Office for Supporting Youth Innovative Initiatives

“Engineers of the Future” National Competition

“Best Idea”, “Best Project” and “Best Invention” — a competition for students, lecturers and practising engineers, plus an international internship programme

2026 · March – August See the winners
1,925 applications received 1–31 March, muhandis.edu.uz
114 universities represented + practising engineers
9 electric cars for 1st place BYD Chazor
10 winners going abroad internships up to 60 days
01About the competition

Three tracks, three categories, nine awards

Since the 2024/2025 academic year, the national “Best Idea”, “Best Project” and “Best Invention” engineering competitions are held every year.

Who can apply citizens up to 40
Applications 1–31 March 2026
Platform muhandis.edu.uz
Stages 4 stages, April – August
Final 5–7 August, INNO Technopark

Citizens of Uzbekistan aged up to 40 — students, lecturers and practising engineers — take part individually. Each track is judged separately in three categories.

An “Engineers of the Future” internship programme was also launched for authors of promising developments aged 20–40 with working foreign-language skills.

Three tracks

Best Idea

An idea proposing a new solution to an engineering problem

Best Project

A developed project, prototype or software solution

Best Invention

A new technical solution — an invention

Each track is judged in three categories — students, practising engineers and lecturers — nine awards in total.

How winners are rewarded

1st place Electric car 9 winners — BYD Chazor
2nd place UZS 82.4 mln 9 winners
3rd place UZS 41.2 mln 9 winners
Special award UZS 30.9 mln “Best Woman Engineer”
Internship International internship 10 winners, up to 60 days
02Selection

From 1,925 applications to 27 winners

The competition ran in four stages: technical review, acceleration, final pitch and awards.

  1. 01 1,925 Applications 1–31 March, muhandis.edu.uz
  2. 68% advanced 02 1,308 Technical review recommended to the next stage
  3. 14% advanced 03 180 Acceleration 20 from each of 9 tracks · 1–31 July
  4. 50% advanced 04 90 Final 10 from each track · 5–7 August
  5. 30% advanced 05 27 Winners 9 awards × 3 places

During acceleration, ideas, projects and inventions were refined technically, economically and scientifically. Pitches: 28 July — students, 29 July — lecturers, 30 July — practising engineers.

03Applications

Who applied, and with what

1,925 applications by type, category and university.

Application types 1,925 applications
  • Idea1 17161%
  • Project63533%
  • Invention1196%
Participant categories 1,925 applications
  • Students1 181
  • Practising engineers429
  • Lecturers315
Top universities by applications top 8
  • Nukus davlat texnika universiteti215
  • Farg‘ona davlat texnika universiteti207
  • Qarshi davlat texnika universiteti170
  • Buxoro davlat texnika universiteti152
  • TDTU Olmaliq filiali44
  • Toshkent davlat texnika universiteti41
  • Guliston davlat universiteti35
  • Namangan davlat texnika universiteti34
Type × category applications
Students Practising engineers Lecturers
Idea 801 207 163
Project 347 177 111
Invention 33 45 41
Share of women 29%
558/ 1 925

558 applicants are women. The competition also has a special “Best Woman Engineer” award.

04Winners

Competition winners

The top three in each of the three categories of every track.

Students

Best Idea
  1. 1 Abdaliyev Komronbek“Innovatsion samolyot simulyatori”
  2. 2 Latifjonov Abduqodir“ImoVox — Giving Voice to Signs”
  3. 3 Bahronova Dilshoda“Urinal Eco”

Practising engineers

Best Idea
  1. 1 Mo‘ydinjonov Ikromjon“Argus-X: intellektual havo mudofaa platformasi”
  2. 2 Ahmadov Xushdil“Quyosh nurlanishi asosida ishlovchi vodorod olish termokimyoviy reaktori”
  3. 3 Dauletnazarov Jaksilik“Cottony — AI-Based Farming Assistant”

Lecturers

Best Idea
  1. 1 Hatamov Inomjon“Kombinatsiyalashgan bioenergetik qurilma”
  2. 2 Raximov G‘anisher“Takomillashgan qobiq-quvurli issiqlik almashinish uskunasi”
  3. 3 Abdunazarov Jamshid“Smart mobility city tizimi”
Finalists’ catalogue

90 finalist projects in one album

Every project that reached the final across three nominations and three categories: the author, a description and key figures.

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Moments

The contest in pictures

Participants talk about their projects; prototypes and projects defended in the final, in photos.

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After the final — acceleration and internships

Finalists develop their projects further in the “Engineers of the Future” acceleration programme.