School League of the CASE-IN championship: additional USE points and help in choosing a profession

Schoolchildren from all over Russia are invited to take part in the XIII season The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is supported by the presidential platform "Russia — the land of opportunities". High school students will learn how to solve real production problems, get acquainted with the largest employers and gain important skills for becoming a highly qualified specialist. The winners of the project will receive additional USE points upon admission to specialized universities. To participate in the Championship, you must register, complete the task and submit the decision no later than April 9th. 

The aim of the project is to popularize engineering and technical education and train specialists for companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the nuclear industry, architecture, design, construction, housing and communal services and other industries. It is included in the Science to Win initiative and the plan The Decade of Science and Technology, which takes place in Russia in 2022-2031.  

The participants of the School League, as well as the entire Championship, will solve cases on the main theme of the year "Technological innovations". To the contestants personally and in teams It is necessary to develop projects to introduce innovations into production, which should become an impetus for achieving technological sovereignty and the formation of a strong and competitive national economy. 

The organizers offer students from different parts of Russia tangible prospects for personal and professional growth, said founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN Championship Artem Korolev. In his opinion, at the CASE-IN, students will not only learn to think critically, overcome themselves and work in a team, but will also be able to take an important step in choosing a future profession and university for admission. 

"The school league is gaining popularity, and this year we We expect representatives from more than 280 schools to participate in the competition. To motivate educational institutions to participate in the Championship, we have created a rating based on the results of students in recent years. Today, Lyceum No. 86 (Yaroslavl) is its leader, followed by the Center for Children's Scientific and Engineering Creativity of the Kuzbass State Technical University named after T.F. Gorbachev "UnikUm" (Kemerovo), and Bauman Engineering School No. 1580 (Moscow) closes the top three. We invite schools to the championship. A CASE-IN that will increase the level of practical knowledge of students and become a significant addition to the existing educational program", – noted by Artem Korolev.

High school students will be able to prove themselves in case solving and engineering creativity. 

Students of grades 9-11 will compete in solving the case, they will have to complete the task of the partner company of the SIBUR league. 

The qualifying stages of the competition will be held in correspondence format, and the strongest teams will come to the finals in Moscow at the end of May. At the final, students will present their improved solutions to the expert community, receive valuable advice from industry experts, and will be able to learn from the experience of their older colleagues, students and young professionals. 

In engineering and technical creativity, students in grades 8-11 will be able to prove themselves in one of two competitions.

In the first competition, schoolchildren were assigned to the SEZ "Alabuga"  technical devices will be designed in the format of modeling, 3D printing, IT project and other formats. 

The participants of another competition, initiated by EVRAZ, will create layouts, models and diagrams on the topic of mechanisms that facilitate human labor in industry. 

Participants in the field of "Engineering and technical creativity"  They can either develop a new project or use a previously created one. Experts will remotely evaluate the work of the participants, and the results will be announced in April 2025.

The winners and prize–winners of the School League will receive additional points for the Unified State Exam upon admission to 108 specialized partner universities, and will also receive an invitation to educational shifts #Brighter at the VDC "Eaglet" and the School of the Young Power Engineer at the VDC "Smena".

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Shift Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC.