Yesterday, the Lu Ban Workshop in Turkmenistan served, for the first time, as a venue for an international open online Olympiad in computer science for students from Turkmen and Chinese oil and gas universities.

Students from the Yagshygeldi Kakayev International Oil and Gas University, the China University of Petroleum, Xi’an Shiyou University, and the Hebei Petroleum Vocational and Technical University (PRC) took part in the Olympiad, reports "Turkmenistan: Golden Age."

The grand opening ceremony of the Olympiad took place in the large assembly hall of the Turkmen oil and gas university, with the participation of university administrators, faculty members, and students.

120 students from two countries took an active part in the international Olympiad.

The results of the Olympiad were tallied for both individual and team categories using specialized software developed by a Turkmen university. The top-performing participants and teams, having secured the highest scores, were declared winners and awarded first, second, and third-place diplomas.

The bilateral event was organized on the basis of memoranda of understanding between a Turkmen university and three Chinese universities specializing in oil and gas.

It is worth recalling that the first Luban Workshop in Turkmenistan was opened this April at the Yagshygeldi Kakayev International Oil and Gas University, with the aim of contributing to the training of highly qualified specialists for the country’s oil and gas sector.