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Save the Date! Monday 23 - Friday 27 February. Orientation is designed to help you settle in, connect with your peers, and discover everything you need to thrive in your graduate studies.

Participate in the 2022 competition

  • 2022 Case competition participation was delivered in a hybrid model.
  • Learn more about how the competition works.

Why take part?

Be recognised with Melbourne Plus

Melbourne Plus is a new University of Melbourne program and is your opportunity to be recognised for your participation in co-curricular activities! It is all about rewarding the knowledge, skills and behaviours you develop when participating in these activities.

As part of the case competition, you are developing your capability in innovation.

Once you complete your time with case competition, you will be invited to reflect on your development via a Melbourne Plus LMS community.  Once you submit your reflection you will receive a digital credential that you can share with your networks.

As part of the participating in the case competition, you have early access to Melbourne Plus. A wide range of activities will be available from Semester 2 onwards, when the program will become available to all students.

Who can apply?

The 2022 Case competition was delivered in a hybrid format to allow all students to participate regardless of where they are located.

Each team consisted entirely of students in Melbourne who can attend sessions face to face, as well as students overseas who can attend sessions virtually or a combination of both. Location was not a hindrance, and all students were accommodated to create a valuable experience for all participants.

Teams were expected to be multidisciplinary and consisted of 4 or 5 students who were enrolled in in at least two of the following disciplines of engineering or computer information systems. These include

  • Master of Engineering (suite of programs) including Master of Engineering Management students
  • Master of Information Systems
  • Master of Information Technology
  • Master of Energy Systems
  • Master of Computer Science

All teams benefited from having a broad range of disciplines represented in their team. As some teams consisted of students undertaking degrees other than a Master of Engineering, they were encouraged to have students undertaking an engineering degree within their team.

How does it work?

Once teams were registered, they were invited to attend their first workshop to confirm team members and be presented with some invaluable information to prepare for the case competition. This is where the case study problem was revealed.

Note: All teams were required to participate in this event. *This session was recorded and shared with students in a private Canvas community for competition participants. All other workshops held at later date relating to the case competition were also compulsory and students were expected to attend.

Teams then submitted a two-page document in Stage 1 of the competition that addresses the Case Competition problem.

Final teams progressed to Stage 2 of the competition and were required to attend a compulsory preparation workshop. From here, finalist teams presented their final presentation to a panel of industry judges.

This year, one team was awarded the winning prize and named winners of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) Case Competition!

Prizes

First place through Third Place teams won a share prize of $4,500.

Finalists

Each finalist received a certificate of acknowledgement.

More information

Questions about the competition can be sent to engit-studentenrich@unimelb.edu.au.