Kuzbass CASE-IN champions from the UnikUm Center are preparing for the academic year

The enrollment of students for the new academic year in the Center for Children's Scientific and Engineering Creativity "UniqUe", created with the support of the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation and SGK, has been completed. It operates at the Kuzbass State Technical University, which is a partner of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

Based on the results of the selection, taking into account the successfully passed entrance tests, it was decided to enroll 263 gifted Kuzbass schoolchildren in UNIKUM. They will be able to gain in-depth knowledge and skills in 8 areas of training for free.: "Propaedeutics" (introduction to any science, preliminary introductory course), "Engineering propaedeutics", "Robotics", "Intelligent Electromechanics", "Artificial Intelligence", "Mathematics", "Physics", "Chemistry".

More than 600 people passed the entrance tests, the average competition was 3 people per place, and in some areas – 24 people per place.

In the new academic year, UnikUm will become a scientific and educational home for more than 500 young researchers and inventors. Classes for "unics" will traditionally be conducted by the best teachers of leading universities and schools in the region, the country and the world. Thus, in addition to face-to-face classes, the videoconferencing system makes it possible to conduct distance learning with the participation of recognized experts, leading Olympiad trainers and scientific consultants, as well as industry specialists from anywhere in the world. The unique educational environment created in the Kemerovo center of the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation allows young talents to immerse themselves in practical and research activities, develop their scientific potential and unleash their creative abilities.

In 2021, the Central Research Institute "UnikUm" again, as in 2020, became one of the best technology circles in Russia. The educational center of the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation, which operates at KuzSTU, became the winners of the All-Russian competition of circles of the NTI Circle Movement in the nomination "Environment for the development of scientific and technical creativity".

According to expert opinion, UNIKUM has created all the necessary conditions for scientific and technical creativity of schoolchildren: the playground is equipped with the most modern equipment, high-quality educational programs are implemented, and the Center's students are actively involved in design, scientific, Olympiad and competitive activities.

This recognition is not accidental. Since the beginning of its existence, the Kemerovo center of the Andrey Melnichenko Foundation has been one of the Russian leaders in training gifted young engineers. This is evidenced by numerous notable victories in prestigious Russian and international competitions. Among them is the "CASE-IN" championship. The students of the UnikUm Center not only participate in the prestigious project's School League every year, but also become its winners.

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