Open Regional Interuniversity School Olympiad (ORMO)

International students eligible — official list

2026/27 season — from the Tomsk State University announcement and the olympiad page: ORMO, the open interregional olympiad with international participation run by Tomsk State University (TSU) with TPU, TUSUR and SibSMU, for grades 8–11; taking part is free at every stage. Registration and the remote qualifier are on postupitsu.ru from 1 October 2026 to 10 January 2027 (120 minutes), or in person at regional venues on 13–22 November 2026 with a separate sign-up — each participant picks one format only. The final is in person on 26–28 February 2027 in Tomsk and at regional venues including CIS countries, with no separate registration. The ten subjects: Russian, literature, physics, geography, history, chemistry, mathematics, publishing, biology and informatics. For international students: the 2026/27 schedule page asks, for in-person stages, for an identity document ("удостоверение личности – для иностранных граждан" for foreign citizens) and SNILS data with no written exception — if you have no SNILS, ask the organiser; the olympiad page lists the "Russian Government quota for foreign citizens" among its benefits, and the olympiad is on the Ministry of Science's 2026/27 foreign-student quota list (entry 13) — a competitive right to apply, not a guaranteed place. Russian admission benefits (admission without exams or 100 points), per the olympiad page, apply only to subjects on the final 2026/27 RSOSH list: Russian and literature at level II, physics, geography, history and chemistry at level III — and require the EGE or the university's exam at 75 or more; mathematics, publishing, biology and informatics are not on the list. From the olympiad's published regulations (2025) — the 2026/27 regulations are not on the site yet: participation is open to citizens of Russia, foreign citizens and stateless persons (§1.7), and the olympiad's language is Russian (§1.12).

Registration links: Registration and remote qualifier (postupitsu.ru) ↗ · Registration for the in-person qualifier (regional venues) ↗

Official sources (Last checked: 2 October 2026): Tomsk State University announcement (1 October 2026) ↗ · ORMO page ↗ · Stage schedule ↗ · Venues ↗ · 2025 regulations (latest published — dates not for this season) ↗ · Ministry of Science Order No. 521 (31 August 2026) — final 2026/27 RSOSH list ↗

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