From July 26 to 28, 2025, the city of Alexandria hosted the final stage of the “Precise Energy” Olympiad, a major educational initiative organized by Rosatom. More than 3,000 schoolchildren and university students from the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) construction region participated in the qualifying rounds of the competition, with over 600 finalists representing 20 leading educational institutions.
The final events took place at the historic Al-Anfushi Cultural Center, a landmark known for its blend of architectural charm and accessibility, creating an ideal setting for engaging Egypt’s youth in science and technology.
The final events took place at the historic Al-Anfushi Cultural Center, a landmark known for its blend of architectural charm and accessibility, creating an ideal setting for engaging Egypt’s youth in science and technology.
Participants competed across multiple disciplines. University students tackled advanced challenges in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, while school-level contestants took part in a comprehensive natural sciences assessment. In addition, team-based engineering competitions tested participants’ problem-solving skills, creativity, and collaboration — key qualities for the future workforce of Egypt’s growing energy sector.
“At Rosatom, we are not only building modern nuclear power plants using advanced technologies that ensure safety and efficiency — we are also a knowledge-driven corporation,” said Murad Aslanov, Director of Rosatom’s Country Office in Egypt.
“Every year, we implement hundreds of educational projects around the world in the fields of science, technology, capacity building and intellectual development. Naturally, we bring the best of these formats to our Egyptian friends,” added Murad Aslanov.
“The Olympiad provides an opportunity to engage young people in science and engineering knowledge, to help talented children show themselves off and lay the foundations for their future professional advancement. In order to nurture qualified specialists for the future, we need to start now by boosting their interest and inspiration, providing support for those who are just taking their first steps in natural sciences and technology,” said Nina Dementsova, Head of Atomstroyexport JSC Communications Division.
Alexander Nakhabov, Deputy Head of the Department of Nuclear Physics and Technology at the Obninsk Institute of Atomic Energy (OINPE MEPhI), also addressed the finalists, emphasizing the role of such initiatives in preparing highly skilled professionals for the nuclear industry. “The first chain of the STEM Energy Olympiads held in Egypt demonstrated high standards of schoolchildren and students training, as the winners solved most of the problems in mathematics and chemistry. Physics turned out to be more complicated, but it suggests great potential for further development. It is essentially important that the guys focus on a vast array of jobs, such as future work in the nuclear industry, further education in the field of Russia’s nuclear energy and joint programs with Egyptian universities,” he said.
The winners of the Olympiad in 2025 were: school level – Mohamed Tarek Kachef (College Saint Marc); mathematics – Fatma Nosaad Elsayed (Alexandria University), physics – Omar Khaled Elshazly (Egypt Japan University), chemistry – Mohamed Samir Goher (Alexandria University), student team competition for solving engineering problems – Alexandria University, Engineering and IT Faculty.
The “Precise Energy” Olympiad aims to promote engineering and scientific careers, identify promising young talent, develop natural science education and engineering mindset. The event is organized by Atomstroyexport JSC, the Engineering Division of Rosatom State Corporation, in collaboration with ANO Energy of the Future and OINPE MEPhI.
When constructing El-Dabaa NPP, the first nuclear facility in Egypt, Rosatom does not merely introduce advanced technologies, but creates as well the basis for the development of the country's high-tech industry which is implemented through personnel training, transfer of competencies and support for scientific and educational initiatives. Rosatom helps Egypt to form a generation of specialists capable to ensure the sustainable development of the national nuclear programme and related innovative areas.
Information on El-Dabaa NPP project
El-Dabaa NPP is the first NPP in Egypt. It is being built in the city of El-Dabaa, in the Matruh province on the Mediterranean coast, approximately 300 km. north-west from Cairo. The El-Dabaa NPP consists of four 1200 MW power units equipped with Russian VVER-1200 pressurized water reactors of the latest third generation; these reactors are state-of-the art technologies that have been successfully operated at reference NPPs.