International Junior Science Olympiad

The International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) is an annual science competition for students aged 15 and under. It is one of the International Science Olympiads and an international academical competition that covers physics, chemistry and biology at the same time. The first IJSO was held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2004. Around 70 countries send delegations of three to six students, plus one to three team leaders, and observers.^[1]

Silver Medal from IJSO 2007 by Tanmay Satyarthi

The competition is broken down into three tests, each of which lasts between three and four hours. The theoretical portion consists of two tests: a multiple choice questionnaire consisting of 30 questions, and a theoretical test. The practical portion consists of three laboratory examinations, one for each field.^[1]

Incidents

Because of COVID-19, the 17th International Junior Science Olympiad 2020, originally planned to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, was cancelled.^[2]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 18th International Junior Science Olympiad 2021 was conducted in a hybrid format. This allowed students from the participating countries to participate without travelling to the host country United Arab Emirates.^[3]

Summary

Number	Year	Host country	Host city	Absolute Winner	Country Winner	Notes
1	2004	Indonesia	Jakarta
2	2005	Indonesia	Yogyakarta
3	2006	Brazil	São Paulo	Hailun Hsu	South Korea	[4]
4	2007	Taiwan	Taipei	Yu’an Chen	Taiwan	[4]
5	2008	South Korea	Changwon	Myeonghwan Son	South Korea	[4]
6	2009	Azerbaijan	Baku
7	2010	Nigeria	Abuja		Taiwan (3)	[5]
8	2011	South Africa	Durban		Taiwan (4)	[6][7]
9	2012	Iran	Tehran	Lai-He Chang	Taiwan (5)	[5]
10	2013	India	Pune	Chingwei Huang	Taiwan	[6]
11	2014	Argentina	Mendoza	Kushagra Juneja	India	[6]
12	2015	South Korea	Daegu	Chenyu Lu	Taiwan	[6]
13	2016	Indonesia	Bali		Taiwan	[6]
14	2017	Netherlands	Nijmegen	Grigorii Bobkov	Taiwan	[6]
15	2018	Botswana	Gaborone		Taiwan	[8]
16	2019[9]	Qatar	Doha		India	[10]
17	2020[11]	Germany	Frankfurt	(cancelled due to COVID-19)
18	2021[12]	UAE	Dubai (Online)	Hsuan-Ming Lin	Taiwan	[13][14]
19	2022	Colombia	Bogota	Joon Kim	India	[15]
20	2023	Thailand	Bangkok	Tzu-Chiao Yen	Taiwan (12)	[16]
21	2024	Romania (Tentative)
22	2025	Russia (Confirmed)

References

1. http://www.ijsoweb.org/qna/ijso_statutes_08112019.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. "The IJSO 2020 in Frankfurt". International Junior Science Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
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4. "Year-wise Results | IJSO Official Website | IJSO Official Webpage | International Junior Science Olympiad Official". IJSOWeb.org. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
5. Chen, Yi-ching (10 December 2012). "國際國中科學奧賽／台灣6人都奪金 3連霸". Liberty Times. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
6. "Downloads | IJSO Official Website | IJSO Official Webpage | International Junior Science Olympiad Official". IJSOWeb.org. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
7. Lin, Hsiao-yun (10 December 2011). "國中科學奧賽 我奪6金、4度摘冠". Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
8. "IJSO 2018 Results" (PDF).
9. "Home". ijso2019.edu.gov.qa. Archived from the original on 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
10. "IJSO 2019 results" (PDF).
11. "The IJSO 2020 in Frankfurt". Archived from the original on 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
12. "Home". ijso.ae.
13. "IJSO 2021 Results" (PDF).
14. Chao, Yu-ning (22 December 2021). "狂！國際國中科學奧賽 台灣奪6金、國家總排名第1". United Daily News (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
15. Hariharan, Karthika (13 December 2022). "India wins 6 gold medals at International Junior Science Olympiad in Colombia, earns top spot". ThePrint. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
16. Yang, Chin-chieh; Hetherington, William (11 December 2023). "All six Taiwanese win gold at junior science Olympiad". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

External links

• Official website