A breakthrough in development – together with the "CASE-IN" championship

Student League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" it opens up new talents to the industry community. Both experienced participants and newcomers of the competition can prove themselves and gain development prospects. The success stories of the project participants with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities" are in our material.

The purpose of the "CASE-IN" championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and train specialists for companies in the fuel and energy complex, MSC, nuclear industry and related industries. Schoolchildren, students and young specialists are assigned by industry companies to solve engineering cases based on real-world production situations, gain important professional knowledge and opportunities for personal and career development.

The youngest participants, high school students, compete for additional points for the Unified State Exam when applying to specialized universities and traveling to educational shifts. The authors of the best ideas in student areas will receive preferential conditions for admission to master's and postgraduate studies at partner universities of the championship and paid internships in companies with the possibility of further employment. The winners and prize-winners of the League of Young Professionals receive opportunities for career growth and the implementation of their project in production.

Artem Korolev, founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN championship, is confident that CASE–IN is today Russia's largest competition system for solving engineering cases. "We have managed to achieve significant results in 13 years. Every third participating student enters the university today with the help of our certificate. Every fourth of our students finds a job, and every second young specialist gets a promotion thanks to the "CASE-IN". Tens of thousands of young people who participated in the championship over the years represent the largest professional community and are marked with a quality mark.", - he noted.

The season was certainly a success for Maxim Egorov, a student at Irkutsk National Research Technical University. The young man, being the captain of the Oil Sharks Inc. team, not only became the winner of the Autumn Cup, but also took the first step into his professional career.

"My team and I were able to prepare a high-quality solution that one of the members of the expert commission was interested in. He offered me an interview for employment at Rosneft's subsidiary Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha. And now I have been a part of the team of the field development department for six months.", - said Maxim Egorov.

The championship became the starting point on the career path, the winner of the "CASE-IN" believes. However, Maxim does not stop there and intends to achieve success already in the League of Young Professionals.

The Initiators are one of the most decorated participants of the championship: the Kazan National Research Technological University team has five CASE-IN finals, in which they won once and won silver.

Captain Ayrat Kasimov - the most experienced member of the team.

"The Autumn Cup final was my fifth in a row. For me, "CASE-IN" is, first of all, professional development. Every year, interesting cases appear here, which we have to work hard on in order to offer an original solution. It is impossible to live without the championship, it is boring for us to study and work without it, without overcoming new challenges", - Airat admits.

Students from Tatarstan also appreciate the championship for the opportunity to complete internships and get to know leading industrial companies. "My colleague and I were offered an internship at SIBUR after the main season. Before that, we had already completed an internship at Gazstroyprom." – notes Airat Kasimov.

In 2023, the organizing committee of the CASE-IN championship, on the initiative of the Federal State Budgetary Institution Rosstroycontrol, launched a new direction, Construction. Student teams from 38 universities developed investment and construction projects for a tourist infrastructure facility with the possibility of scaling to the regions of Russia in the planning horizon until 2030. The project of the "3+1" team of Kaliningrad State Technical University, which received the championship cup, was recognized as the most successful.

Anna Kostandova, the captain of the winners, said that the championship allowed her to master the skills of cross-functional interaction and provided extensive knowledge in a new large-scale field.

"Although our team consists of girlfriends, we have never worked together in this format before., - Anna shared the nuances. – We had to plunge into adjacent and unfamiliar areas and process a huge amount of information in a short time. During the championship, we began to understand more about the structure of construction and investment projects and gained a tangible understanding of our future profession."

Anastasia Andronchik, a student at the MGSU National Research University from the Constructors team, considers the experience of participating in the championship invaluable.

"I was very interested in the new direction, Anastasia admits. – The big surprise was that in this block the emphasis was not on the calculation of structures, which is taught at the university, but on an entire investment project. It was something new. Therefore, I can say that after the championship I was able to look at construction from a different perspective, far from being a technical specialty, but as a great space for creativity."

"CASE-IN" builds character, says Lev Kerman, captain of the Monolith Autumn Cup finalist team. "The championship turned out to be a severe test for our skills, a kind of shake-up of our hard skills. Everything we've learned and done over the last five years had to be packed into a 5-minute presentation and cooked for two weeks. We had to learn skills on the go that none of us had, such as architectural presentation and layout of vector infographics.", - a student of Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Sibstrin) shared his impressions.

In 2023, the full-time final of the League of Working Specialties was held in Moscow for the first time. One of the finalists was the "Automatic Dragons" team from the Perm Aviation College named after A. D. Shvetsov.  Team member Klim Pinaev said that an innovative approach, as well as a well-thought-out concept and presentation of the solution helped the students achieve this success.

"The competition taught us how to work in a team, make responsible decisions and successfully present our ideas, as well as improve our communication skills. We were able to master the skills of prototyping, programming, and adapting technical solutions to specific tasks. This experience has taught us to be efficient and creative in creating innovative technologies.", - emphasized Klim Pinaev.

Undoubtedly, this is only a small part of the young people who, thanks to the CASE-IN championship, made a significant breakthrough in their personal and professional development, as well as mastering their future profession, in the previous season. In total, Russia's largest engineering community has brought together 13,500 people over the year, most of whom can bring this invaluable experience to their asset. 

The XII season of the CASE-IN championship, no less interesting, will help thousands of young people to make themselves known and will rediscover bright talented staff.  The final of the championship will be held in Moscow at the end of May.