International Rocket Engineering Competition 2025

Hello Teams!

Reminder that Pre-Registration is due by April 28th by 11:59 pm CT!

Almost 1300 students have registered so far, thank you if you have done so! Time slots are filling up, act soon to register in your preferred timeframe. 

We have been seeing a lot of questions about tickets for advisors, your advisors do not have to buy a rocketeer ticket, but please make sure they register as an advisor! 

The following teams HAVE completed registration, thank you so much for your prompt registration, if your team is not on this list, check in with your team members!

• 110 Chosun university
• 144 Rochester Institute of Technology
• 407 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• 306 Kent State University
• 112 Clemson University
• 212 Politecnico di Torino
• 201 Brigham Young University
• 502 Université Laval
• 224 University of Texas at Arlington
• 174 University of Kentucky
• 172 University of Florida
• 111 Clarkson University
• 153 Tarleton State University
• 126 Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
• 706 University of Calgary
• 310 Rio de Janeiro State University
• 209 National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest
• 101 Arizona State University
• 216 The University of Melbourne
• 148 Sapienza University of Rome
• 122 George Fox University
• 158 The University of Tulsa
• 114 DUZCE UNIVERSITY
• 190 Virginia Polytechnic Institute
• 176 University of Manitoba
• 222 University of North Dakota
• 146 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• 406 University of Minnesota Duluth
• 160 Tufts University
• 218 The University of Texas at El Paso
• 143 Queen's University
• 177 University of Michigan-Dearborn
• 901 Polytechnique Montreal
• 114 DUZCE UNIVERSITY
• 601 Technical University of Munich
• 162 Universidad de Antioquia
• 171 University of Cincinnati
• 704 The University of Sydney
• 193 Wichita State University
• 173 University of Georgia
• 218 The University of Texas at El Paso
• 188 Vellore Institute of Technology
• 150 Seoul National University
• 203 Case Western Reserve University
• 108 Boise State University
• 180 University of New Mexico
• 115 Eastern Washington University
• 123 Illinois Institute of Technology
• 175 University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• 159 TOBB University of Economics and Technology
• 184 University of Virginia
• 312 Texas Tech University
• 108 Boise State University
• 155 The University of Alabama
• 314 University of California, Irvine
• 214 Texas A&M University
• 601 Technical University of Munich
• 149 Selcuk University
• 400 Duke University
• 409 University of Washington - Seattle
• 127 Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
• 603 University of Missouri-Columbia

Thank you for your time,

Sierra Stockwell

Registration Coordinator

Uprange Operations Manager

The following teams failed to submit their 3rd progress report by the Friday 5 pm CST deadline and the first reminder.
Please send an email to  to request a late submission by Tuesday April 22 at 5pm CST. All Points for this submission will be deducted.  Failure to submit your 3rd Progress Report will lead to your removal from the competition.

131 Kathmandu University
139 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
146 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
156 The University of Arizona
165 University Sains Malaysia
206 Houston Community College
303 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
307 King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
402 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The following teams failed to submit their 3rd progress report by the Friday 5 pm CST deadline:
Please send an email to  to request a late submission. Points for this submission will be deducted for all late submissions.  Failure to submit your 3rd Progress Report will lead to your removal from the competition.

123 Illinois Institute of Technology

131 Kathmandu University

139 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

146 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

156 The University of Arizona

165 University Sains Malaysia

187 Utah State University

193 Wichita State University

206 Houston Community College

211 New Mexico State University

224 University of Texas at Arlington

303 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

307 King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi

402 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

501 Toronto Metropolitan University

Teams this is a reminder of the naming convention for Progress Report 3 title. There are only a few teams that have submitted with the correct naming convention. 

The submission must follow the example :

Team 100_ESRA University_ Progress Report 3.

There is a 50 character limit, if your University name is too long you can abbreviate that. But including the Team Number is very important. 

Payments should be made at www.soundingrocket.org

After the April 11th, 6pm CT deadline, Project and Rocketeer fees increase significantly and any refunds (for already paid Project and Rocketeer fees) are no longer allowed.   Application fees are never refunded.

Rocket Project fees will increase to $900 and individual rocketeer fees to $90.

You have 3 days to make these payments (at the lower price) so please ensure your team does not miss the deadline.