The HSE International Youth Olympiad — МОМ-2027

Yes — from 10 September 2026 until 29 October 2026, on the official registration page. The period can be extended by decision of the organising committee's chair, so watch the site.

Yes. The condition is that you are not a Russian citizen (or are stateless), and that you fall into one of the categories: a grade 10 or 11 school student, a vocational college student in the last two years, or a school leaver under 25.

Russian. The cycle's charter says «the working language of the olympiad is Russian» with no published exception, and the registration page repeats it. No English version is announced for any track this cycle — the site's own English page says information about olympiads held in English will be published soon.

Not resolved officially in the published instructions so far. No text in this cycle's documents permits or forbids it by name. What is explicitly published: you may not open other tabs or applications during a proctored contest, and any «hints» are banned. The absence of an explicit ban is not permission — wait for the МОМ-2027 instructions.

From 1 to 7 in a single entry, provided the timetable lets you sit all of them. You can change your choices until registration closes on 29 October.

Ten tracks offer both formats and seven are online only (see the table above). The choice opens in your personal account from 20 October 2026 — login details are sent to all registered participants by 20 October. The list of countries and cities for in-person contests is published in October.

No — the jury does not assess it. But it is mandatory: without it you are not admitted to the contests. The requirements: at least 500 characters including spaces, written by you, covering who you are, your achievements, your motivation and your plans.

No. Both documents state explicitly that appeals are not available — not on task content, structure, the marking system, results, or sanctions.

Your saved result counts, if there is one. If you enter the same track twice, the first recorded result counts. And if you are late, you have 20 minutes from the scheduled start to connect — after that, no.

No. What the charter says is that the diploma gives you additional rights when competing for places within the Russian Government quota at HSE, and a discount on fee-paying tuition — both under the university's internal regulations. That is a right inside a competition, not a guaranteed place. And you must send your documents by the deadline or the right is cancelled.

The МОМ documents talk about admission to HSE. Separately, the olympiad is on the Ministry of Science's list of school olympiads tied to the Russian Government quota for 2026/27 — that is independent evidence, but not a promise of benefits at any particular university. Ask the university you are targeting.

Two years from the date the winners' lists are approved — so this cycle's diploma works for the 2027 and 2028 admission cycles. And each diploma can be used only once to enter with the additional rights.

This is a sharp point in the charter: registered for 11, sat 10, and won ⇒ you cannot use the additional rights in 2027 or 2028. Registered for 10, sat 11, and won ⇒ you can use them in 2028. So get «participation grade» right on day one.

The МОМ-2027 matrix has not been published. What exists today is a previous-cycle document («Admission criteria for МОМ-2026 diploma holders in 2026»), marked «draft» — it maps each track to a list of specific programmes and campuses, all at 100% scholarship. Use it to understand the shape only, and wait for this cycle's matrix.

МОМ (this page) is for international school students → Bachelor's at HSE. «Vysshaya Proba» is a school olympiad at olymp.hse.ru/mmo, the route the site points Russian citizens to. «Vysshaya Liga» is for university students and graduates → Master's. Three separate things.