Case-In started in the Middle Urals

The qualifying stages of the 5th federal case Championship for students studying professions in the fuel and energy and mineral resources fields began in Yekaterinburg at the sites of Ural Federal University (UrFU) and Ural State Mining University (UGSU). At least 3,000 students will compete for a ticket to the finals of the Championship, which will traditionally be held in the Russian capital on May 30-31, 2017. Thanks to this victory, Yekaterinburg will host the official opening of 3 leagues at once.: Electric Power Industry Leagues, Metallurgy Leagues, and Mining Leagues. The Case-in International Engineering Championship is the only federal case championship in the Russian Federation, an effective tool for transferring practical knowledge, experience and new competencies to future engineering specialists. It starts on March 2 and will last for 4 months, covering 47 institutes. During the competition, student teams will need to solve a practical problem in the form of an engineering case in 10 days. Traditionally, the university whose team won the Championship last season wins the right to open the Championship. On the same day, the qualifying stage of the championship will be held: student teams will present solutions to engineering cases based on materials from leading industry companies. The championship is held according to the directions (leagues): "Electric power industry", "Mining", "Geological exploration", "Metallurgy", "Oil and gas business". Vladimir Busorgin, Head of the Sverdlovsk Department, will take part in the festive opening ceremony of the League for Electric Power Industry. Thanks to this victory in Irkutsk will host the official opening of the Case-in Exploration League. Among the industry companies that support the championship are Rosneft, Tatneft, SUEK, SO EU, Rosgeologiya, FGC EU, Mechel, EvrazHolding, and RusHydro.

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