International Competition on Smart Innovation Technologies (IC-SIT'2026)
The IEEE Egypt AP-S/MTT-S Joint Chapter, Alexandria, Egypt, organizes the International Competition on Smart Innovation Technologies (IC-SIT). The IEEE AP-S and MTT-S societies are providing technical support for the competition.
About The IC-SIT’2026
This competition aims to stimulate students’ interests, excite them, and enable them to understand and experience the role of engineering in scientific and engineering innovation. This is an annual event where high school and college students can work with engineering and business professionals to design or invent a product to show off.
The competition will culminate in an exhibition of project displays, final judging, and awards presentation in Alexandria, Egypt. The competition will be divided into levels and categories. The competition website, IC-SIT’2026 Competition, has the most recent updates for the competition details of all the activities.
Benefits of IC-SIT competition
In fact, the IC-SIT competition provides much-needed structure to those who are just getting started in science, technology, and engineering, while also serving as a skill-building opportunity for those who are more advanced in smart technologies, antenna, microwave, electromagnetics, coding, programming, design development, robotics, sensors and much more.
The advantages of the IC-SIT competition include opportunities for students to think critically and work autonomously in some cases or to collaborate in teams in others, thereby strengthening their collaborative and social skills. Furthermore, for both newcomers to IC-SIT and advanced students, the right competition can provide a great opportunity to enhance their vision and practical practice. The IC-SIT competition, like most competitions, especially for online and virtual events, can offer prizes as well as a way for participants to earn money from home.
The IC-SIT competition allows anyone living anywhere in the world to present and develop their experience on a global scale. Aside from having fun, all participants can expect to solve real-world problems, face challenges that require hands-on participation, and think outside the box.
Who can participate in this competition?
- The IC-SIT competition has two levels for both international and national competitors:
* Secondary Schools (Government-STEM-Private-Technological)
* Colleges and Universities (Government-National-Private-Technological)
- Individuals or small groups of up to ten students can form teams. All team members must attend the same high school, college, or university.
- Each school, college, or university may allow up to ten teams to participate.
- The student(s) must compete in their respective category based on their age and the level/class they are currently attending in the year of the competition.
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Competition Timeline
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25 April 2026
Deadline for Registration and Proposal Submission
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5 May 2026
Preliminary Selection Notification
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30 May 2026
Deadline for 2nd Level Project File Collection
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15 June 2026
Level Acceptance Notification
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22 June 2026
Applying Verification Video for Final Judging
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3 July 2026
Notification of Final Judging
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22-23 July 2026
Ceremony of Awards