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What is it?

A chance for university and high school students to improve their Excel and logical thinking skills, have fun and meet like-minded people from all over the world. 

We’ll provide various exciting game tasks in Excel and give 2 hours to solve them! The strategy is completely up to you.

Join for Free

There's literally nothing to lose if you try it out!

Compete for a $30,000 Prize Fund

Split into 8 different categories, awarded to the finalists

Get Recognition

We publish the rankings - get recognized by the top companies and land a great job!

Join Individually or With Friends

Join individually or form a team of up to 3 people from your school! There are prizes for both.

Come to Live Finals

In-person live finals in Tucson, Arizona, USA. All costs are covered and you get a chance to meet like-minded people from all over the world!

Learn Excel

You'll start out with a Training Ground to learn more of Excel and only then move into the competition rounds! All tasks and answers will be provided later too. 

Get Certified

All students who complete the training exercises, Round 1 and Round 2 will earn a completion certificate. Put it in your CV and update your LinkedIn profile !

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What's the timeline?

Training Ground

April 14 - September 29

Before the actual competition, we’ll provide you with tasks to solve on your own time – no rankings, no points, no stress. Every month a new task will be added and you will be able to access them at any time.

Sign up at any time to receive access.

Training Ground

April 14 - September 29

Before the actual competition, we’ll provide you with tasks to solve on your own time – no rankings, no points, no stress. Every month a new task will be added and you will be able to access them at any time.

Sign up at any time to receive access.

Round 1

September 30 - October 1

Register for the competition by September 29!

Saturday – Sunday. Choose when you are the most alert and finish the tasks in 2 hours. Participate individually or in a team!

What’s the difference? Form a team if you want to try out the challenge and work with your friends, but join individually if you’re looking for bigger prizes! 😎

Round 1

September 30 - October 1

Register for the competition by September 29!

Saturday – Sunday. Choose when you are the most alert and finish the tasks in 2 hours. Participate individually or in a team!

What’s the difference? Form a team if you want to try out the challenge and work with your friends, but join individually if you’re looking for bigger prizes! 😎

Round 2

October 14: 4 PM London time

The clock is ticking – in this round, you’ll have to solve the tasks during a specific 2-hour window.

Round 2

October 14: 4 PM London time

The clock is ticking – in this round, you’ll have to solve the tasks during a specific 2-hour window.

Finals

December 2

This is your chance to meet your peers at in-person LIVE finals in Tucson, Arizona, USA! The event will be live streamed in an Esports format and you’ll get the full Excel Esports experience. All event, travel, accomodation and catering costs are covered by the organizers*.

* Refer to the competition rules section 5 for the exact cost reimbursement plan.

Finals

December 2

This is your chance to meet your peers at in-person LIVE finals in Tucson, Arizona, USA! The event will be live streamed in an Esports format and you’ll get the full Excel Esports experience. All event, travel, accomodation and catering costs are covered by the organizers*.

* Refer to the competition rules section 5 for the exact cost reimbursement plan.

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MECC 2023 – Sign Up
Please use your school email if possible. The email will be used for all communications including granting access to the competition.
Please use the full name of your university
Please use the full name of the organization you represent
Please use the full name of your high school

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Encourage Others to Participate!

Be among the top 5 schools with the most sign-ups and win a trip to the LIVE finals!

Top 5

University Name Country Unique sign-ups
1
University of Tennessee Knoxville
United States
367
2
University of Arizona
United States
93
3
Panimalar Engineeeing College
India
54
4
Strathmore University
Kenya
54
5
Ateneo de Manila University
Philippines
45

If you’re among the 2 universities/schools with the most sign ups (1 from USA and 1 international), you will be able to choose 1 individual participant and 1 team to go to the LIVE finals in Tucson, Arizona. 

Full costs are covered, including travel, catering, accommodation, conference costs. In total, 5 schools with the most sign-ups are invited to the live finals – accommodation, catering and conference costs are covered, however, travel is not.

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Learn more about us

Organizers

The Eller College of Management is the business school within the University of Arizona – a Research I institution and the flagship university of the state of Arizona. Eller is proudly ranked as a top business school with the #1 MIS Public Graduate Program, the #6 Public Master’s in Finance Program, and the #20 Public Undergraduate Business School in the United States.

Financial Modeling World Cup FMWC hosts several educational, fun and exciting competition in Excel platform, such as Excel Esports, Financial Modeling World Cup, and MS Excel Collegiate Challenge. Contestants from more than 60 countries are actively competing and building a community where everybody can learn from each other.

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Contact us at info@fmworldcup.com