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- National Student Esports (NSE), the first official university esports body in the UK, has named Intel the official headline sponsor of its British University Esports Championship.
- The long-term partnership will include a “range of initiatives” throughout the 2019/2020 championship series.
- Nearly 600 teams competed in the 2018 inaugural season of the British University Esports Championship.
National Student Esports (NSE) and Intel 
have announced a long-term partnership for the second season of the British University Esports Championship (BUEC).
According to a release, NSE and Intel will work together on a “range of initiatives” during the 2019/2020 season, with more details to be announced “later this year.” The official NSE website lists Intel as the official headline partner.
“Intel is committed to the future of esports—which as well as creating new technology means supporting grassroots university leagues to hosting major tournaments and investing in the ideas, communities, and talent we believe in,” said UK Gaming and Esports Lead at Intel UK Scott Gillingham in a statement.
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NSE was founded in 2017 as the United Kingdom’s first official university esports body. It was created by Benchmark, a global group of organizations that specialize in the development of sport and entertainment-related networks, and is supported by British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS), the national governing body for university sport in the UK.
Other NSE partners include Monster Energy , gamer-focused charity Special Effect, and Belong Gaming Arenas .
The inaugural season of the British Esports Championship kicked off in October of 2018, during which nearly 600 unique teams across 79 universities competed for the title of “Esports University of the Year.”
Teams compete in seven different game titles including Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), Dota 2 , Overwatch , and League of Legends . NSE will expand its list of titles “in the coming months.” Each team competes for points, which are tallied at the end of the season to determine the top school.
