GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSFERS THE "ENERGY OF EDUCATION" TO THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN RUSSIA, KAZAKHSTAN AND MONGOLIA

Today, Igor Lobovsky, President of the Global Energy Non-Profit Partnership, presented the Energy of Education award to the best universities in Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia for organizing the qualifying stages of the International Engineering Case-In Championship.

This Championship is a unique practice-oriented industry educational project for students. It is based on one of the most effective educational technologies – the case study method – and is held in the form of conferences at the sites of leading technical universities in Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Every year, the project becomes more and more representative: in 2016, 3252 students from 39 universities took part in it. The number of areas in which the championship is being held has also increased to five: electric power, mining, geological exploration, oil and gas, and metallurgy. A total of 80 qualifying stages were held.

The initiator of the Championship is NP "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders". Together with him, the Global Energy Non-Profit Partnership, one of the activities of which is to support young scientists and form the intellectual potential of the energy future, established the Energy of Education award. It is awarded to universities for the best organization of the qualifying stage of the championship on their site. In 2016, the Energy of Education award was awarded for the fourth time.

Awarding the winners, the President of the Global Energy Non-Profit Partnership Igor Lobovskynoted: "This year, out of 39 universities, we would like to mention 15, of which 5 will receive a unique award. The main criterion for winning is the university's special contribution to the organization and holding of the championship, and the special support of the participants. The degree of involvement of the university's management in the stage, the venue, the number of teams, information promotion of the stage, assistance in forming an expert commission, and so on were taken into account."

For the best organization and conduct of the qualifying stages of the International Engineering Championship "Case-in", the Energy of Education awards were awarded:

Tyumen Industrial University became the best organizer in the oil and gas business league. Novosibirsk State Technical University was recognized as the first in the Electric Power Industry League. Northeastern State University (Magadan) has been awarded an award in the League for Geological Exploration. The winner of the mining league was Ural State Mining University. The first place in the metallurgy league was awarded to the Siberian State Industrial University.

A source "Global Energy"