Statewide Startup Competition 
Sponsored by New Jersey’s Colleges
and Universities 
and Nokia Bell Labs

UPITCHNJ is a unique collegiate business model startup competition for undergraduate student entrepreneurs organized by the entrepreneurship education programs at participating colleges and universities in New Jersey. Each year, the competition is held on the campus of a participating institution of higher education.

UPITCHNJ 2025 is grateful to Rutgers University New Brunswick for hosting UPITCHNJ 2025. The competition is scheduled to be held on Friday May 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hatchery Innovation Studio, Alexander Library, 169 College Ave., New Brunswick, N.J. All college students, faculty, administrators and members of the state’s entrepreneurship community are invited to attend.

• Centenary University
• Drew University
• Fairleigh Dickinson University
• New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Monmouth University
• Montclair State University
• Princeton University
• Ramapo College of New Jersey
• Rowan University
• Rutgers University-New Brunswick
• Rutgers University-Newark
• Saint Peter’s University
• Seton Hall University

1st Place: $2,000
2nd Place: $1,500
3rd Place: $1,000
Best Early Stage Startup: $1,500
Audience Choice Award: $500