The qualifying stage of the CASE-IN championship opened in Stavropol

On March 12, 2025, the qualifying stage of the Student League of the XIII season opened at the North Caucasus Federal University The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is included in the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". Students will defend solutions in the fields of oil and gas, exploration and energy, and the strongest teams will represent their university in the industry semi-finals.

NCFU has been presenting solutions in the areas of "Oil and gas business", "Geological exploration" and "Electric Power Industry" for several days. The youth teams will work out proposals for the production of liquefied natural gas, analyze the profitability of developing gold deposits and propose options for the development of Russia's Unified Energy System. The theme of the championship in 2025 is "Technological innovation".

Alexander Bezrukov, Head of the Fuel and Energy Complex and Energy Conservation Department of the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Communications of the Stavropol Territory, took part in the opening ceremony at NCFU. Sergey Ostrikov, Advisor to the General Director of the Unified Energy System System Operator Branch, also delivered a welcoming speech.

The international competition system for solving engineering cases is based on the real production tasks of industry enterprises. The Student League consists of qualifying stages held at the sites of educational institutions of higher education, semi-final stages and the final.

The Student League is traditionally distinguished by its scale – in the 2025 season, full-time qualifying stages are held in 83 specialized universities, and students from 200 universities take part in them.

"I would like to emphasize that practical modules are being implemented in all areas of engineering training at NCFU - in the interests of the oil and gas industry, geological exploration, chemical industry, electric power industry, etc. I would like to note an important feature of the championship, which has already been held 11 times at our university, is the solution of practical cases from enterprises in the real sector of the economy. I am confident that only systematic work in the field of personnel training and the generation of scientific engineering innovations will solve the national task of achieving technological leadership in our country," said Dmitry Bespalov, Rector of NCFU.

For example, one of the practical tasks for the geology championship was provided by ALROSA, the world leader in the diamond mining industry. Technological innovations for the development of the energy system will be developed by teams of energy engineers. The partner of the direction is JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System".

The strongest teams will advance to the semifinals and will compete for tickets to the final competition, which will be held in Moscow at the end of May. 

It should be recalled that the engineering teams of the Federal University have become finalists of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship several times in different tracks, and in 2024 the NCFU team became the best in the country in the field of Electric Power engineering.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is held with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities". The championship is supported by 170 major partners, from federal agencies, including the Ministry of Energy of Russia, the Ministry of Construction of Russia, the Ministry of Labor of Russia, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, the Ministry of Education of Russia, Rosmolodezh, to companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the oil and gas, petrochemical and nuclear industries, metallurgy, architectural and construction design and other industries.

The championship is included in the "Science to Win" initiative of the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia.

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