Dr. Georg Anegg

Mathematics Competitions at ETH

Upcoming Events

Seminar 'Topics in Competition Mathematics'

The Seminar 'Topics in Competition Mathematics' (4 ECTS) will be given again in HS26.
Here is the VVZ entry for HS26.
[Here][compmath-metaphor] is the course website for FS26 where most of the course material is published.

Mathematics Olympiad Club

The Math Olympiad Club is an official ETH student club that hosts weekly sessions to work on competition problems together.
Meetings are open to everyone.
Details for HS26 will appear here.

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.

In 2026, ETH is sending 13 students to IMC 2026 (Jul 27 - Aug 3 2026) with financial support from the Department of Mathematics and Mathematics Olympiad Club.
Get in touch with me or join the Math Olympiad Club if you want to represent ETH at IMC 2027.

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.
11 ETH students qualified for the Second Round. Here are the (anonymized) results of the First and Second Round.

SMMC - Simon-Marais Mathematics Competition

The SMMC is a remote competition that is held annually in October at universities across the globe. In the SMMC, you can compete as an individual contestant or in pairs, and you can win cash prizes.
In 2026, ETH will participate in the SMMC for the first time. Details TBA.

Bernoulli Competition

The Bernoulli Competition is an annual competition in May at EPFL that serves as the team selection test for EPFL's IMC team(s).
ETH students are also invited to participate.

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

HS25

FS25