26 student teams claim victory in the Autumn CASE-IN Cup

Students from 13 regions will meet in the final of the Autumn Cup of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is held with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities". Young people will present solutions for developing the human resources potential of one of the subjects of the Russian Federation and improving the efficiency of industry companies. The authors of the best ideas are waiting for internships with the prospect of further employment. 

The main theme of the Student League of the championship is "Technological Innovations". More than 2,850 participants of the industry-wide direction and the Future of Rosneft festival joined teams in the framework of the correspondence qualifying stages 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 65 best teams defended their projects in the remote semi-finals. Of these, only 26 teams were recognized as finalists. On December 19, 2025, in Moscow, at the site of the National Research University "MEI", they will present their finalized solutions to an expert commission composed of company specialists and members of the university faculty.

The final industry-wide direction, The event, which is supported by the National Research University "MEI", the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and SIBUR, will bring together 14 teams.:

- "Symmetrical compulsions" (National Research University "MEI");

- "Catalyst" (Branch of NRU "MEI" in Smolensk);

- "Aura" (Branch of NRU "MEI" in Volzhsky);

- "Prestressed" (National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering);

- "Intelligent People" (Tyumen Industrial University);

- Kuzbass Express and Autobots (Kuzbass State Technical University named after T. F. Gorbachev);

- "X3" (Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N.Tupolev-KAI);

- Insiders (Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies);

- Medusa (Samara State Technical University);

- "Underground" and "Council without a Market" (MISIS National Research University of Technology);

- "PRIBORCHIKI" NCHOU (UMMC Technical University);

- "BRIGHTON" (Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin).

The assignment for the contestants was prepared by the regional Government. Students will talk about the solutions developed to provide key energy facilities in the Krasnoyarsk Territory with high-quality personnel in the context of digital transformation and the transition to renewable energy sources.

In The Future of Rosneft Festival, The partner of which is PJSC Rosneft, the winners will be determined in two directions from 12 teams.

In the field of Oil and Gas Engineering, students will offer experts options for a field development and development system, taking into account possible infrastructural constraints and environmental requirements. The teams will compete for the victory:

- "GAS", "Sinful" and "Peach" (Tyumen State University);

- PetroVision (St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II);

- "Oil Men" (Siberian Federal University);

- "Memchiki" (Irkutsk National Research Technical University);

The finalists of the Oil Refining and Petrochemistry field were tasked with developing an olefin/polymer business development strategy that would ensure high profitability and strategic leadership. The teams present their ideas:

- "Initiators"   (Kazan National Research Technological University)

- Tech-Novatika  (Irkutsk National Research Technical University);

- "Success Catalysts" (Kazan National Research Technological University);

- "Polymers"       (Tyumen Industrial University);

- «SCT Project»     (National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University);

- “Unmediated Intelligence" (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University)). 

The winners and prize-winners of the Student League will receive a priority right to admission to the partner universities of the championship for master's and postgraduate programs, an invitation to internships and internships with the possibility of subsequent employment, and will also be able to enter the Club of winners and prize-winners of the CASE-IN. In addition, the best solutions to the cases of the Future of Rosneft festival will be offered for consideration by the company after completion.

However, the CASE-IN season will not end with the finale: the work of the Engineering Thought Factory, a project aimed at solving topical industry and regional problems of the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, will enter the active phase.  Having studied the decisions and hypotheses of industry-wide participants, experts consisting of mentors, members of the Winners Club and the CASE-IN Hall of Fame will formulate analytical and engineering concepts aimed at developing the regional economy and human resources. The final draft will be presented to the leadership of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in February 2026.

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are Reliable Change Foundation, the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities", 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.