Co-organizers of the Competition are foreign higher education institutions: University of Foggia (Italy), Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice (Czech Republic), Riseba University of Applied Sciences (Latvia), Mingachevir State University (Azerbaijan), University of Life Sciences “King Michael I” (Romania), Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences (EUAS) (Estonia), Catholic University of the Maule (Chile), Saint Paul University  (Kenya), Akaki Tsereteli State University (Georgia), Polytechnic University of Tirana (Albania), Technical University of Moldova (Moldova), Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University (Moldova), George Enescu University of Arts of Iasi (Romania), Kaunas University of Technology (Republic of Lithuania), Technical University of Dresden (Germany), Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic).

The purpose of the Competition is to promote the development of the scientific activity of students in the context of expanding cooperation with foreign institutions of higher education, forming a creative worldview of future specialists, and involving young people in the processes of transformation of Ukraine in the context of the implementation of the goals of European integration.

The Competition is held in two rounds following the requirements for research papers, defined in the "Regulations on the International Competition of Research Papers for Higher Education Seekers at Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design".

The 1st round of the Competition (June – September 2025) takes place at the higher education institution where the student studies, to select the best research papers for participation in the 2nd round of the Competition.

Registration of participants in the 2nd round is made by filling out the appropriate form in the chosen direction on the Competition website of the official website of KNUTD as a basic higher education institution by September 26, 2025 inclusively.  When filling out the form, the participant must send a competition work with an abstract (attach a PDF file in the appropriate field of the Google form) and a "design project" (the design project is sent by the participant if necessary and concerns only applied research papers in the field of "Art and Design", a file in PDF format).