The CASE-IN Championship as a driver of personnel growth is presented in the State Duma

Artyom Korolev, founder and co-chairman of the CASE-IN organizing committee, took part in an expanded meeting of the expert council of the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education on the topic "Startup as a diploma: training personnel for an innovative economy." Heads of relevant ministries, universities and organizations made presentations at the event dedicated to the issues of continuing professional education, retraining and continuing education. 

Special attention was paid at the meeting to the integration of measures for the development of project competencies and entrepreneurial thinking into a single educational track that will ensure the continuity of results and improve the quality of training. The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is presented as an effective example.

"The championship is organized with the support of the presidential platform "Russia is a country of opportunities, popularizes engineering and technical education and assists the largest companies in training qualified engineering personnel., " He told me Artem Korolev. – Within the framework of the championship, schoolchildren, students and young specialists solve engineering cases compiled by leading experts from the fuel and energy complex, MSC, nuclear industry and related industries on real production situations." 

The reward for the winners and prize-winners is additional USE points for admission to universities, paid internships with subsequent employment, and career advancement. All participants of the championship, regardless of the final result, master important competencies for the formation of highly qualified specialists and receive opportunities for personal and professional development.

According to Artem Korolev, in 13 years the project has become the largest case-solving championship in Russia and the CIS countries. The Organizing Committee is expanding international cooperation, and since 2025, young people from the BRICS+ countries have joined the engineering competition system.

"CASE-IN today is a full–fledged ecosystem that includes an engineering case platform, a Simulator, engineering clubs for schoolchildren, a Winners' Club, as well as other IT solutions and educational products.", – the speaker added. 

At the end of his speech, Artem Korolev proposed integration options between projects that would make it possible to replenish the talent pool in key areas of the Russian economy. 

Thus, as part of the cooperation between the CASE-IN Championship and Startup as a Diploma projects, students will be able to use the results of case solutions – technical and technological proposals accompanied by economic calculations for a potential customer, as well as strengthen strategic and soft skills, acquire entrepreneurial and project competencies.

In addition, within the framework of the CASE-IN, it is proposed to open new areas related to entrepreneurship, project office, startups, etc.

The topic of creating a hub for the technological and product demand of the industry, forming a mechanism for updating case studies and developing entrepreneurial initiatives as a response to the problems of the real sector was not ignored.  

Let's add that the previous experience of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship was presented at the round table "How to raise a generation of engineers for Russia" in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation: from the motivation of representatives to education and employment".