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Pre-register for 2018Pre-register for 2018The largest student mainframe competition in the world has finished its 13th year in a row with new prizes and new challenges for students around the world.
Win prizes while gaining unique skills that will land you a career in Fortune 500 companies around the world! No experience needed!
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I am currently a student at the University of North Texas pursuing two degrees, Business Computers Information Systems and Decision Sciences. I have had summer internships in mainframe and in cybersecurity.
Murilo Andrade from Brazil, started his professional life as an intern in a computer store when he was 16 yo. While attending civil engineering college, acted as a freelancer of computer-aided designs and buildings’ projects. He has been engaged in the Master the Mainframe contests for 3 consecutive editions. Currently working in a public office, he intends to pursue an IT career upon completion of college.
I’m currently doing my master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Leipzig. Besides my studies I work with the European Mainframe Academy and the Academic Mainframe Consortium. I’m very proud to have my own Enterprise Class Mainframe since 2017.
UT High School
United States
Nagoya University
Japan
RWTH Aachen University
Japan
FATEC Rubens Lara
Brazil
Hochschule Coburg
Germany
University of Lagos
Nigeria
Bayero University Kano
Nigeria
RCC Institute of Information Technology
India
Tribhuwan University
Nepal
Meet the IBM Z mainframe and acquaint yourself with the user interfaces, the basic concepts, and data structures. IBM will provide step by step instructions to complete the challenges and set you up for success in Part 2.
Students will program (advanced commands, system setup, and system navigation), develop (C, JAVA, COBOL, assembler, and REXX) and experience operating systems challenges on IBM Z.
Dive deeper using real life scenarios encountered by experienced systems programmers. Challenges will put contestants to the test and identify those with the most drive and determination to master the mainframe.
This unique, virtual contest is open globally to high school and college students to progressively teach mainframe skills in a real-world enterprise computing environment. Employers from around the globe use this contest to seek out potential candidates for mainframe careers. Learn more about the contest history.
Industry relies on the mainframe for their speed, reliability, scalability, and unmatched security. Mainframes are critical to the success of a wide range of industries for high-speed cloud computing, real-time analytics, and more, just look at the numbers!
Master the Mainframe and you’ll be taking a giant step toward developing critical skills that are in hot demand by the world’s largest and most respected companies.
Besides the awesome prizes, you can get unprecedented exposure to a variety of systems, software, and products. You can earn an Enterprise Computing Open Badge for your resume and social presences to impress potential employers. Yup, that’s right. This competition can even land you a job!
Anyone who is currently a student at the high school or university level can compete — no experience is necessary. The contest teaches the skills you’ll need and the competition difficulty increases as you progress through the contest phases.
All you need to do is register and you’ll be on the first part of your journey towards Mastering the Mainframe.