The Yekaterinburg Expo hosted the 10th AtomSkills-2025 Professional Skills Championship. The opening ceremony was held on 30 March. This year’s anniversary championship is taking place in an international format with participants from China, Turkey, Egypt, Bangladesh, Belarus and several other countries.
This year AtomSkills competitions, both for the professional and student leagues, encompass 44 skills, including two new ones: “Developing business applications on the 1C: Enterprise” and “Graphic Design” (currently in demo format). Representatives of 16 teams from Rosatom’s divisions and companies, of representative teams from major domestic and foreign companies, and students from 70 specialized educational institutions, are vying for the title of champion in each skill. Experts in various fields have developed the competition tasks for each skill in line with both industry and global standards.
Alongside the competitive part, AtomSkills-2025 includes a comprehensive business agenda, divided into four topical tracks: Career Guidance, Pedagogy, Human Resources, and Parenting.
All events within the business program are centered on professional education as the cornerstone of a long-term strategy aimed at achieving sustainable technological sovereignty and securing the country’s leadership in key industrial and manufacturing sectors.
As a separate segment, the business program includes thematic exhibitions that have the common concept for the events of various tracks. These includes “10 Years of the Rosatom Championship Movement” and “Outreach Campaign Poster: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”, booths presented by Rosatom’s partner educational institutions and the large-scale exhibition «Educational Solutions for Technological Leadership» prepared by the Rosatom Corporate Academy and partner companies.
For the young participants of the championship, juniors and leaders of the Rosatom student community jointly with the ambassadors of the federal project “Professionalitet” have prepared guided tours to different skill sites, thematic workshops, meetings with experts, and quizzes with prizes. Visitors will gain insights into professions and specialties that are in high demand in today’s economy and business landscape. They will also learn about educational institutions that offer training in these fields and about career opportunities at Rosatom. Furthermore, they can register for internships at Rosatom.
“The successful ten-year history of AtomSkills demonstrates that this initiative is both popular and essential for enhancing the country’s and industry’s human capital. The championship has emerged as a distinctive platform for training engineers and workers, fostering a new generation of highly skilled professionals. In the past decade, it brought together approximately 15,000 experts and young talents. AtomSkills competitions allow us to improve educational standards and adopt best practices across the industry. Due to this approach, we can work effectively with talented people and achieve the goals of national technological leadership. Through Rosatom’s professional skills competitions, we not only prepare teams for national and international competitions, but also establish a sustained system for skill development within a broad educational ecosystem of the industry,” said Yulia Uzhakina, Director General of the Rosatom Corporate Academy.
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AtomSkills is an annual championship for skilled workers and engineers. The event has been held by Rosatom since 2016. The championship is a tool used to create a professional environment, encouraging knowledge and expertise sharing between generations. AtomSkills invites experts, students, and schoolchildren in the general ecosystem created for training and developing workers and engineers in Russia. The first AtomSkills included competitions in 10 skills and was attended by approximately 450 industry professionals and experts. Nowadays, AtomSkills is one of the world’s major professional skill championships in 44 categories for two leagues: the Professional League and the Student League. AtomSkills brings together more than 2,000 participants, including professionals from the nuclear sector, students, and teams from major Russian companies. Since 2023, the champtionship has been an international event with participants from Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cuba, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and others. The AtomSkills business program is centered on a variety of personnel training aspects addressing the technological advancement tasks and fostering national technological independence. The program encompasses panel discussions, startup conferences, workshops, analytical and project sessions, as well as expert advice on international, industrial, and national matters.
Supplying skilled professionals for the Russian economy is essential for its modernization and strong sovereignty. To this end, the national project “Personnel” was initiated in 2025. Rosatom and its companies are actively involved in this project by supporting scientific and educational initiatives, participating in the establishment of core departments at Russian universities and in the organization of practical training and internship for students, including their subsequent employment.
