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.
There's literally nothing to lose if you try it out!
Split into 8 different categories, awarded to the finalists
We publish the rankings - get recognized by the top companies and land a great job!
Join individually or form a team of up to 3 people from your school! There are prizes for both.
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!
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.
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 !
What the participants are saying about their experience?
I was not expecting to make it as far as I did; by taking part I learned a great deal about Excel and VBA.
We came to learn, but the competition spoiled us: a new facet and a whole new level of MS Excel and even the improvement of our business English. One of my best moments was to see the name "Kajy" in the 2nd position of the list of participants in group: an immense joy, a great shock, but especially a great pride of the Malagasy and African students that we are.
I was pleasantly surprised by the variety of problems we were asked to solve! I picked up some handy spreadsheet tips and tricks that I'll be able to utilize in my own job, but I also got a chance to practice my analytical thinking and creative problem solving skills.
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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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What else?
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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.
Check out the recap of the last year's competition
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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