CASE-IN Championship: new opportunities for Moscow youth

Schoolchildren and students Moscow is invited to participate in the XIII season The CASE-IN International Engineering Championship is held with the support of the presidential platform "Russia — the land of Opportunities" and it is included in the "Science to Win" initiative of the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia. This was reported in the press service of the organization.

The purpose of the championship is to popularize engineering and technical education and train specialists for companies in the fuel and energy complex, the Moscow Energy Complex, the nuclear industry and related industries. Participants will learn how to solve real production tasks and compete for the main prizes — additional USE points, paid internships and career prospects.

"In three years, the demand for engineers has increased 2.5 times. The CASE-IN championship has become an effective tool for forming the personnel reserve of companies in the fuel and energy complex and related industries. Thus, according to the project, 90% of school-age participants enrolled in specialized universities, and a third of them used the additional USE points provided by the championship. Among the students, 30% of the participants received invitations to practice. 42% of young professionals were promoted at work during the year," said the Deputy General Director of ANO Russia — the Land of Opportunities Gennady Guryanov.

Competitions are held in three age categories: among schoolchildren, students and young professionals.

The Student League is traditionally distinguished by its scale — in the new season, in-person qualifying stages will be held in 83 specialized universities, and students from more than 200 universities will take part in them. There are 11 industry areas in this league: architecture, design, construction, and housing and communal services; biotechnology; geological exploration; mining; mining machinery and equipment; metallurgy; petrochemistry; oil and gas; electric power; design engineering; thermal power engineering.

This year's partners of the Championship were the Russian State Agrarian University – the Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State Geological Exploration University, MISIS University of Science and Technology, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, National Research University "MEI", Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Patrice Lumumba, Russian University of Transport, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas and the National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. They will host the qualifying stages in the areas of Architecture, design, construction and housing", "Biotechnology", "Geological Exploration", "Mining", "Metallurgy", "Oil and gas business", "Thermal power engineering", "Electric power engineering" construction and housing" and "Electric Power industry".

Student teams will have to develop projects to introduce innovations into production, which should become an impetus for achieving technological sovereignty and forming a strong and competitive national economy. The strongest teams of the qualifying competition will represent the region in the semi-finals. The authors of the best ideas will receive a ticket to the final stage of the championship.

Year after year, Moscow students show some of the best results among the participants. Last season, the teams of three Moscow universities were among the winners and prize-winners in three areas at once: "Thermal Power Engineering" (first place), "Mining" (second place), "Electric Power Industry" and "Geological Exploration" (third place).

The school league will bring together the youngest participants of the CASE-IN championship. Students of grades 9-11 in the field of "Engineering and technical creativity" will prepare layouts, digital drawings, digital projects in the format of modeling, 3D printing, IT solutions, etc. The winners will be determined in the spring in an online format. Teams of high school students will solve cases from the SIBUR partner company as part of the qualifying competitions. The guys who successfully completed the task will go to the full-time final of the CASE-IN.

The League of Young Professionals is open to active young employees of companies in the region. Participants will develop solutions on topics relevant to the Russian industry that will allow their employers to improve production performance.

"The industries in which our participants compete are not only the basis of the country's economic security, but also the areas where innovations are created and developed. That is why the next season of the CASE-IN will be dedicated to the theme "Technological Innovation". It is important that all the tasks that the participants solve are not theory, but real practical engineering cases of Russian industry leaders," said the founder and co—chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE—IN championship. Artem Korolev.

The final of the CASE-IN championship will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2025. Young and future engineers will present the final versions of their solutions to the industry community, share their experiences with colleagues, receive valuable advice from experts and will be able to establish professional contacts for further implementation of their ideas.

The champions and prize—winners of the Student League will enroll in master's and postgraduate studies at partner universities on preferential terms, as well as complete internships and internships in partner companies with the possibility of further employment. The winning students will receive additional points to the results of the Unified State Exam when applying to bachelor's degree programs at one of the partner universities of the championship. The award for the best young professionals will be career and professional growth opportunities, as well as inclusion in the managerial personnel reserve of companies. In addition, the authors of the best ideas will receive invitations to industry youth educational forums.

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