winners for the 2017 Imagine Cup Hello Cloud drawing

2017 Hello Cloud Winners
The winners of the third round of the Imagine Cup Earth competition have been named!

Meet our newest Imagine Cup Earth contest winners
Introducing the 2016 Imagine Cup Online Finals champions! Online finalists come from countries that do not host an Imagine Cup National Finals round.

Meet your 2016 Online Finals Winners!
Brainy Studio, first place team in the Games category at the 2014 Imagine Cup World Finals, recently released their game “TurnOn” for the Xbox One and Steam.

From Imagine Cup to Xbox One: These developers transformed their demo into a published game!
Team Finderr from the United Kingdom took home the first-place title and a spot in the World Championship for their app solution to find lost objects with a smartphone.

Congratulations Imagine Cup EMEA Regional Final Champions: Team Finderr from the United Kingdom!
Twelve finalist teams from 10 countries were chosen to bring their projects to the 2019 Imagine Cup Asia Regional Final in Sydney, Australia.

2019 Imagine Cup Asia Regional Final
Team Caeli won top honors for their automated anti-pollution and drug delivery mask which utilizes Azure Machine Learning to improve quality of life for respiratory patients living in polluted areas.

Introducing the Imagine Cup Asia Regional Champions: Team Caeli from India!
Over eight months of coding, collaboration, and competition led to the 2019 Imagine Cup World Championship at Microsoft Build. From thousands of competitors across the globe, the top three teams were selected to bring their solutions to Seattle and pitch them live for the chance to win USD100K and other prizes.

2019 Imagine Cup World Championship Intro
Teams Caeli, Finderr, and EasyGlucose share their journeys through the 2019 Imagine Cup, from winning their Regional Final events to advancing to Seattle to pitch their projects live at Microsoft Build.

2019 Imagine Cup Journey to the World Championship
Bryan Chiang from EasyGlucose shares his low-cost and non-invasive deep learning blood glucose monitor for diabetics.

EasyGlucose – Road to the 2019 Imagine Cup World Championship
Team Caeli from India share their share their Azure machine learning automated anti-pollution drug delivery mask for chronic respiratory patients.

Caeli – Road to the 2019 Imagine Cup World Championship
Team Finderr from the United Kingdom share their Azure cognitive services app solution to help visually impaired users find lost items with their phones.

Finderr – Road to the 2019 Imagine Cup World Championship