Published on: 2026-04-22
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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In Russia, the results of the eleventh season of the National Technological Olympiad (NTO) were summed up. The winners and prize-winners were 463 schoolchildren from grades 8–11 and 80 students from 59 regions of Russia, as well as Kazakhstan. In total, the participants in the competitions in the 2025/2026 academic year amounted to 226 thousand people from all regions of Russia, as well as from foreign countries, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, and Turkmenistan.
The organizing committee of the Olympics is headed by the First Deputy Chief of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko and the Deputy Chairman of the Government of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko.
“Our President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin notes that with their bold ideas, scientists and engineers are already forming a new reality. The National Technological Olympiad has been supporting capable schoolchildren and students for 11 years, helping them find their path in the field of research and development. During this time, more than 1.1 million people from all regions of Russia and 77 foreign countries have become participants in the competitions. Every year, the Olympiad attracts more and more participants.””This shows that among the younger generation there are many truly interested, talented kids who are keen to develop in science, technology and transform the world for the better,” emphasized Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
The final competitions were held at the site of 24 leading universities, as well as technology companies in 11 cities across the country. Schoolchildren competed in 34 profiles, students in 7 fields. Finalists solved tasks at the intersection of disciplines. For example, they automated full cycles of mining enterprises, created software complexes from drones and manipulators to eliminate the consequences of earthquakes, and developed systems for analyzing space images in the event of natural disasters.The tasks were maximally approximated to the demands of the real economic sector, and the work was carried out under conditions close to production processes.
Schoolchildren – winners and prize-winners of the Olympiad – receive educational benefits: 100 points on the USE in the specialized subject or admission to university without entrance exams. Student winners will be able to take advantage of benefits when enrolling in a master’s program or to undergo an internship at a technology company – a partner of NTO.
“More and more leading universities of the country are joining the Olympiad. Interest is growing among companies – industry leaders who form a direct demand for the personnel of the new generation. Together, they set real tasks for schoolchildren and students. Thus, a unique environment is created for immersing young people in advanced engineering technologies, clear and promising trajectories in education and career are opened,” emphasized the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, Deputy Co-Chairman of the STO Organizing Committee Valery Falkov.
The diploma holders of the senior track of NTO were participants from 59 subjects of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan, for the first time among the winners were schoolchildren from Bryansk Oblast and the Lugansk People’s Republic. Also, after a long break, successes are celebrated in Smolensk Oblast and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. The leaders in the number of olympiad diploma holders were Novosibirsk Oblast (99 winners and prize-winners), Saint Petersburg (77), Moscow (75), and Moscow Oblast (39).
Moreover, 23 participants won immediately in two profiles. And two finalists entered the list of the strongest in three disciplines – Mark Pismennov from Novosibirsk Oblast and Daniil Makeev from Saint Petersburg.
“The Project Office of the National Technological Olympiad based at the Higher School of Economics unites leading universities and technological companies of the country into a single ecosystem for working with talents. Together, we help the government support youth in striving for development and open new prospects in education and careers for schoolchildren and students. Interest in technological areas and real tasks proposed by the NTO together with partners grows every year,” emphasized the rector of the NRU HSE, deputy co-chairman of the NTO organizing committee Nikita Anisimov.
In the student track of NTO 80 awards were won by students from 21 universities and two colleges. The leaders in the number of diploma holders were ITMO University (11 people) and Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University of Peter the Great (10). The geography of the winners of the student track is also represented by leading universities in Moscow, Kazan, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, and Innopolis.
“At the STEM site, future engineers are faced with real challenges, and education becomes a bridge to practical tasks. This connection works towards a tangible result: the country receives not just trained specialists, but a generation ready to develop technologies, strengthen industry, and build Russia’s future,” noted Andrey Betin, General Director of the Presidential Platform “Russia – Land of Opportunities” and Rector of the Senesh Management Workshop.
The Olympiad is held under the coordination of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation together with the Presidential Platform “Russia – Land of Opportunity” as part of the national project “Youth and Children” with the support of the “First Movement”, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, and the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “NTI Platform”. The NTI project office is deployed at the National University of Science and Technology MISiS with methodological support from the NTI Club Movement.
The National Technological Olympiad is already preparing for the launch of the next, 12th season. It is already openpreliminary registration.
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