Student Formula Events
Formula SAE / Formula Student is a series of competitions organised by several FISITA member societies around the world, in which teams of university students compete to design, develop, build and race - small, formula style cars.
For the purpose of the competition, students assume that they have been engaged to produce a prototype car for evaluation. The intended sales market is the non-professional weekend autocross or sprint racer. Therefore the car must have high performance in terms of acceleration, braking and handling characteristics. It must also be low in cost, easy to maintain, reliable and aesthetically pleasing.
The competitions are among the most successful anywhere in the education world - exposing the teams to marketing, time management, team building, budgeting and presentation skills in addition to applied engineering techniques.
Based on Formula SAE, which was first developed by SAE Int. in 1981, thousands of students now take part in competitions organised in America, Europe and the Asia Pacific area. Many participants have gone on to pursue successful careers in the automotive and motorsports industries.
Click below for more information on each of the competitions.
Formula SAE, United States (organised by SAE Int.)
Formula Student, United Kingdom (organised by IMechE)
Formula SAE Australasia (organised by SAE-A)
Formula SAE Japan (organised by JSAE)
Formula SAE Italy (organised by ATA)
Formula Student Germany (organised by VDI-FVT)
Formula SAE Brazil (organised by SAE Brazil)
Formula Student Russia (organised by Pilot-Energo Motorspor & MADI (STU))
Other student competitions:
FISITA supports IMechE Greenpower, an exciting and challenging competition with proven success in encouraging school age students to pursue careers in automotive engineering.
Aimed at students aged between 12 and 16 years, IMechE Greenpower gives young people hands-on experience in engineering as well as project management, team building and budget control.
Teams of students design, build and race electrically powered racing cars. Each car is powered by a standard 24-volt electric motor and 12-volt lead/acid batteries.
Now in its tenth year of operation in the United Kingdom, IMechE Greenpower has grown to become a major national programme engaging hundreds of students and schools across the country.
The BAJA and Mini BAJA competitions is where university students plan, design, and build off-road vehicles that must survive the severe punishment of rough terrain. These events provide student members with a challenging competition that involves all aspects of automotive engineering to make a vehicle more powerful, faster and safer.
Baja SAE India
Watch a video clip from BAJA SAE India 2007
http://bajasaeindia.org/index.php
Baja SAEŽ Alabama
http://auburn2009.bajasae.net/
Baja SAEŽ Oregon
http://students.sae.org/competitions/bajasae/oregon/
Baja SAEŽ Wisconsin
http://students.sae.org/competitions/bajasae/wisconsin/
KSAE Mini Baja
http://jajak.ksae.org/eng/eng_intro.asp
BAJA SAE Korea
http://yu.ac.kr/~race/11_english/eng-index.htm
BAJA SAE South Africa
http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=2163mini_baja
BAJA SAE Brazil
http://www.saebrasil.org.br/eventos/baja2009/
Formula Electric & Hybrid Italy organised by ATA
Formula EHI is dedicated to alternative propulsion vehicles and offers participants a vision of recent developments of technologies in the ecological mobility field.
http://www.ata.it/formulaata/FormulaEHI07/index_html
Formula Hybrid organised by SAE International
Formula Hybrid challenges college and university students to design, build, and race high-performance hybrid vehicles. Building on the Formula SAE program, Formula Hybrid adds an extra level of complexity: fuel efficiency.
http://www.formula-hybrid.org/