The Huawei ICT Competition 2026 features three categories and five technology tracks, covering practice, innovation and teaching.
Huawei has announced the launch of the 11th Huawei ICT Competition 2026–2027 in the Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA).
Open to university students and teachers, the Huawei ICT Competition is an international platform for the participants to strengthen their ICT knowledge, exchange ideas and develop relevant technology skills. Throughout the competition, participants can advance from national and regional rounds towards the Global Final, according to Huawei.
Huawei ICT Competition 2026-27
The 2026–2027 edition of Huawei ME & CA ICT Competition features three competitions and five technology tracks.
The Practice Competition includes Network, Cloud and Computing tracks, covering areas such as datacom, security, WLAN, data centre networks, cloud, artificial intelligence, openEuler, openGauss and Kunpeng.
The Innovation Competition features an AI Innovation Track focused on areas including general-purpose AI, agents, computing, storage, ModelEngine and Nexent, while the Teaching Competition includes the Industry-Education Collaboration Track.
Cong Liang, Chief Strategy Officer of Huawei Middle East and Central Asia Region, said: “The Middle East and Central Asia is building an intelligent and digital future, and developing a strong pipeline of skilled young talent is critical to sustaining that progress. The Huawei ICT Competition brings universities, students, and the technology ecosystem closer and gives participants an opportunity to build practical capabilities in areas that are shaping the next phase of digital development, from cloud and computing to artificial intelligence. We aim to help build the skills that will support the region’s digital ambitions for the coming years.”
According to Huawei more than 180,000 teachers and students from over 800 universities in 19 ME&CA countries have participated in the Huawei ICT Competition since the first regional edition in 2016–2017.
The competition works alongside international and educational organisations to broaden access to digital skills and learning. It is associated with the UNESCO Global Skills Academy partnership project and has been featured on the China Association of Higher Education’s list of national university and college student competitions.
Students and participating institutions can learn more or apply for the Huawei ICT Competition 2026–2027 competition tracks here.
Disclaimer: This article is based on Huawei’s official announcement of the ICT Competition 2026–2027 and has been edited for length and readability. Programme details, competition tracks and initiatives are based on information provided by the company.
