All-Siberian Open Olympiad for School Students

International students eligible — official list

The 2026/27 season has started, and registration opens subject by subject. An open olympiad from Novosibirsk State University (NSU / its SESC boarding school) for grades 7–11 in 5 subjects; its new regulations (31 August 2026) set no citizenship condition — they invite "all interested school students in grades 7–11". The olympiad is entirely in person — there is no online participation at any stage: both the qualifying stage and the final take place at approved venues in Russia and several Central Asian countries (such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan), and the 2026/27 venue list is published by 11 October — so a student from outside that region needs to travel for both stages. Qualifying stage (11:00 Novosibirsk time): Mathematics 18 October (registration 28 September – 16 October) · Biology 1 November (registration 12–30 October) · Informatics 8 November (19 October – 6 November) · Physics 15 November (26 October – 13 November) · Chemistry 22 November (26 October – 20 November) 2026. Final stage — preliminary dates: Mathematics 14 February · Informatics 21 February · Chemistry 28 February · Biology 7 March · Physics 14 March 2027; final-stage registration starts 1 February. You register separately for each subject and each stage at vsesib.nsu.ru; registration closes 48 hours before the stage, and seats at each venue are limited. Required: an identity document (passport) and a certificate of enrolment from your school; the Russian SNILS number is optional. Tasks are in Russian. The benefit for international students: the olympiad is on the Russian Ministry of Science's 2026/27 list for the foreign-student quota — winning lets you apply for the quota, it is not a guaranteed place. Winners and prize-winners who are citizens of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan can also be admitted to NSU without exams, according to the university. Admission without exams or 100 points under Russian admission rules is tied to the EGE (75+), and the subjects' levels on the final 2026/27 RSOSH list (order No. 521) are: Informatics and Chemistry level I; Biology, Mathematics and Physics level II.

Same organiser

• Open Olympiad "Your Path to Real Science" (Physics) Novosibirsk State University (NSU) · Novosibirsk · Bachelor's

Same field

• Open School Olympiad in Programming Several universities (in-person final in Moscow) · Moscow · Bachelor's
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These are linked by organiser, field or city only — it does not mean the application requirements or eligibility are the same. Check each card and its official website.

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