The Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship presented by Certiport, Inc. is a global competition that tests students’ skills on Microsoft Office Word, Excel® and PowerPoint® (2010 or 2013). Top students from all over the world weer invited to represent their respective countries at the World Championship.

Fundatia EOS organised the National Microsoft Office Championship in partnership with Certipro Education and Microsoft Romania. The national finals were held in Bucharest at the Microsoft Romania headquarters on May 6 2016.

From a total of 432 exams passed, 172 students were admitted in the national championship - only 23 made it to the finals with the best scores nationally. To qualify to the worldwide edition of the championship, the 23 finalists had to re-site their elected exam. The exam scores were really high and one students even scored the PERFECT SCORE of 1000 points out of 1000.

The three winners from Romania are:

- Ciprian Adrian Mureșan, Liceul de Informatica "Tiberiu Popoviciu" din Cluj-Napoca - PowerPoint (953 points)

- Tiberiu Paul Danciu, Colegiul Național "Grigore Moisil" din București, Excel (980 points)

- Mihai Macarie, Colegiul Național "Aurel Vlaicu" din Orăștie, Word (1000 points).

More information can be found on the EOS website ay www.eos.ro (in Romanian) or on the Global Championship website here: www.moschampionship.com