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ENGCOMM Engineering & Commerce Case Competition
February 01, 2024
ENGCOMM is the world's only student-led multidisciplinary case competition. Since 2013, we have been championing a worldwide effort to combine the technical field of Engineering with the interactive field of Commerce. Our international case competition is held yearly and spans approximately one week. The case competition consists of 3 unique cases that are solved by competing teams and are scored by our judges. The competition is held in the heart of Montreal, back for our tenth edition of our competition.
Description
About the Competition
Since 2013, the Engineering and Commerce Case Competition has been leading a global initiative to encourage multidisciplinary dialogue and collaboration between engineering and business students, offering the only opportunity of its kind, allowing students to engage in a daring new learning experience before beginning their professional careers.
Format of the Competition
Typically, we have 16 teams that attend our competition. They will be randomly divided into 4 divisions of 4 teams during the opening ceremony. Each division will remain the same for all 3 cases and will compete against one another. For an overview of the official competition structure, please consult our rules and guidlines (available soon).
Cases
After each case, each team will present their solution in front of a three-person jury. They must support each presentation with a PowerPoint and appropriate documentation. Whenever possible, the panel will consist of one judge from the business community, one judge from the engineering community and one industry professional. There will be a head judge who will be responsible for leading the question period, the feedback sessions, and the evaluation forms. The judges will have case specific grading schemes
developed by the organizing committee. The team with the highest cumulative score from each division after the three cases will move on to the final presentation.
Case preparation
For the 6 hour cases ONLY, teams will start at offset times in order to match with their presentation times. From the moment you receive your case, you have 6 hours (or 12 for the 12-hour case) to solve it. This time includes preparing for the 15-minute presentation to be given in front of a jury. The cases will be solved in isolated preparation rooms where the competitors will have all the tools to develop solutions, perform calculations and designs if desired and make a presentation.
Eligibility
To be eligible to compete in the competition an applicant:
1-Registered in an engineering, business or computer science program. The program must be a major degree concentration.
2- Must be a current undergraduate student enrolled in at least one (1) engineering, business and/or computer science class at the time of application and during the competition.
3- Represent no other institution than the University/College the student is attending.
4- Have not started any course that progresses the student towards obtaining a master’s degree (including master’s courses that can be taken while still at the undergraduate level) or an additional bachelor’s degree after having completed their first undergraduate program. Exceptions exist for European schools.
Since 2013, the Engineering and Commerce Case Competition has been leading a global initiative to encourage multidisciplinary dialogue and collaboration between engineering and business students, offering the only opportunity of its kind, allowing students to engage in a daring new learning experience before beginning their professional careers.
Format of the Competition
Typically, we have 16 teams that attend our competition. They will be randomly divided into 4 divisions of 4 teams during the opening ceremony. Each division will remain the same for all 3 cases and will compete against one another. For an overview of the official competition structure, please consult our rules and guidlines (available soon).
Cases
After each case, each team will present their solution in front of a three-person jury. They must support each presentation with a PowerPoint and appropriate documentation. Whenever possible, the panel will consist of one judge from the business community, one judge from the engineering community and one industry professional. There will be a head judge who will be responsible for leading the question period, the feedback sessions, and the evaluation forms. The judges will have case specific grading schemes
developed by the organizing committee. The team with the highest cumulative score from each division after the three cases will move on to the final presentation.
Case preparation
For the 6 hour cases ONLY, teams will start at offset times in order to match with their presentation times. From the moment you receive your case, you have 6 hours (or 12 for the 12-hour case) to solve it. This time includes preparing for the 15-minute presentation to be given in front of a jury. The cases will be solved in isolated preparation rooms where the competitors will have all the tools to develop solutions, perform calculations and designs if desired and make a presentation.
Eligibility
To be eligible to compete in the competition an applicant:
1-Registered in an engineering, business or computer science program. The program must be a major degree concentration.
2- Must be a current undergraduate student enrolled in at least one (1) engineering, business and/or computer science class at the time of application and during the competition.
3- Represent no other institution than the University/College the student is attending.
4- Have not started any course that progresses the student towards obtaining a master’s degree (including master’s courses that can be taken while still at the undergraduate level) or an additional bachelor’s degree after having completed their first undergraduate program. Exceptions exist for European schools.