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An international mathematics olympiad for girls, including invited countries beyond Europe. Contestants solve six proof-based problems over two days. Entry is by national nomination, not direct registration.

Subjects·Mathematics

An international poetry award for young writers, organised by The Poetry Society. Submit original poems for recognition and development opportunities. The official entry page confirms that the 2026 competition is closed; check for the next cycle.

Subjects·English & Writing

Canada’s national mathematics challenge, with international participation through the Global Division. It is a route into Canadian olympiad selection for eligible Canadian students; competing internationally does not automatically make you eligible for Math Team Canada.

Subjects·Mathematics

Waterloo’s senior-secondary mathematics contest combines short answers and full written solutions in a 2.5-hour paper. The official 2027 sitting is 6 April in the Americas and 7 April elsewhere; schools order and supervise the contest.

Subjects·Mathematics

A series of school physics challenges rewarding advanced problem-solving, with separate competitions for different school years. Eligible UK students can progress toward international team selection; overseas entry arrangements differ.

Subjects·Physics • Mathematics

Two 45-minute online biology papers taken under supervision at a registered school or college. The published 2027 competition window is 15–25 January. Further UK team selection has additional residency and participation rules.

Subjects·Biology

National teams compete in advanced theoretical and experimental physics. Students must qualify through their country’s physics olympiad selection process; the international final does not accept direct individual applications.

Subjects·Physics • Mathematics

National teams tackle demanding theoretical chemistry and laboratory experiments. Entry is through national chemistry olympiad selection rather than direct registration for the international event.

Subjects·Chemistry

NASA's international hackathon, run in hundreds of cities and online, where teams build solutions to real space and Earth challenges using NASA's open data.

Subjects·Computer Science • Physics • General STEM

One of the world's largest robotics championships, organised by the All India Council for Robotics & Automation, with multiple age-group and machine categories.

Subjects·Robotics • Engineering • Computer Science

Build a solution to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals using Google technology. Run through Google Developer Groups on Campus.

Subjects·Computer Science • Entrepreneurship • Environmental Science

The world's largest pre-college science competition. Students qualify through an affiliated local or regional fair, then present original research to an international jury.

Subjects·General STEM • Biology • Engineering

A multi-stage innovation and entrepreneurship competition where teams design a product or service addressing a global challenge, from aerospace to cyber-technology.

Subjects·Entrepreneurship • Engineering • General STEM

A global entrepreneurship competition for high schoolers, with tracks for both business ventures and social innovation concepts.

Subjects·Entrepreneurship • Business • Finance

Explain a big idea in physics, life sciences or mathematics in a short original video. Winners receive a college scholarship and a science lab for their school.

Subjects·Physics • Biology • Mathematics

A global programme where girls work in teams with a mentor to build a mobile app or AI project that solves a problem in their community.

Subjects·Computer Science • Artificial Intelligence • Entrepreneurship

Teams have a build season to design, construct and program an industrial-size robot, then compete at regional events and a world championship.

Subjects·Robotics • Engineering • Computer Science

A season-long robotics competition with a new game each year, run through thousands of local, regional and world championship events.

Subjects·Robotics • Engineering

A global academic tournament with team debate, collaborative writing, a scholar's challenge and a bowl, progressing from regional rounds to the Tournament of Champions.

Subjects·English & Writing • History • General STEM

The world championship mathematics competition for pre-university students. Countries send teams selected through their own national olympiad pathway.

Subjects·Mathematics

The world championship in competitive programming and algorithms for secondary school students, with national teams chosen through local selection contests.

Subjects·Computer Science • Mathematics

An international competition for young people who have carried out water-related research projects, with national heats feeding into the international final in Stockholm.

Subjects·Environmental Science • Chemistry • Biology

An international high school project competition on environmental issues, with categories spanning science, writing, business, art, music and robotics.

Subjects·Environmental Science • General STEM • Design

A year-round calendar of free student contests — editorial writing, personal narrative, podcasts, review writing, STEM writing and more — with winners published by the Times.

Subjects·English & Writing • Design

An international essay competition with questions set across philosophy, politics, economics, history, psychology, theology and law, judged by academics.

Subjects·English & Writing • Economics • History

A global technology showcase where young creators share anything they have built with code — games, apps, hardware, websites — and get feedback from judges.

Subjects·Computer Science • Engineering • Design

Teams act as investment advisers, manage a virtual portfolio and defend a strategy for a real client profile, with global finals hosted by Wharton.

Subjects·Finance • Economics • Business

An academic summer programme on Yale's campus with interdisciplinary sessions in the sciences, humanities and policy, plus need-based financial aid.

Subjects·General STEM • Economics • English & Writing

One of the oldest and largest Model UN conferences for secondary school students, with committees simulating real UN bodies and international crises.

Subjects·Model United Nations • History • English & Writing

A worldwide network of teen coding clubs and hackathons, with open-source workshops, grants and events run by and for high schoolers.

Subjects·Computer Science • Design • Engineering

A series of school physics challenges rewarding advanced problem-solving, with separate competitions for different school years. Eligible UK students can progress toward international team selection; overseas entry arrangements differ.

Subjects·Physics • Mathematics

Two 45-minute online biology papers taken under supervision at a registered school or college. The published 2027 competition window is 15–25 January. Further UK team selection has additional residency and participation rules.

Subjects·Biology

National teams compete in advanced theoretical and experimental physics. Students must qualify through their country’s physics olympiad selection process; the international final does not accept direct individual applications.

Subjects·Physics • Mathematics

National teams tackle demanding theoretical chemistry and laboratory experiments. Entry is through national chemistry olympiad selection rather than direct registration for the international event.

Subjects·Chemistry

The world's largest pre-college science competition. Students qualify through an affiliated local or regional fair, then present original research to an international jury.

Subjects·General STEM • Biology • Engineering

A multi-stage innovation and entrepreneurship competition where teams design a product or service addressing a global challenge, from aerospace to cyber-technology.

Subjects·Entrepreneurship • Engineering • General STEM

Explain a big idea in physics, life sciences or mathematics in a short original video. Winners receive a college scholarship and a science lab for their school.

Subjects·Physics • Biology • Mathematics

An international competition for young people who have carried out water-related research projects, with national heats feeding into the international final in Stockholm.

Subjects·Environmental Science • Chemistry • Biology

An international high school project competition on environmental issues, with categories spanning science, writing, business, art, music and robotics.

Subjects·Environmental Science • General STEM • Design

Students propose a science, technology or engineering project they have not yet built; selected finalists receive funding, weekly mentorship from MIT students and a visit to campus.

Subjects·Engineering • General STEM • Computer Science

NASA's international hackathon, run in hundreds of cities and online, where teams build solutions to real space and Earth challenges using NASA's open data.

Subjects·Computer Science • Physics • General STEM

Build a solution to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals using Google technology. Run through Google Developer Groups on Campus.

Subjects·Computer Science • Entrepreneurship • Environmental Science

A global programme where girls work in teams with a mentor to build a mobile app or AI project that solves a problem in their community.

Subjects·Computer Science • Artificial Intelligence • Entrepreneurship

A district-by-district coding competition in the United States. Students submit an original app and winners are recognised by their Member of Congress.

Subjects·Computer Science • Design

The world championship in competitive programming and algorithms for secondary school students, with national teams chosen through local selection contests.

Subjects·Computer Science • Mathematics

A global technology showcase where young creators share anything they have built with code — games, apps, hardware, websites — and get feedback from judges.

Subjects·Computer Science • Engineering • Design

A programming competition where student teams write algorithms to control satellites, with finalist code run aboard the International Space Station.

Subjects·Computer Science • Physics • Robotics

A worldwide network of teen coding clubs and hackathons, with open-source workshops, grants and events run by and for high schoolers.

Subjects·Computer Science • Design • Engineering

One of the world's largest robotics championships, organised by the All India Council for Robotics & Automation, with multiple age-group and machine categories.

Subjects·Robotics • Engineering • Computer Science

Teams have a build season to design, construct and program an industrial-size robot, then compete at regional events and a world championship.

Subjects·Robotics • Engineering • Computer Science

A season-long robotics competition with a new game each year, run through thousands of local, regional and world championship events.

Subjects·Robotics • Engineering

A programming competition where student teams write algorithms to control satellites, with finalist code run aboard the International Space Station.

Subjects·Computer Science • Physics • Robotics

Build a solution to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals using Google technology. Run through Google Developer Groups on Campus.

Subjects·Computer Science • Entrepreneurship • Environmental Science

A multi-stage innovation and entrepreneurship competition where teams design a product or service addressing a global challenge, from aerospace to cyber-technology.

Subjects·Entrepreneurship • Engineering • General STEM

A global entrepreneurship competition for high schoolers, with tracks for both business ventures and social innovation concepts.

Subjects·Entrepreneurship • Business • Finance

Teams act as investment advisers, manage a virtual portfolio and defend a strategy for a real client profile, with global finals hosted by Wharton.

Subjects·Finance • Economics • Business

An international mathematics olympiad for girls, including invited countries beyond Europe. Contestants solve six proof-based problems over two days. Entry is by national nomination, not direct registration.

Subjects·Mathematics

The historic international writing competition formerly called the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. Young writers respond to an annual theme. The 2026 theme was ‘Common Ground: Better Together’; that cycle has closed.

Subjects·English & Writing

Canada’s national mathematics challenge, with international participation through the Global Division. It is a route into Canadian olympiad selection for eligible Canadian students; competing internationally does not automatically make you eligible for Math Team Canada.

Subjects·Mathematics

Waterloo’s senior-secondary mathematics contest combines short answers and full written solutions in a 2.5-hour paper. The official 2027 sitting is 6 April in the Americas and 7 April elsewhere; schools order and supervise the contest.

Subjects·Mathematics

A series of school physics challenges rewarding advanced problem-solving, with separate competitions for different school years. Eligible UK students can progress toward international team selection; overseas entry arrangements differ.

Subjects·Physics • Mathematics

Two 45-minute online biology papers taken under supervision at a registered school or college. The published 2027 competition window is 15–25 January. Further UK team selection has additional residency and participation rules.

Subjects·Biology

India’s language-puzzle olympiad develops logical reasoning and computational thinking, with a selection journey toward the International Linguistics Olympiad. The published 2026–27 Round 1 examination is 29 November 2026; registration closes 31 October 2026.

Subjects·Languages • Computer Science

National teams compete in advanced theoretical and experimental physics. Students must qualify through their country’s physics olympiad selection process; the international final does not accept direct individual applications.

Subjects·Physics • Mathematics

National teams tackle demanding theoretical chemistry and laboratory experiments. Entry is through national chemistry olympiad selection rather than direct registration for the international event.

Subjects·Chemistry

A global academic tournament with team debate, collaborative writing, a scholar's challenge and a bowl, progressing from regional rounds to the Tournament of Champions.

Subjects·English & Writing • History • General STEM

The world championship mathematics competition for pre-university students. Countries send teams selected through their own national olympiad pathway.

Subjects·Mathematics

The world championship in competitive programming and algorithms for secondary school students, with national teams chosen through local selection contests.

Subjects·Computer Science • Mathematics

An international essay competition with questions set across philosophy, politics, economics, history, psychology, theology and law, judged by academics.

Subjects·English & Writing • Economics • History

One of the oldest and largest Model UN conferences for secondary school students, with committees simulating real UN bodies and international crises.

Subjects·Model United Nations • History • English & Writing

An international poetry award for young writers, organised by The Poetry Society. Submit original poems for recognition and development opportunities. The official entry page confirms that the 2026 competition is closed; check for the next cycle.

Subjects·English & Writing

The historic international writing competition formerly called the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. Young writers respond to an annual theme. The 2026 theme was ‘Common Ground: Better Together’; that cycle has closed.

Subjects·English & Writing

Explain a big idea in physics, life sciences or mathematics in a short original video. Winners receive a college scholarship and a science lab for their school.

Subjects·Physics • Biology • Mathematics

An international high school project competition on environmental issues, with categories spanning science, writing, business, art, music and robotics.

Subjects·Environmental Science • General STEM • Design

The longest-running recognition programme for creative teens in the United States, with awards across dozens of art and writing categories.

Subjects·Design • English & Writing

A year-round calendar of free student contests — editorial writing, personal narrative, podcasts, review writing, STEM writing and more — with winners published by the Times.

Subjects·English & Writing • Design

An international essay competition with questions set across philosophy, politics, economics, history, psychology, theology and law, judged by academics.

Subjects·English & Writing • Economics • History

A global technology showcase where young creators share anything they have built with code — games, apps, hardware, websites — and get feedback from judges.

Subjects·Computer Science • Engineering • Design

Scholarships for students who have completed a significant piece of work in science, technology, mathematics, literature, music or philosophy.

Subjects·General STEM • Mathematics • English & Writing

An achievement-based scholarship for graduating high school seniors in the United States, recognising leadership and service alongside academics.

Subjects·General STEM

Students propose a science, technology or engineering project they have not yet built; selected finalists receive funding, weekly mentorship from MIT students and a visit to campus.

Subjects·Engineering • General STEM • Computer Science

An academic summer programme on Yale's campus with interdisciplinary sessions in the sciences, humanities and policy, plus need-based financial aid.

Subjects·General STEM • Economics • English & Writing

Scholarships for students who have completed a significant piece of work in science, technology, mathematics, literature, music or philosophy.

Subjects·General STEM • Mathematics • English & Writing