Creating Engineers 2025

The 2025 competition ran in four stages, first was a Classroom Challenge held in each primary school classroom. The winners of this then went on to a Cluster Challenge competing against other classroom winners. Cluster Challenge champions were then invited to one of three regional finals hosted at:

  • The Bridge in Dumfries for pupils in Dumfries & Galloway
  • Glasgow Clyde College for pupils in the Clyde region
  • UWS Lanarkshire campus for pupils in the Lanarkshire region.

Contestants within the top third of their regional final were invited to the Grand Final, held on the 28th May 2025 at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow to compete for the title of 'Glasgow Science Festival Creating Engineers Champions 2025'. 

Infographic containing information about the 2025 Creating Engineers competition.

The Grand Final

The title of Creating Engineers Champions 2025 was contested by 20 teams. The teams were challenged to build an ambulance with the following specifications:

Your ambulance must:

  • Have a drop-down door with a lever system at the back of the vehicle.
  • Have a spinning mechanism on the top for a light.
  • Contain a steering mechanism.
  • Have space for the patients in the back and the driver in the front.

We saw a huge range of fantastic models from all pupils but eventually our team of judges crowned Abbie and Lucy from Howwood Primary, Renfrewshire the champions and Samuel and William from Bridge of Weir Primary School, Renfrewshire the runners up.

Huge congratulations to all teams who participated, especially our winners and runners up. 

Creating Engineers 2025 Champions

Photograph showing the winning team of Creating Engineers 2025 with the winners trophy and winning model.

Creating Engineers 2025 Runners Up

Photograph showing the runners up of the 2025 Creating Engineers competition with their certificates and model.

 

Creating Engineers at Glasgow Science Festival

The Creating Engineers winning models were displayed as part of the Glasgow Science Festival Activity Days where the public were able to view this display and have a go at creating their own model!

Photograph showing the winning Creating Engineers model on display at the Riverside Museum.

Photograph of two children with a creating engineers model.