PENTAS resources
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Find competitions, organiser resources, participant and jury guides, institution support, competition formats, and certificate verification on PENTAS.
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Search the Knowledge Base for setup, registration, judging, certificates, and account guidance.
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Move directly into the PENTAS journey that matches your role, whether you are competing, judging, organising, or coordinating an institution.
Competition types
Explore competition types on PENTAS
PENTAS supports different competition formats with registration, submissions, jury evaluation, awards, results, and digital certificates.
Innovation, Invention & Design (IID)
Best for innovation expos, invention showcases, design competitions, student innovation programmes, and institutional IID events.
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Kumpulan Inovatif dan Kreatif (KIK)
Best for KIK, quality improvement, service innovation, Lean, Kaizen, and organisational excellence programmes.
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Research & Academic
Best for universities, faculties, research groups, academic showcases, thesis competitions, and poster competitions.
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Education & Teaching
Best for teaching innovation, digital learning, educational technology, school-based competitions, and teaching material awards.
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Technology & Hackathon
Best for hackathons, coding challenges, AI showcases, digital innovation, and app development competitions.
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Entrepreneurship & Pitch
Best for startup pitches, business idea challenges, incubation programmes, and social enterprise competitions.
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Creative & Design
Best for design showcases, multimedia contests, creative awards, video competitions, architecture showcases, and product design events.
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Custom Competitions
Use PENTAS for organiser-defined competition formats with configurable registration, evaluation, awards, and recognition workflows.
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Popular guides
Use the right guide first
Curated shortcuts into the Knowledge Base for the most common role-based questions. Start here, then browse the full library when you need deeper instructions.
Browse all guidesHow to join a competition
Register for competitions, submit project details, and track participation requirements.
How jury evaluation works
Understand assignments, scoring, evaluation completion, and jury responsibilities.
How to organise a competition
Find organiser guidance for setup, registration, evaluation, awards, and certificates.
Institution accounts explained
Register an institution and coordinate student or member submissions.
Help and verification
Help and certificate verification
Knowledge Base is for detailed how-to support, certificate verification is for issued credentials, and Support is for questions that still need the PENTAS team.
Common questions about PENTAS
Short answers for high-level platform questions. Use the Knowledge Base for step-by-step guidance or contact support for account-specific issues.
How do I find competitions on PENTAS?
Use the competitions page to browse active and upcoming competitions, then open a competition page to review registration details, requirements, and deadlines.
How do participants submit entries?
Participants start from a competition page, complete the required registration pathway, and submit the project or team details requested by that competition.
How does jury evaluation work?
Jury members use assigned competition workflows to review entries and complete structured evaluation tasks based on the organiser-defined judging setup.
How do organisations run competitions on PENTAS?
Organisations can use the organiser pathway to learn about managed competition workspaces for registration, submissions, jury evaluation, awards, results, and certificates.
How can I verify a PENTAS certificate?
Use the certificate verification page and enter the certificate number shown on the issued certificate to check its authenticity.
Create. Compete. Evaluate. Recognise.
Ready to take the next step on PENTAS?
Browse competitions if you are ready to participate, or explore organiser resources if your organisation wants to run a competition through PENTAS.