CASE-IN offers students to decide on their future profession and compete for additional USE points.

The youngest participants of the Autumn Cup The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is supported by the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities", will be students in grades 8-11. They will not only learn how to solve complex production tasks, but also get acquainted with the activities of the largest companies and innovative digital technologies, and will be able to decide on their future profession. 

The School League in 2025 is dedicated to the theme "Technological Innovation". As part of the correspondence qualifying stage, teams of high school students will have to solve cases – practical tasks prepared by partner companies of the championship based on a real technological or production situation. The 22 strongest teams will present their ideas in the final. 

"Modern schoolchildren are progressive, brave and ready to try something new. We are trying to meet the needs of young people, so starting this year we are expanding the School League competitions: the All-Russian competition among schoolchildren for solving engineering cases is joined by the direction "Thermal Power Engineering". I am sure that the new direction will help the students broaden their horizons and gain useful knowledge about the energy industry and its processes.", – said the founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN championship Artem Korolev. 

To participate in in the direction of "Thermal Power Engineering" Students of grades 8-11 from Moscow and the Moscow region are invited. At the competition, they will analyze the case assignment developed based on the materials of the strategic partner, Gazprom Energoholding LLC, and then offer their solutions in the form of a presentation and annotation. The top 10 teams will be the finalists. The partners of the direction are PJSC "MOEK" and PJSC "Mosenergo".

The organizer The All-Russian competition among schoolchildren for solving engineering cases, which is being implemented with the grant support of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh. Grants), performed by the National Research University "MEI". Students of grades 9-11 from all regions of Russia will not only have to cope with a difficult case, but also test their abilities in the economic strategy of "Business Cats". 12 teams will qualify for the finals. The strategic partner of the direction is the company SEZ "Alabuga".

Young engineers will have to upload the final solutions of both directions before October 22, 2025 to the educational platform CASE-IN Simulator, which hosts information and methodological materials, case assignments and projects of the winners of the championship from different years. The decisions of the participants will be evaluated in absentia by an expert commission consisting of specialists from industry companies, teachers of educational organizations, representatives of public and scientific organizations.

The final of the School League will be held November 26, 2025 in Moscow. High school students will present their finalized projects to experts and take part in events aimed at acquiring professional and leadership competencies. By communicating with company executives, the finalists will learn about development opportunities in key areas of the industry and receive valuable advice on career choice and university admission.

The reward for the winners and runners-up will be additional USE points for admission to bachelor's degree programs at one of the partner universities of the championship and trips to specialized shifts at All-Russian children's centers.

To participate in the competition, students need to form teams of 3-4 people and up to October 20, 2025 complete individual registration on the website of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship the link.

In addition, for the second year in a row, registration for the Autumn Cup will take place through the service "Navigator of possibilities" of the portal "Gosuslugi". 

Contact person: Anastasia Cherednichenko, School League Manager, tel. +7 (495) 990-45-71 (ext..111), +7 (916) 993-35-13, e-mail: schoolcase-in@fondsmena.ru.

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

Championship included in the Science to Win initiative and the plan The Decade of Science and Technology, which takes place in Russia in 2022-2031.

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