Faculty of Civil Engineering is a partner in the international project 'V4UAVchallenge – an annual students' drone meeting and competition', which is being carried out in collaboration with universities from the Visegrad Group (V4) countries.

The project received 15,000 euros from the International Visegrad Fund, granted as part of a program supporting innovative initiatives for sustainable development and international cooperation in the V4 region (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary).

The project aims to develop students' skills in piloting and the practical use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as well as building a lasting platform for academic cooperation in Central Europe.

International V4 partnership

The project is being implemented in cooperation with three renowned universities:

• University of National Education Commission, Krakow (Poland)
• Technical University in Zvolen (Slovakia),
• Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic),
• University of Szeged (Hungary).

The cooperation includes the exchange of teaching and research experience on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in science, the economy, and environmental protection.

Objectives and assumptions of the “student UAV competition”

The project involves the preparation and organisation of a team drone competition for students from universities in the V4 countries. An additional element of the project will be a seminar of Student Research Clubs, devoted to the use of drones in various areas of economic, research, and environmental activity.

A minimum of 64 participants will take part in the tournament, including 48 students (divided into teams of three) and 16 lecturers/supervisors. Each country may enter up to four student teams and four lecturers. As the project partner, our University has the guaranteed right to enter at least two teams.

The tournament will be combined with:

• a session of student research groups (SRG),
• a seminar for lecturers on UAV education and training,
• project evaluation and the development of recommendations for future editions.

The project starts in March, and information on how to join the competition team will be published on the project website https://v4uav.uken.krakow.pl/