The International case Championship was held at St. Petersburg State University

On April 13, St. Petersburg State University of Economics for the first time organized the regional Qualifying round of the International Engineering Case-In Championship. The national partners of the Championship are 5 federal ministries − the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, as well as Rosmolodezh and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.

 9 teams of University undergraduates presented different versions of the engineering case solution dedicated to the development of the Rosneft offshore field. 9 different solutions for a technologically complex case that requires design and economic justification. The expert jury selected the winning team the PM-116 team (Master's degree program "Applied Mathematics and Computer Science").

 The undergraduates identified a difficult task – solving an engineering case – as a task similar to "meeting with a future industry employer", which will determine the circumstances of a close study of the industry, company, and production processes in the difficult first stage. This is confirmed by the fact that all participants in the final of the International Case-In Championship last year are already in demand by leading companies in the energy industry. All participants of the finals in Moscow have the opportunity to present their resumes at the Job Fair from the partner companies of the Championship: JSC SO UES, PJSC FGC UES, JSC SUEK, PJSC NK Rosneft, JSC MHC Eurochem, LLC Russdragmet, JSC Rosgeologiya, LLCIBM Montan, SGC LLC, Mycromine Rus LLC, Dassault System Geovia RUS LLC, En+ Group, Mechel OJSC, Polymetal International plc, MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC, EvrazHolding LLC, Tatneft PJSC, etc.

 Only the best team from the Qualifying Round will participate in the Finals in Moscow on May 30 and 31. But the first result of the Qualifying Round will be shared by all participants, because they will be the ones who will develop and compete in the next intellectual and design tests of the Reliable Shift Foundation and other Youth events of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.

 It should be noted that at the University, the Case-In Championship is included in the inter-program case trajectory for undergraduates with engineering and technical basic education. Joining the Championship and previous activities related to the participation of undergraduates in Youth Energy Forums in Moscow and St. Petersburg are part of the systematic work related to the University's readiness to continue providing economic training for engineering personnel.

 Today, there is a steady trend in the educational space all over the world - the trend of priority training of engineering personnel. But the next step is, of course, the development of the economic competencies of engineering specialists. Without waiting for the next step, the Graduate Institute of St. Petersburg State University of Economics began to consider International and Federal Case Championships as an element of industry adaptation, ongoing engineering and economic training in the master's degree.  The masters responded with motivated participation, determination, and willingness to compete for prizes in engineering championships on an equal footing with undergraduates and graduate students from leading engineering universities in Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.

 The result of the students' participation in the International Case Championship is not only a prize-winning position, but also a close study by teachers and undergraduates of the case material that the Organizers of the Championship make available, developing an idea of the tasks of the leading companies in the mineral resources and fuel and energy sector of the Russian economy.

A source: http://expertnw.ru/Business-panorama/mezhdunarodnyy-keys-chempionat-proshel-v-spbgeu