EBEC is the largest engineering competition of this kind in Europe. EBEC competition consists of three levels: local, regional and final. Students compete in four member teams in two categories - Case Study and Team Design; the best teams from each category at the local level (83 events) participate at the next – regional/national level. There are 15 regional / national competitions. Winners from regional / national competitions in both categories, come to participate in the competition final held in Warsaw.

Case Study deals with a theoretical problem in the field of technology or management presented to participants to solve in their own specific way. After several hours of work, the solutions of the problems are presented and compared with others. Students use their own ways and methods, and give conclusions to the stated problem. Companies have a chance to offer a real problem for students to solve, and a jury composed of company representatives and professors decides on the winner.

Team Design is a category in which students construct a device, within a given time, from provided materials, in order to achieve a predefined action using their knowledge and creativity. The company may present a problem with which it is currently engaged or was engaged with in past. The jury composed of company representatives and teachers decides on the winner.