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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers warmly invites you and your classmates to register for the next exciting season of our student engineering competitions.
Well-established and respected competitions in their industries, each year sees hundreds of students take part in the Railway Challenge and UAS Challenge, providing them with the chance to work on an exciting engineering project that is as close to the real world as it gets.
Participants develop practical skills and experiences that complement their academic studies while gaining valuable links with industry through mentorships and placements that all serve to enhances their employment opportunities across multiple engineering sectors.
Registration is easy: simply complete a registration form by 1 November 2024, pay the entry fee, and join the welcome webinar to get started.
Register for the Railway Challenge: Railway Challenge registration form
Register for the UAS Challenge: UAS Challenge registration form
About the Railway Challenge:
The Railway Challenge continues to bring together teams of university students, as well as apprentices and graduates working in industry across the world, to test their business knowledge, design ability and technical skills to design and manufacture a miniature (10¼” gauge) railway locomotive. All teams test their locomotives live at the competition weekend every June at Stapleford Miniature Railway.
Organised by the Institution's Railway Division, it provides a brilliant opportunity for aspiring teams to compete in yet another challenging industry-specific competition, showcasing their skills, expertise, knowledge, and business acumen.
About the UAS Challenge:
Launched in 2014, the UAS Challenge sees teams of undergraduates from all over the world take part in this annual competition, which celebrated its 10 year anniversary in 2024.
Student teams undertake a full design and build life-cycle of an autonomous Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) with a maximum take off mass of 10kg to undertake specific mission objectives, culminating in a final fly-off event in July the following year where teams demonstrate their UAS and have their design work and business cases evaluated in formal presentations.