Student Competition Teams : Combining Research and Teaching

Teaching and research are the two core tasks of universities. In this paper we show how these two tasks can be combined and synergy effects can be created through building up a student team that participates in international competitions. Furthermore, we share the lessons learned from building up our own team and explain what is necessary to make the team last over decades. Therefore, we focus on the aforementioned synergy effects and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such a tight coupling between teaching and research.