13 teams became finalists of the architectural and construction direction of "Metropolis" and CASE-IN

On April 10, 2026, the series of qualifying stages of the XIV season of the student league ended. "Architecture, design, construction and housing and communal services" The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. The Metropolis company is the initiator and strategic partner of the league, the project is being implemented with the support of the Russian Ministry of Construction and the presidential platform "Russia – the land of Opportunities".

Numbers and geography

This season, 107 student teams expressed their desire to participate, 70 of them successfully solved the case and took part in the qualifying stages. The total number of participants this year was 623 people.

The competitions were held in universities in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don and Sevastopol. In total, more than 30 branch universities have announced their participation this season, which is 1.6 times higher than last year. The geography of the current season is traditionally wide – from Kaliningrad to Khabarovsk, but this year participants from new cities have been added – Neryungri, Abakan, Nalchik, Petrozavodsk, Makeyevka and Mariupol. Students whose universities did not have face-to-face qualifying rounds had the opportunity to participate in the open online qualifying stages.

In-person qualifying stages were held at universities:

1. RGAU-Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev;
2. Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University;
3. Sevastopol State University;
4. Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering;
5. St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II;
6. Don State Technical University;
7. St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering;
8. Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.

According to the results of the qualifying stages, 13 out of 70 teams reached the finals. The winners of the qualifying stages will meet in the final of the competition, which will be held on May 20-22, 2026 in Moscow at the MISIS site.

Case study of the season: development of the concept of a comfort class residential complex

This season, the participants are solving a case study for the design of a residential multifunctional complex of the comfort class. The terms of reference, as in previous years, were prepared by the leading experts of the Metropolis company based on the analysis of the architectural and construction design market.

"Almost every project company has residential construction facilities in its portfolio," he emphasizes Alla Seregina, Marketing Director of Metropolis and project supervisor. – The experience of designing housing will be relevant for students, regardless of which company they start their career in."

Expanding the pool of partners from the professional community

An important event of this season was the expansion of the league's circle of partners. The Group of Companies will act as the partner of the final Spectrum — one of the market leaders in architectural and construction design. The company's experts will evaluate the work of the finalists as part of the expert commission, and along with Metropolis, they will expand career opportunities for the winners and finalists of the project. More and more leading design companies are interested in developing the human resources potential of the industry and support initiatives to train young professionals.

Since 2023, Metropolis has been the initiator and strategic partner of the direction. In three seasons (2023-2025), we have passed through the league more than 1,100 students from 20+ universities 40 of them completed internships, 30 joined the company's staff, and 14 continue to work today.

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