Olympiads

Canada’s invitation-only national math olympiads; results feed selection for the International Mathematical Olympiad team.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

Kazakhstan's state subject olympiad, run by RNPC Daryn, moving from school to district, regional and final stages in science, mathematics, languages and humanities.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

The free selection and training programme of the Korean Biology Olympiad Committee, which chooses and trains Korea's team for the next year's International Biology Olympiad (IBO) through online courses, selection exams and winter schools at Seoul National University.

• Grades 10–11
• Cost not published

Japan's national physics contest for high school and junior high students, which selects Japan team candidates for the following year's International and Asian Physics Olympiads. Applications usually open each April-May; the 2027 dates have not been announced.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: ¥2,000

UISO is a national science event run by the Science Department of the FMIPA student executive board at Universitas Indonesia. Its Olimpiade Sains Pelajar (OSP) is an OSN-style olympiad for SMA students in seven fields, with an online preliminary and an on-campus final. The 2027 edition is not announced yet.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

Japan's national competitive programming olympiad for students up to high school grade 3, which selects the teams for IOI, APIO and (through the women's division JOIG) EGOI. Entry for JOI 2026/2027 has closed; the next cycle has not been announced yet.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

KIMEP University's entry-grant olympiad for final-year school and college students in Kazakhstan, held in English, with 100% and 50% tuition grants.

• Grades 11–12
• Cost not published

Idaho's Science Olympiad tournaments, a team science competition based on national standards, held at Idaho State University and Boise State University.

• Up to grade 12
• Cost not published

The national physics olympiad run with the Institute of Physics Singapore; schools are invited and nominate students, and strong results feed national training for the international physics olympiads.

• JC1 – JC2
• Cost not published

Korea's team for the International Economics Olympiad is selected through the Hankyung TESAT economics exam: the five top-scoring high school test-takers represent Korea at the IEO.

• Grades 10–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

The Korean Astronomical Society's astronomy olympiad programme, which trains middle and high school students through online lectures, assignments and camps and selects Korea's team for the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA).

• Grades 9–11
• Fee: ₩50,000

Fizmat's international team olympiad in mathematics, physics and computer science, held each January in Almaty.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published