Youth of Perm Region are invited to take part in the CASE-IN championship

Schoolchildren and students of the Perm Region are invited to participate in the XIII season The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. The championship is supported by 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.

 "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 have been promoted at work during the year," said Gennady Guryanov, Deputy General Director of ANO Russia – Land of Opportunities.

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

Student League Traditionally, it differs in 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 partner of the Championship was Perm National Research Polytechnic University. The university will host qualifying stages in the fields of Mining, Oil and Gas, Petrochemistry and Electric Power Engineering.

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.

It is not the first time that Perm students have participated in the Championship. In the final of the X season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", the Zollverein team from Perm Polytechnic University became the bronze medalist in the field of "Mining machinery and equipment". As the guys themselves emphasized: "The team has done a lot of work on the mistakes, especially on their performance. The defense was as structured as possible, and this allowed us to take the prize." In 2023, teams from among the students of Perm Polytechnic University were also among the six teams that presented the best solutions to the engineering case.

School League it will unite 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.

League of Young Professionals It 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 Artem Korolev, Founder and co–chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE–IN championship.

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 distinguished young professionals will be career and professional growth opportunities, as well as inclusion in the management personnel reserve of companies. In addition, the authors of the best ideas will receive invitations to industry youth educational forums.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is held with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities". The organizers of the Championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC.

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