Students of the DPR were invited to a CASE-IN to compete for career prospects

Schoolchildren and students of the Donetsk People's Republic were invited to take part in the Autumn Cup of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. As reported in The Ministry of Education and Science of the DPR, The participants will have to work on practical engineering tasks based on real technological and production situations. The student tournament will end with a full-time final in Moscow, and the winners will be able to receive internship offers and additional opportunities to continue their education. 

The Autumn Cup runs from September to December and unites two leagues at once — School and Student. The CASE-IN is based on the case method: participants receive a task that is as close as possible to the real working conditions of enterprises, analyze the initial data and propose their own engineering solution.

Students, undergraduates, and postgraduates of higher education institutions under the age of 25 can participate in the Student League. To do this, you need to assemble a team of three or four people and register each participant on the championship website by October 20.

Competitions for students will be held in several stages. First, the teams will be selected by correspondence, after which the strongest participants will continue to compete in the remote semi-finals. The final stage will be held in person in Moscow.

The proposed solutions will be evaluated by industry experts and university professors. The experts will have to take into account not only the technical side of the project, but also its applicability to the real production situation.

For the participants, this is an opportunity to try their hand at solving the problems that current engineers are working with during their studies. Unlike a typical theoretical assignment, a case study involves analyzing a specific problem and finding an option that could be implemented in practice.

The organizers promise prizes to the winners of the Student League, the opportunity to complete an internship or internship in industry companies and apply for employment in the future. The best participants will also be invited to the educational projects CASE-IN and the Winners and Prize-winners Club "PEAK".

Another possibility is related to continuing education. The winners of the competition will be able to gain an advantage in admission to the master's and postgraduate programs of a number of partner universities of the championship. The open CASE-IN materials also indicate that the student competitions cover several industry areas, including the oil and gas sector, oil refining, petrochemicals and mining equipment.

The School League is held separately. Teams of students from eighth to 11th grade from all regions of Russia are invited to participate. In 2026, the competitions will be organized in three directions: "Biotechnologies", "General Industry" and "Energy Class".

Students will also have to solve practical tasks. In the "Industry-wide" area, teams analyze the engineering case and prepare their own solution in a presentation format. The strongest pass the remote semi-finals, after which the finalists meet face-to-face in Moscow.

In the areas of "Biotechnology" and "Industry-wide" registration of students continues until October 9th. Acceptance of applications for the "Energy Classes" direction ended on September 25.

All participating students will receive certificates and diplomas. Invitations to specialized shifts of All-Russian children's centers and prizes from the organizers are provided for the winners and prize-winners. The documents of the participants can also be taken into account by a number of Russian universities when applying.

This year's School League is supported by grants, and SIBUR and the Alabuga Special Economic Zone are strategic partners. The information support for the championship is provided by the Russia — Land of Opportunities platform, and the project is also supported by the Russian Energy Agency of the Russian Ministry of Energy.

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