Rosatom Wins the Hi-Tech: Skills of the Future International Championship for the Fourth Time

An international Hi-Tech: Skills of the Future championship was held in Yekaterinburg, where Rosatom’s team won the gold medal in quantum technologies.

Rosatom Competes – and Wins

From 10 to 14 November, the international high-tech professions championship brought together representatives from 50 companies and 17 countries. Rosatom expanded its delegation this year, introducing five of its own competition tracks. The team included employees from the nuclear energy and engineering divisions, research institutes, as well as students and faculty from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI. Training was conducted by the Rosatom Corporate Academy.

The team competed in 29 out of 41 competencies — from traditional fields such as welding and engineering design to frontier disciplines including quantum technologies, AI in autonomous systems, additive manufacturing and digital transformation.

Rosatom itself launched five competition areas: quantum technologies, corporate network cybersecurity, administration, chemical analysis and environmental protection.

“We see the Championship evolving from a skills-testing platform into an essential tool for shaping real industry standards. It is here that new competencies are refined — the same ones that will tomorrow become the foundation of technological leadership across key industrial sectors. We consider the growing involvement of major industrial corporations especially significant, as they increasingly act not only as partners but as initiators and full providers of entire competency blocks.”

Alexander Vaino

Director of the Young Professionals division at the Agency for Strategic Initiatives

Quantum Technologies

The central victory was first place in quantum technologies, won by Nadezhda Tatarinova, a research scientist at Rosatom Quantum Technologies. Participants were tasked with detecting and correcting errors in a quantum processor — a key challenge for the development of domestic quantum systems. The work involved quantum cryptography, optical communication lines and secure information-exchange systems.

The championship has been held since 2014. Rosatom has topped the medal standings four times — in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. In 2024, the team earned awards in 21 out of 22 categories; in 2023, it secured 18 gold medals. In 2022, Rosatom competitors won 61 awards: 20 gold, 27 silver and 14 bronze. These results reflect systematic training and the determination of participants.

A Championship as a Standards Platform

Organizers use the event as a forum for forming new professional standards. Companies send their best specialists, who solve complex practical tasks; the outcomes become benchmarks for industry development.

Rosatom remains the most active participant, meaning that competencies demonstrated by the nuclear sector are likely to be integrated into energy, engineering and digital-technology fields.

Behind Every Winner — Months of Training

The championship records achievements, but does not create them. Behind every participant are intensive training programs run by Rosatom’s Corporate and Technical Academies, hands-on experience at real facilities and mentorship by experienced engineers. This process cultivates specialists ready for work in quantum technologies, AI and digital transformation.

Through Rosatom, Russia has demonstrated that its high-technology competencies are competitive with leading international teams.