International Competition in Physics and Mathematics for High School Students
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
MIPT has organized the Phystech International Competition for school students, the competition will give students a chance to prove themselves in the field of mathematics and physics.
Eligibility
Participation is open to every high school students graduating in 2019 or within two years.
Prizes
- For many winners this is an opportunity to be included into the database of promising and talented students and receive diplomas.
- Winners of the competition and prize awardees will have an advantage when applying to the state grant for tuition-free education.
Stages of the Competition
- The olympiad is conducted in two stages. The first stage is a qualifying round held online. The second stage is final and will be held on site, in the cities of the participating countries. It spans two days, one for mathematics and one for physics. The list of countries and cities that will hold Olympiads will be listed on the website no later than December.
- Participation is free, and all contestants are competing on equal terms.
- In order to participate in the final stage of the Phystech.International olympiad, a participant has to be a first-, second-, or third-grade winner in the online stage based on the amount of points gained in each of the subjects. The winners of the final stage of Phystech.International 2017 are invited directly to the final stage of this year’s Phystech.International, without the need to participate in the online competition.
How to start
Register at the website and choose one or both subject areas. In order to start solving problems in physics or mathematics, the participant needs to click the “Begin the competition” or “Continue the competition” button in the appropriate subject at the event line. These buttons will be available during the online stage. After clicking one of them, the participant will have access to problems and will be able to fill in the answer boxes and edit them from September 25th until November 30th, 2018. After that, all answers will be committed and no longer available for editing. Each Olympiad consists of 10 problems.