Can I apply with a team made of professionals in RC, and that doesn represent any academic institution?
Accordingly to the regulation, you can include professionals, like engineers in your team. It says: “The number of members that are not university students can never exceed 50% of the total number of members. The number of members that are not university students or professors can never exceed 35% of the total number of members.” Check the full article to see who is considered a student. This means, that you can include engineers or professionals up to 35% of the total team’s members. It is mandatory to have at least 50% of university students in you team. This is made to provide experience and knowledge exchange between professionals, or engineers, and students. It is also to disapprove the temptation of not having non experienced member in your team, like students, because they are the main target for this competition. Besides this, you may consider not to represent an academic institution. It is predicted in the regulations also.
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