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title: "Cohort 2025/26"
description: "SUGAR cohort 2025/26: 5 design-thinking projects with 4 corporate partners and 7 universities, 29 students named."
url: "https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2025-26/"
lang: "en"
---

# Cohort 2025/26

One academic year of SUGAR: from the Global Kick-Off in October to the SUGAR Expo in June.

- 5 project showcases
- 4 corporate partners
- 7 universities
- 29 students named

## The teams of 2025/26.

- [BlueCore AI](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/bluecore-ai-2025-26/) – Deep Blue Foundation (2025/26)
- [Custhome](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/custhome-2025-26/) – Deep Blue Foundation (2025/26)
- [EGILA](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/egila-2025-26/) – SAP (2025/26)
- [Proxit](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/proxit-2025-26/) – PAPREC (2025/26)
- [Takeda – Twinnie X A-Wake 2025/26](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/takeda-twinnie-x-a-wake-2025-26-2025-26/) – Takeda (2025/26)

## Kick-Off, presentations, Expo.

- [SUGAR Expo 2026 in Palo Alto](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-2026-in-palo-alto/) – 3 June 2026

## Who brought the briefs.

- [Deep Blue Foundation](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/deep-blue-foundation/)
- [PAPREC](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/paprec/)
- [SAP](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/sap/)
- [Takeda](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/takeda/)

## Where the teams studied.

- [Anhui University](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/anhui/)
- [d.school Paris · École des Ponts](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/dschool-paris/)
- [Hasso Plattner Institute](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/hpi/)
- [Hefei University of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/hfut/)
- [ISDI School of Design & Innovation](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/isdi/)
- [San Francisco State University](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/sfsu/)
- [University of Science and Technology of China](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/ustc/)