Universities and metal forming departments are invited to take part in the International Students Olympiad on Metal Forming Processes 2026, which will take place traditionally in April and May around the world.
Please contact us by market@qform3d.com to register.
Student Olympiad is our contribution to the education progress. The aim of the Olympiad is to build a professional community, to create a strong relationship between educational institutions and production companies. We are trying to motivate students to study modern simulation and manufacturing technologies. Students get an opportunity to build their professional portfolio, and companies get an opportunity to find talented and perspective specialists.
Since 2014, our team has been organizing the International Student Olympiad. We have involved more than 14 countries, more than 40 universities and about 150 participants every year.
January: Organizational Committee membership confirmation letter (including contact person) to market@qform3d.com
February: Competition entry from universities (including request for QForm license if needed)
March: List with applicant students
April-May: Recommended date of the Olympiad at universities
The Scientific Committee of the Olympiad consists of professors, researchers and industrial representatives.
To prepare, we provide reports from past winners and conduct free training courses on simulation. Universities taking part in the Olympiad could get a free 3-month QForm academic license to practice before the Olympiad by request. Students could get free QForm Cloud Academic license to use it from home. The universities will also get the solved example from the previous Olympiad for review, as well as a training course of simulation in QForm.
1. Hot Bulk Forging
Students will get a drawing of an axisymmetric part after machining and should design the hot forged part and die impression for the final forging and then determine the necessary technological chain for its manufacturing and then simulate the proposed forging process.
2. Extrusion
Students are required to develop an aluminum profile extrusion technology.
3. Shape rolling
Students should select a caliber system, calculate calibration in QKaliber CAD, complete simulation in QForm, and prepare caliber drawings.
4. Sheet metal forming
Each participant can only compete in one section.
1. National Stage
On the scheduled date, students are sent the task, which they must complete. Winners will receive diplomas and prizes, and first-place winners from each country will advance to international evaluation by the Scientific Committee
2. International Stage
The Scientific Committee evaluates the top reports from the national stages and determines the winners and prize recipients.
The official language of the Olympiad is English. Reports for international evaluation must be submitted in English.
Organizers must submit a competition entry with a list of participating students. When multiple universities are involved, each university may nominate up to three students; if only one university participates, more than three students may be allowed.
In April, participants will work individually in an assigned classroom using a personal computer with QForm simulation and CAD software. They will have six hours to design the technology, run simulations, and prepare a report.
The report must include calculations, justification of the proposed technology, drawings, and the saved QForm simulation file. Each report will be assigned a random number to ensure unbiased evaluation.
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The award ceremony can be organized at the university, we transfer the prizes to the organizers. Or the QFORM team invites the winners to participate in conferences, forums or other professional events and awards them during the event. Winners receive diplomas, souvenirs and cash prizes.
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