Mathematics Competitions at ETH
Upcoming Events
- 17 Dec 2025: friendly team competition at the Math Olympiad Club, open to everyone (HG G 26.3, 18:00-21:00)
- 22 Feb 2026: Second Round of ICMC for those who qualified (Venue TBD)
- Feb-May 2026: Seminar 'Topics in Competition Mathematics'
- Late May 2026: Bernoulli Competition at EPFL (Date TBD)
- 27 July 2026: IMC in Bulgaria
Seminar 'Topics in Competition Mathematics'
NEW I am giving a new Seminar (4 ECTS) called 'Topics in Competition Mathematics' in FS26.
Here is the VVZ entry - registration begins Dec 29.
Here is the course website where I plan to publish all of the material.
Student Club
The Math Olympiad Club is an official ETH student club that hosts regular sessions to work on competition problems together.
This semester (HS25), they are meeting every Wednesday at 6pm in HG G26.3. Meetings are open to everyone.
We'll have a friendly team competition on 17 Dec. Join the club if you're interested.
IMC - International Mathematics Competition for University Students
The IMC is one of the largest and most prestigious mathematics competitions at the university-level. It is usually held in Bulgaria in early August.
In 2025, ETH sent a full team to the IMC for the first time. You can read about it in the D-MATH News and you can check out the results at IMC 2025.
We will likely send a team to IMC 2026 (Jul 27 - Aug 3 2026).
Details on selection and funding will be communicated in the spring semester.
Get in touch with me or join the Math Olympiad club if you want to represent ETH at IMC 2026.
ICMC - Imperial-Cambridge Mathematics Competition
The ICMC is a remote competition that is held annually in November (with a second round in February) at universities across Europe.
In November 2025, ETH participated in the ICMC for the first time with a turnout of 82 students. You can read about it in the D-MATH News.
Results will be available by 18 Dec 2025.
Bernoulli Competition
The Bernoulli Competition is an annual competition at EPFL that serves as the team selection test for EPFL's IMC team(s).
Other university-level competitions
See here for an overview of other competitions (as well as plenty of past problems to practice).
Competitions for High School students
If you are a high school student, check out the ETH Math Youth Academy.
Links and Past Activities
FS26
- New seminar 'Topics in Competition Mathematics' VVZ, Course Website
HS25
- Math Olympiad Club hosts friendly team competition
- ETH participates (for the first time) in the ICMC 9 (82 participants) D-MATH News
FS25
- ETH participates in the IMC 2025 (1x Gold medal, 2x Bronze medal, 1x Honorable Mention, 7 participants) D-MATH News
- ETH participates in the Bernoulli Competition 2025 at EPFL
- The Math Olympiad Club at ETH is founded
