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The National University Debating Championship (NUDC) is an intervarsity British Parliamentary debate competition held across Indonesia. The competition is held annually since 2007 by the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan (Kemendikbud)) of Indonesia. This event is also used to select Indonesian official delegation(s) to compete in the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC).

It is also considered as one of, if not the most prestigious national debating competition in Indonesia.

Competition Format and System
The format used in NUDC is the British Parliamentary system, where a team with 2 members competes with 3 other teams inside a debate chamber to achieve the first, second, third, and fourth position. All four teams will be assigned different positions consisting of Opening Government, Opening Opposition, Closing Government, and Closing Opposition.

NUDC consists of 2 stages, being the preliminary rounds and the elimination rounds. 32 teams with the highest Victory Points (VPs) and Speaker Scores during the preliminary rounds will advance to the elimination rounds.

Novice category refers to the elimination round category designated for teams with members who are just joining their first intervarsity debating competition.

Winners and Finalists
In NUDC, there are some awards that are achievable for the participants, such as the Open Champion and Runner-Ups, Novice Champion and Runner-Ups, and the Individual Best Speaker Awards. The 1st to 5th ranked speakers are awarded the gold medal, the 6th to 10th ranked speakers are awarded the silver medal, and the 11th to 15th ranked speakers are awarded the bronze medal.

In memoriam of Roderick Jonathan Martua Sibarani (Indonesia), one of the pioneers of parliamentary debating in Indonesia and a very renowned figure within the community who unfortunately passed away on 2018, since NUDC 2019, a special award of the Roderick Sibarani Trophy is given to the team who is able to collect the highest VPs and Speaker Scores throughout the preliminary rounds. In practice, the top breaking team will be named the Roderick Sibarani Trophy Awardee. The winner of this title is expected to always carry and reflect on the spirit and commitment of Roderick Sibarani in expanding and contribute not only towards the parliamentary debate community, but also the society as a whole.

Adjudication
The Core Adjudication Panel (CAP) consists of 4 - 5 chosen individuals who are assigned the tasks to determine the debate topics (motions) in each rounds, to make the judge accreditation test, to select the names of the invited judges, and to make sure that the competition runs smoothly.

In memoriam of Boby Andika Ruitang (Indonesia), one of the pioneers of parliamentary debating in Indonesia and a very renowned figure within the community who unfortunately passed away on 2021, since NUDC 2023, a special award of the Roderick Sibarani Trophy to the institutional judge who is able to collect the highest score during the preliminary rounds and achieving the title of Best Institutional Judge.