Future City Competition
Pittsburgh Region
What is Future City?
Future City is a hands-on cross-curricular educational program that brings STEM to life for students in grades 6 through 8.
Theme for 2024-2025: Above The Current
Design Challenge: Floating City
Design a floating city and provide two innovative examples of how your floating city works and keeps its citizens healthy and safe.
Detailed information can be found here.
Pittsburgh Regional Competition NEWS!
Deliverable dates are listed in dashboard.
Regional Competition Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Location: FedEx Headquarters, 1000 FedEx Drive, Moon Township, PA 15108
Times to be announced by email and in Dashboard
Future City THEME WEBINAR
Recording: 2024-2025 Theme Webinar
Future City Competition National Finals
Date: February 15–18, 2025
Location: Hyatt Regency Capital Hill Washington, D.C.
Volunteers, Judges & Mentors – Registration is open!
Sponsorships available!
Special Awards
| Award Name | Sponsor | Winner |
| Outstanding Future City Project Plan (National Award) | Project Management Institute Educational Foundation |
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| Best Land Surveying Practices (National Award) | National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying |
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| Best Transportation City | ASHE Pittsburgh Section | |
| Best Moveable Part | ASME | |
| Most Innovative Design of Infrastructure Systems | American Society of Civil Engineers – Pittsburgh Section | |
| Most Innovative Transportation Concept | MASITE | |
| Student Choice Award | Engineers’ Society of Western PA |
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