To all schools, relevant units, and all undergraduate and graduate students:
To implement the national strategies of "revitalizing the country through science and education, strengthening the country through talent, and pursuing innovation-driven development," to build a new model of promoting learning, teaching, and integration through competitions, to establish a platform for university-enterprise cooperation, industry-education integration, and science-technology convergence, to promote the integration of engineering education theory with engineering practice in universities, to cultivate students' ability to solve complex engineering problems, and to align engineering education with the demand for engineering talent, the Fifth University Electrical and Electronic Engineering Innovation Competition 2026 (EEEIC2026, hereinafter referred to as the "Competition"), organized by the Chinese Electrotechnical Society, has officially been launched. The Competition is an engineering-oriented and exploratory practical activity for students from universities nationwide, mainly undergraduates. It aims to promote the close integration of engineering education theory and engineering practice, cultivate students' practical innovation ability and ability to solve complex engineering problems, and encourage teachers to integrate theoretical teaching with engineering practice. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows.
I. Competition Overview
With the theme "Exploring Solutions for New Power Systems in Support of the Dual-Carbon Strategy," the Competition aims to combine frontier industrial development with the full stimulation of university students' ability to address complex engineering problems. As a model of "industry-education integration" and "promoting teaching through competitions," this year's Competition includes two major categories: open-topic projects and enterprise-sponsored projects. These categories embody the concept of integrating theory with practice and promoting education and industry together. The enterprise-sponsored project is the "Schneider Electric Go Green Power Electronics Innovation Track," which focuses on power-electronics innovation, intelligent electrical control applications, and software. It emphasizes practical applications of new power systems under the trend of carbon reduction, encourages participating teams to integrate engineering innovation with practical implementation, and advances green industrial development. Centered on "innovative practice and applying what is learned," the Competition is closely connected with frontier technologies in electrical and electronic engineering and provides university students with a platform to demonstrate innovation and practical ability. Through participation, students not only improve their professional skills but also develop teamwork and the ability to solve real-world problems, thereby playing a positive role in promoting innovation education in universities.
II. Topics and Tracks
The Competition topics are divided into two categories: open-topic projects and enterprise-sponsored projects.
(I) Open-Topic Projects
Centering on the "dual-carbon" goals and in combination with the frontiers of engineering technology, the open-topic category offers the following four tracks. Participating teams should select one track, propose a related engineering problem solution, name the project independently, and complete the work. The topic directions for each track are as follows:
1. Track A: Power Generation (Power Supply) — A Clean and Low-Carbon Revolution in Energy Supply.
(1) Track positioning: This track focuses on the source of the new energy system—the energy production side.
(2) Track description: This track focuses on innovation and optimization on the energy production side and promotes coordinated development between traditional fossil energy and new energy. Entries should center on the development and utilization of large-scale and high-proportion renewable energy and address the core technical challenges it faces in safely and reliably replacing traditional energy. Various engineering problem solutions, from principle innovation to engineering implementation, are encouraged in order to consolidate the foundation of the new energy system.
(3) Examples of topic directions: 1) new technologies for efficient wind power, photovoltaic power, and solar-thermal power generation; 2) new energy-storage technologies on the power-supply side, such as compressed air, flywheels, and new battery systems; 3) development and utilization of emerging renewable energy.
2. Track B: Transmission and Distribution — Safe, Efficient, and Intelligent Energy Transmission and Distribution.
(1) Track positioning: This track focuses on the network of the new energy system—the links of energy transmission, distribution, and dispatching.
(2) Track description: This track focuses on energy, especially electricity, in the infrastructure construction and digital and intelligent upgrading of "transmission, transformation, distribution, and grid-side energy storage." Entries should be dedicated to improving the energy network's ability to absorb a high proportion of renewable energy, enhancing operational efficiency and security resilience, and promoting deep integration between energy infrastructure and advanced information technologies.
(3) Examples of topic directions: 1) key technologies for new power systems, such as flexible DC transmission, fault prediction and self-healing, and DC breaking technologies; 2) optimized operation and protection of smart grids, active distribution networks, and microgrids; 3) collaborative interaction technologies between large-scale energy storage and power grids, such as zero-carbon parks, vehicle-grid interaction, and virtual power plants; 4) large-scale transmission of new energy, intelligent inspection and disaster monitoring, intelligent dispatching, and electricity-carbon measurement and accounting.
3. Track C: Electricity Utilization — A Comprehensive Deepening of End-Use Electricity Transformation.
(1) Track positioning: This track focuses on the load of the new energy system—the energy consumption side.
(2) Track description: In major energy-consuming fields such as industry, transportation, buildings, and agriculture, this track encourages demonstrable engineering designs, fundamental innovations, or system-level solutions for efficient and energy-saving equipment based on new devices, new materials, and new processes, with the goals of comprehensive electrification and ultimate energy efficiency. Entries should be dedicated to replacing terminal fossil-energy consumption, improving energy utilization and electric-energy conversion efficiency, and shaping a green and low-carbon mode of production and life.
(3) Examples of topic directions: 1) alternative technologies in the industrial field, such as efficient electric heating, electric hydrogen production, electric arc furnaces, cutting, and arc welding; 2) high-performance electric-drive technologies; 3) efficient electric-energy utilization, power generation/electric drive, wireless power transfer, charging and discharging in independent power-supply bodies in aviation, aerospace, ships, vehicles, rail transit, robotics, marine engineering, and other fields; 4) new power-supply modes for computing data centers, such as high-voltage DC and solid-state transformers; 5) clean heating, efficient refrigeration, and photovoltaic-storage-DC-flexible buildings in the building sector.
4. Track D: Other Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologies Not Covered Above — Fundamental Energy Technologies and Innovations Supporting the Future.
(1) Track positioning: This track focuses on common key technologies and frontier explorations across the full chain of the new energy system.
(2) Track description: This track is intended for fundamental, frontier, and interdisciplinary technologies that, while not directly belonging to the preceding links, have far-reaching impacts on the entire chain of "power generation, transmission and distribution, and electricity utilization." Participating projects should be committed to solving "problems that have not yet been well solved" in the energy field and providing new principles, new materials, and new methods for future energy technologies.
(3) Examples of topic directions: 1) superconducting electrical engineering and applications, such as new superconducting materials, superconducting magnets, and superconducting cables; 2) high-voltage and insulation technologies, discharge, and insulating materials; 3) electrical switching devices, high-performance motors, transformers, and reactors; 4) advanced electrical engineering theories and innovative applications of basic physical problems in electromagnetics, thermoelectricity, and other energy-related fields; 5) bioelectromagnetics and electromagnetic nondestructive testing; 6) electrical control and intelligent electrical equipment; 7) related self-developed industrial software.
(II) Enterprise-Sponsored Projects
Focusing on the real technical bottlenecks, business scenarios, and strategic needs currently faced by partner enterprises, the enterprise-sponsored category sets up Track G. Participating teams should choose one of the topics in this track and explore innovative solutions with practical application value.
Track G: Schneider Electric Go Green Power Electronics Innovation Track.
Participating teams must choose one of the following three topics, and the project title must be consistent with the selected topic.
1. High-voltage isolated DC/DC power converter; 2. intelligent applications for industrial control; 3. distribution-network fault location and self-healing strategy design.
III. Requirements for Participating Teams
1. Teams participating in the open-topic category may have no more than 5 members, while teams participating in the enterprise-sponsored category may have no more than 6 members. There are no restrictions on major, and interdisciplinary teams are encouraged.
2. Graduate students may account for no more than one-third of the total number of team members. In scoring and advancement, priority will be given to teams whose members are all undergraduates. Each team may have no more than 2 faculty advisors.
3. Each participating student may join only one team in the same year, and each team may participate in only one track.
III. Organizing Unit
Organizer: School of Automation and Electrical Engineering.
IV. Competition Schedule
The Competition is divided into three stages: preliminary round, semifinal, and final. The preliminary round mainly examines research innovation ability, the semifinal mainly examines R&D innovation ability, and the final mainly examines design and implementation ability. The preliminary round and semifinal are provincial-level competitions. The schedule for each stage is as follows:
Registration deadline: March 25, 2026.
Deadline for preliminary-round submissions: April 1, 2026.
Preliminary round: April 2026.
Semifinal: May 2026.
Final: July-August 2026.
The specific schedule is subject to subsequent notices. Please pay timely attention to the Competition website and official WeChat account.
2. Registration Method
Participating teams should log in to the official Competition website, click the "Registration Entrance," register an account, log in to the Competition platform, submit the registration information on the platform, and complete the registration.
V. Contact Information
Competition website: https://eeeic.ces.org.cn
Official WeChat account of the Competition:
Contact person: Mr. Guo Feiya, School of Automation and Electrical Engineering. Office: 10-107.
School of Automation and Electrical Engineering.
March 17, 2026.
