The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" opened today at Belgorod University

The BelSU National Research University hosted the opening of the international engineering CASE-IN championship, the largest practice-oriented competition in Russia and the CIS countries for solving engineering cases.

Eight teams from Belgorod State University participated in the championship stage, the only university in the region whose students and undergraduates took part in the CASE–IN 2018. This is the sixth time that BelSU has participated in organizing and holding the international mining Engineering Championship, since the first year of its creation. The CASE-IN is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and other departments and major companies such as Rosneft, Sibur, Metal Group LLC, JSC MHC EuroChem, etc. The rector of BelSU, Professor Oleg Polukhin, addressed the participants of the championship with a welcoming speech. He thanked the organizers and partners of CASE-IN for their attention to the development of young personnel in the field of geology.

"It is a great honor for us to host a championship of this scale at the university," Oleg Nikolaevich said. "This is a good opportunity to promote engineering specialties. In addition, our university is a leading supplier of personnel for mining enterprises, which are the backbone of the region's economy. Participation in such events provides a good opportunity to promote professions, improve the quality of education and science.

Oleg Polukhin said that in 2015, BelSU students became the winners of the main final and were awarded memorable awards by the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak. Last year, the organizing committee of the National Research University "BelSU" was awarded a diploma of the 3rd degree for the best organization and conduct of the qualifying stage of the Mining League among 47 specialized universities in Russia and the CIS countries. According to Oleg Nikolaevich, the urgent need for highly qualified personnel gives the university an incentive to open new specialties in geology and mining, develop new programs for additional professional education, and create modern training grounds and research laboratories. Today, the university cooperates with twenty leading mining and processing plants and specialized enterprises in Russia.

"Our goal is to create a powerful training base for miners at the BelSU National Research University at the level of specialized universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg,– Oleg Polukhin concluded.

Mikhail Lebedev, Head of Human Resources at the Mining Division of EuroChem Group, stressed that the main task of EuroChem is to cooperate with Russian universities.

– The "CASE-IN" stage in Belgorod is an opportunity to communicate with colleagues and identify the most promising students. As a rule, those students who win the championship are invited to practice and get a job," Mikhail Alexandrovich said.

Ekaterina Bogomaz, Deputy Head of the Belgorod Region Youth Policy Department, wished the participants good luck in solving their cases and noted the importance of mining specialists for the region's economy.

The participants of the eight teams, which include students and undergraduates, received assignments the day before. This year, the central theme of the championship is the exploration and development of the Arctic. The CASE-IN, which unites more than 50 universities, includes six areas: mining, geological exploration, electric power industry, metallurgy, oil and gas business and petrochemistry. A year earlier, 3,500 people took part in the championship, and only 350 reached the final.

Department of Public Relations and Mass Media of the National Research University of Belarus

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