Programs

The Youth Affairs Agency fully refunds the exam fee to young people under 31 who reach a high score on one of 18 international exams, including IELTS 7.0, TOEFL iBT 94 and SAT 1200.

• Grades not published
• No fee

The National Centre for Writing's annual creative writing competition for 10-18-year-olds living or studying in Norfolk, accepting up to four pieces per entrant.

• Year 10–13
• Cost not published

Nationwide multi-stage subject olympiad across 13 general subjects for rural school students in grades 9–11(12), initiated by the Ministry of Education and Daryn with university rector grants awarded to winners.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A national product-design contest co-hosted by MEXT, the Japan Patent Office, the Japan Patent Attorneys Association and INPIT, where high school, KOSEN and university students submit their own unpublished designs. Winners file a real design registration application with a patent attorney's support, with fees paid by the organizers.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

A 45-minute online webinar for post-16 students, teachers and advisors introducing lesser-known Engineering and Physical Sciences degrees at Leeds, including Chemical and Process Engineering, Materials Science Engineering and Computer Science.

• Year 12–13 / S5–S6
• No fee

The national FIRST robotics championship run by USTEM Foundation at Alem Tech Fest in Astana, where FIRST Tech Challenge teams build and program competition robots.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

An annual schools essay competition run by the Cambridge Language Collective with junior (Years 10-11) and senior (Years 12-13) categories in politics, philosophy, literature, and film and art. The 2027 round has not been announced.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Cost not published

An online physics contest run twice a year by the Korean Physical Society, open to any interested student, with four levels from beginner to expert and grade certificates plus awards for top scorers.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: ₩100,000

A free, virtual, youth-led conference for students in Grades 8 to 12 anywhere in Canada, run each year by the Ripple Foundation.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A team physics research tournament: teams investigate open-ended problems for months and defend their results in online debate-style rounds; selects Canada’s IYPT team.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

A free Kemenag contest in short-story writing, poster design and creative video on religious literacy, for school students (madrasah and general schools) and students of religious universities. The next edition has not been announced.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Design a research project on a flexible timeline with an individual academic mentor, from a literature review to original-data research.

• Grades not published
• Fee charged, amount not published