International Students Olympiad on Metal Forming Processes
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.
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The prize fund is €5,000

Please contact us by [email protected] to register.

Mission

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.

Connecting Universities Worldwide Since 2014

Since 2014, our team has been organizing the International Student Olympiad. We have involved more than 14 countries, 40 universities and 150 participants every year.

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Deadlines
  • January/February: simple confirmation letter including contact person to [email protected]

  • March: list with applicant students

  • April-May: Olympiad time and date confirmation

The Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee of the Olympiad consists of professors, researchers and industrial representatives.



Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)

Department of Material Science and Engineering

www.bme.hu

Dr. József Bálint Renkó, Materials Specialist

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Secretary of the International Students Olympiad

in Hot Bulk Forging and Extrusion Technologies Committee

Yuri Gladkov, PhD., Asst. Professor

QForm Group

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Politecnico di Torino (Italy)

Department of Management and Production Engineering

www.polito.it

Manuela De Maddis, Professor

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University of Belgrade (Serbia)

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Production Engineering Department

www.bg.ac.rs

Mihajlo Popović, PhD., Professor

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National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest (Romania)

Materials Processing and Environmental Engineering Department

www.upb.ro

Nicolae Serban, Vice President of the Romanian Forging Association, Assoc. Prof. PhD.

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Hanoi University of Industry (Vietnam)

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

www.haui.edu.vn

Nguyen Van Canh, PhD., Director, Smart Technology and Manufacturing Center

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AGH University of Krakow (Poland)

Metals Engineering & Industrial Computer Science Dept.

www.agh.edu.pl

Łukasz Lisiecki, Dr. Inż.

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University of Cordoba (Spain)

www.uco.es

Dr. Juan Carlos del Rey Menéndez, Researcher in the Mechanical Deparment

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Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)

www.ufmg.br

Alisson Duarte, PhD., Professor

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UTN – Córdoba Regional Faculty (Argentina)

Department of Metallurgical Engineering

www.institucional.frc.utn.edu.ar/metalurgica

Diego Poutón, Professor, Metallurgical Engineer

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University (China)

www.en.csu.edu.cn

Gaoyong Lin, Professor

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Tashkent State Technical University Named after Islam Karimov (Uzbekistan)

www.tdtu.uz

Darob Berdiev, Professor, Head of the Department of Materials Technology

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Preparation

QForm Team can provide reports from past winners and conduct free training courses on simulation. Universities taking part in the Olympiad could get a free 3-months QForm academic license to practice before the Olympiad by request. Students could get a free QForm Cloud Academic license to use it from home. The universities will also get the solved example from the previous Olympiad for review.

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Sections
  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 roll pass design, calculate calibration in QKaliber CAD, complete simulation in QForm, and prepare drawings.

  4. Sheet metal forming. Students are required to develop a sheet forming technology.

Each participant can only compete in one section.

Olympiad Stages
  1. Local Stage. Each university selects the best students for Olympiad participation.

  2. National Stage. Students receive the task on the scheduled date and time, they have to prepare the report and simulation in limited time. Winners selected by National organizers will receive diplomas and prizes, and first-place winners from each country will advance to the International stage for evaluation by the Scientific Committee.

  3. 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 have to be translated into English.

Competition Details

Organizers have to 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 plus a 30-minute break 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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Awarding the winners

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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