Business Competitions

In the Alberta School of Business, there are multiple ways that students can get involved in case competitions:

• Case competitions that are organized and hosted by ASB Student Organizations (See below)
• External case competitions (See below)
• ASB Case Competitions Program - Stream A (See below)
• ASB Case Competitions Program - Stream B (Coming Soon)

In the upcoming academic year, the ASB Case Competitions Program - Stream A plans to participate in the following case competitions:

Global Case Competitions - Fall 2025

Global Case Competitions - Winter and Spring 2026 

Development Case Competitions: Academic Year 2025/2026

Discovery Case Competitions: Academic Year 2025-2026 

Due to the rich diversity and varying levels of competition, we have decided to organize case competitions into 3 categories.

Discovery Case Competitions: Discovery case competitions take place within Alberta or are virtual competitions. These case competitions will not have year of study restrictions, however, preference will be given to junior (i.e. first and second year) students.

Development Case Competitions: Development case competitions are those hosted by universities, and organizations in Canada and the United States. Student travel outside of Alberta, but within Canada and the United States, may be required. These competitions may have participating universities from across the world. These case competitions will be reserved for second to last year and final year students (60 credits or less remaining at the start of the upcoming academic year-September).

The Alberta School of Business will offer 2 streams through which students can improve their case competition competencies; Stream A and Stream B.

In Stream A, students will be formally trained by faculty and will officially represent the Alberta School of Business in case competitions. Stream B will be a self-directed program where students can use online modules and resources developed by the School of Business to set themselves up for success in case competitions they pursue independently.

Stream A requires significantly more commitment and time from the student, and the student may need to accommodate the availability of the faculty member for training sessions. Stream B is more suited for those students who may be unable to fully commit to case competition training, but still want to gain skills and knowledge that will help them prepare for future case competitions, and in related professional skill development such as analytical thinking, presentation skills, audience analysis, perspective taking, and systems mapping. 

Stream A is currently in its pilot year. Stream B is still in development.

The application timing depends on how many years of study you have remaining to complete your BCom degree. Given the varying levels of competition, the application deadlines and intakes may be different for 2nd year students and students in their last year.

Note: The applications haven’t been released yet, and therefore the deadlines are not yet announced. However, if you sign up for our mailing list, you will be notified when these applications are released. Alternatively, you can come back to this webpage and check for updates.

You can access a current list of all open applications here.

For most student organizations, case competitions are open to all undergraduate students (including non-business students). However, fees may vary per case competition. This live document features all of the case competitions organized by student organizations.

These are case competitions where you are able to participate independently as an undergraduate student. These competitions are organized by third parties (not UofA student groups). ASB also does not formally participate in these competitions. However, these case competitions are a fantastic way to network with students outside of ASB.

Please see this live document to see the repository of external case competitions.