The Russian Ministry of Education and Science has launched a new season of the CASE-IN championship

The start of the new season of the CASE-IN championship was announced on March 3 in TASS. It will be dedicated to the topic "Technologies of the future", in which participants will have to develop effective projects to ensure the full digitalization of leading industries.

The competitions will be held within the framework of student and school leagues and the league of young professionals. In-person qualifying stages will be held in more than 60 universities.

"Educational institutions not only facilitate the holding of competitions, but also provide participants with opportunities for further education and professional development. This season, 161 universities provide the winners and champions of the School League with additional points for the Unified State Exam, and 36 universities are ready to offer the best participants of the Student League preferential conditions for admission to graduate and postgraduate studies," said the Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Olga Petrova.

Students under the age of 25 are invited to participate in the championship, as well as young professionals under the age of 35.

The winners of the student directions will be provided with preferential conditions for admission to master's and postgraduate studies at 36 partner universities, as well as paid internships in companies with the possibility of further employment.

Champions and prize-winners of the League of Young Professionals will have opportunities for career growth, the implementation of their projects in production and participation in industry youth educational forums and shifts..

CASE-IN is supported by federal ministries and industry companies. Partners form cases based on real production tasks, and company experts evaluate team solutions at the qualifying stages and in the finals.

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Presidential Platform Russia – the Land of Opportunities, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC. The championship has been held since 2013 and brings together schoolchildren, students and young professionals from Russia, the CIS and BRICS countries. The project is being implemented as part of the Science to Win initiative and the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia.

The terms of participation and registration terms can be found at the project's website.

A source: Ministry of Education and Science of Russia