BAJA SAE

Baja SAEĀ® consists of competitions that simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges. Engineering students are tasked to design and build an off-road vehicle that will survive the severe punishment of rough terrain. Each team's goal is to design and build a single-seat, all-terrain, sporting vehicle whose structure contains the driver. The vehicle is to be a prototype for a reliable, maintainable, ergonomic, and economic production vehicle which serves a recreational user market. The object of the competition is to provide SAE student members with a challenging project that involves the design, planning and manufacturing tasks found when introducing a new product to the consumer industrial market. Teams compete against one another to have their design accepted for manufacture by a fictitious firm. Students must function as a team to not only design, build, test, promote, and race a vehicle within the limits of the rules, but also to generate financial support for their project and manage their educational priorities. All vehicles are powered by a ten-horsepower Intek Model 19 engine donated by Briggs & Stratton Corporation. For over fourty years, the generosity of Briggs & Stratton has enabled SAE to provide each team with a dependable engine free of charge. Use of the same engine by all the teams creates a more challenging engineering design test.

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Baja SAE Hotel Information 
12/8/2025  Baja SAE Series

Please see information on hotels for the 2026 events

Baja SAE Business Presentation RFP  
12/5/2025  Baja SAE Series

Document is due in ONE WEEK

Baja SAE New York Update 
12/3/2025  Baja SAE New York

Please review the update on the Baja SAE New York event

Business Presentation RFP Due Date  
12/2/2025  Baja SAE Series

RFP's are due December 12th

Baja SAE Payment Extension Deadline and Registration Closing 
11/26/2025  Baja SAE Series

Reminder: payment extension deadline is 11/28 and registration closes on 11/30!