Each year, the James Dyson Award looks for young engineers, designers and dreamers currently enrolled—or recently graduated (within four years)—from an engineering or design programme at a participating university, who can solve the world’s most persistent problems with elegance and purpose.

The brief is deceptively simple: Design something that works. Entries can be individual or in teams, and submissions range across categories including medical, environment, sustainability, AI, industrial design, and more.

In 2025, that challenge yielded breathtaking ingenuity. From water bodies choking on industrial pollutants to millions of people navigating daily life with Parkinson’s disease, this year’s winners stepped up with practical, human-centred solutions grounded in science and empathy.

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