Team size and diversity: A team must have at least three and no more than five members. They may be from different disciplines, different universities, or different countries. (More detail)

Student status of team members: Each team member must have been registered as a student, in an undergraduate or graduate program, on January 1 of the competition year.

Team coach: The team must identify a local coach. A team's coach will be an experienced evaluation practitioner or teacher who will help the team prepare for the competition.

One team per country:

• For countries that have a national evaluation case competition (Canada, the Czech Republic, India and the United States), the winning team will represent their country. 

• For all other countries, if more than one team registers for the World Competition, the organizing committee will select the team to represent that country.

Substitutions: After being accepted into the competition, a team may recruit substitute students to replace members who are unavailable on the day of the event. 

Language considerations: The case for the competition is produced in English. Teams may use English, French, or Spanish for their submission.

Time allowed for preparing submissions: Teams working in English will have seven (7) hours to prepare their submission. Teams preparing a submission in French or Spanish will have eight (8) hours. All other teams will have nine (9) hours.

Nature of the case: The evaluation case may be in any subject area and address any aspect of program evaluation.

Assessment critertia: The criteria used by the judging panel will be included in the case file that is provided to teams on the day of the event.