If the country that hosts your university has not yet participated in the IPT, you can form a team on your own and directly contact us.

If more than one team applies in a country without a representative, the Executive Committee takes the responsibility to organize a national selection. The teams must complete a written report outlining the solution to one problem selected from a chosen three problems that will be taken from the official list selected by the IOC. The teams have 4 weeks after the registration deadline to send their written report. Each team is free to enclose its own experimental material and to cite it properly in the report.

The Executive Committee may help the new participating countries to pay their entry fees to the tournament. However, the travel costs to and from the tournament location are at the team’s own expense.

A team consists of a maximum of six students (only bachelor and master students – no Ph.D. students accepted, sorry!), and two team leaders (Ph.D., Postdoc, or Professors).

The tournament will be held in Paris, France. The fees are 1100 euros per team.