The International CASE-IN Championship for engineering students started at TPU

The qualifying stages of the Student League of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship started at Tomsk Polytechnic University on Thursday. 39 teams of 3-4 people each are taking part from Tomsk University.

CASE-IN is a federal case championship, during which students of leading technical universities in Russia and neighboring countries solve engineering cases: practical tasks based on real production situations in companies of fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes.

According to Alexander Wagner, Vice-rector of TPU for educational activities, the university's qualifying stages will be held in five areas at once: "geological exploration", "metallurgy", "petrochemistry", "oil and gas business", "electric power industry". One of the directions, petrochemistry, is presented for the first time.

"Such a championship provides students with new forms of personal development, and allows them to evaluate their competencies in engineering. In addition, businesses can get to know students and take a closer look at them.", — noted Wagner.

According to the director of the Reliable Change Charitable Foundation Artyom Korolev The championship has two main goals — popularization of engineering and technical specialties and assistance to students so that they develop professionally.

He also noted that TPU shows good organization of the championship every year.

SIBUR was the strategic partner of the event. According to the Director of Human Resources Management at Tomskneftichem (SIBUR's subsidiary in Tomsk) Andrei Belov, such a championship allows the company to see students in action, how they solve certain tasks.

"During the event, the guys solve practical cases that they will have to face in the near future. These are the absolute real and urgent tasks of the company. They can try their hand. We will consider their proposals," Belov said.

A total of 39 teams, each consisting of three or four people, take part in the qualifying stages of the CASE-IN at Tomsk Polytechnic University. The practical part, where the teams will present their solutions on the unified theme of the Arctic Development championship, will be held on Thursday.

According to TPU, the teams that presented the best solutions in each area during the qualifying stages will become finalists of the student CASE-IN league. The final of the championship will be held in Moscow on May 30-31. As a result, the winners will have the opportunity to complete internships and internships in leading industry companies.

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