USNTU students hone their skills at the CASE-IN Championship

The qualifying stage of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship was held at Ufa State Petroleum Technical University. This large–scale competition, which is part of the presidential platform "Russia - the land of Opportunities", traditionally unites the most talented and ambitious students.

10 teams formed from representatives of the Faculty of Mining and Petroleum, the Eurasian Polytechnic School, the Ufa Higher School of Economics and Management, as well as the Faculty of Technology, solved cases related to import substitution in petrochemicals, digitalization of the oil and gas industry and economic efficiency of production. The guys presented real solutions for the leading companies of the domestic industry to the experts.

"For the university's partner companies, a huge advantage is that our students help them solve the pressing problems they have," said Anton Glazkov, Vice Rector for Youth Policy at USSTU.

Working on projects required full commitment. For example, future petrochemists successfully coped with the task of a large Russian import substitution company for the production of reagents for the manufacture of eraser and rubber, and oil students proposed an innovative idea to monetize gas resources through the organization of data centers.

Artemy Yakimov, a student at the Faculty of Technology, shared his impressions: "We were given only a month to prepare the assignment. Each of us tried to bring something new to our decision. It was quite difficult because the topic has been very little researched." His colleague, Vlada Olkova, a student at the Ufa Higher School of Economics and Management, added: "It was important for the company to find an economically feasible solution, that was my task."

Dilara Gamilova, Director of the HSE, emphasized the importance of such competitions for the educational process: "Cases are a platform where companies share their interesting tasks on their agenda and allow them to be solved. This is extremely important for the guys, because they are touching on what is currently relevant for the industry, on the one hand, and on the other, they receive support from experts and the university itself."

The strongest teams will travel to Moscow, where they will compete in the finals with young specialists from more than 60 universities in the country. The winners of the championship will have the opportunity to receive preferential admission to master's and postgraduate studies, paid internships and employment in the best companies in Russia.

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