About 60 teams will compete for the semi-finals of the "CASE-IN" at TPU

Tomsk Polytechnic University is one of the largest venues for the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" (part of the presidential platform "Russia — the land of Opportunities"). On March 24, Tomsk Polytechnic University will host qualifying stages in six areas of the Student League at once.

"This year, due to the spread of coronavirus infection, the qualifying stages will be held remotely. About 60 teams applied to participate in them. They will fight to reach the semi-finals of the championship. But only the 12 strongest ones will be selected.", — says the CASE-IN coordinator at TPU Elena Vorontsova.

This year, the championship is being held at the sites of more than 70 universities in Russia and the CIS countries. The strategic partners of the CASE-IN, based on which the cases were compiled, are JSC SO UES, JSC ALROSA, Rosatom State Corporation, PJSC SIBUR Holding, PJSC Tatneft, JSC NIPIGAZ.

"During the qualifying stages, student teams will defend technological solutions for industry to experts, developed in just 10 days and dedicated to the single theme of Sustainable Development. The best teams of the qualifying stage will meet in the semi-finals of the championship, and the winners of the semi-finals will face the final", — adds Elena Vorontsova.

The final of the championship will traditionally be held in Moscow and will bring together the best student engineering teams from universities in Russia and the CIS countries. The winners will receive valuable prizes, the opportunity to participate in the All-Russian industry summer forums, advantages in applying to master's and postgraduate programs at 20 partner universities of the championship, in particular, TPU, and will also be able to complete internships at leading companies in the industry.

Reference. TPU has been holding the qualifying stages of the championship since 2015. In 2021, on March 24, Tomsk Polytechnic University will host the qualifying stages in the areas of the Student League: geological exploration, oil and gas business, petrochemistry, design engineering, digital atom, electric power industry. "Project engineering" is a new field of the championship, which TPU was one of the first to support.

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