The Economics Department at the Faculty of Management Sciences, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA), is excited to host ‘The Best First-Year Economist Poster Competition’. This semi-annual competition is about presenting a poster based on a theme stated by the organizing committee each semester on an economic problem. The contestants should propose a solution (or solutions) for it. The problem and the solution(s) should be included in the poster in a creative and catchy manner.
The poster competition is open only to students in their first year and enrolled in either the Introduction to Macroeconomics (ECO101) or the Introduction to Microeconomics (ECO102) courses, but not to those studying higher-level economics courses. The competition is also open to students from other Egyptian universities at the same level and enrolled in similar courses.
Selected posters will be presented in the last week of classes on ONE PowerPoint slide. A jury formed of prominent economists will evaluate the posters. Based on their evaluations, three certificates will be awarded to the first, second, and third winners.
Spring 2026 Semester Theme
The theme of the competition this semester is:
E-waste or electronic waste: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every year, millions of electronic and electrical devices, such as computers or mobile phones, are discarded as product breaks or thrown away as they become old. These discarded devices are considered e-waste (or electronic waste). Although they contain valuable materials such as gold, copper, and rare earth metals, they become dangerous to health and the environment since they are improperly recycled. Recycling using unsound activities can release up to 1000 different toxic materials into the environment, contaminating our food and harming our health. How can we save our environment from e-waste?
