Universities & Campus

Campus has more talent per square metre than any accelerator. The problem is nobody talks to each other.

Orientation days, career fairs, ERASMUS events, faculty hackathons. Afín connects students who have something in common before the groups form and close.

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The problem

Groups form in the first seven days and never change

Campus is, in theory, the richest place in the world for making connections. In practice, everyone ends up talking to the same three people from the start.

International students stick together

The exchange programme promised real international connections. It ends up being another bubble: international students with international students, locals with locals. The common language is the awkwardness of making the first move.

Career fairs reward confidence, not fit

Recruiters talk to whoever approaches their stand first. The best-matched candidate might be two metres away without ever introducing themselves. University networking rewards extroversion, not talent.

Final projects happen with who you know, not who fits

The best combination for a final-year project almost never happens because students don't know each other beyond their usual group. The complementary talent exists. It just doesn't find itself.

The solution

How it works at your campus event

Set up in 5 minutes with your university's brand

Your faculty's logo, your institutional colour. Students see their university's brand, not ours. You can customise roles and interest tags for the specific degree or event.

Students scan the QR on arrival

In 30 seconds they share their degree, interests and what they're looking for: study group, project co-founder, final-year project partner, or simply to connect. No download, no email.

They see in real time who else is in the room

The design student sees the three engineering students looking for product collaboration. The ERASMUS student in computer science sees two locals with open projects. A digital wave breaks the ice before the real conversation.

Real scenario

"An ERASMUS design student arrives at the welcome event knowing nobody. In 20 minutes she has three engineering students interested in collaborating on a product project. By the end of the term they're presenting a prototype together."

Without Afín, she would have spent the semester with other international students and gone home without ever crossing the corridor.

After the event

Cohesion data for the faculty or administration

How many students participated, how many connections were made, which profiles were looking for collaboration. Integration metrics that demonstrate the impact of welcome activities and justify the investment to management.