Regulations - 丘成桐大学生数学竞赛

Competition Guidelines

Regulations

The S.-T. Yau College Student Mathematics Contest (the Contest) was initiated by Prof. Shing-Tung Yau in 2010. It aims to comprehensively assess students' basic knowledge and skills in mathematics at the undergraduate level and identify exceptional mathematical talents based on the admission standards of leading international universities.

This year, the S.-T. Yau College Student Mathematics Contest, jointly hosted by the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University and the Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, has been upgraded to an international event. Overseas test centers have been established in countries such as the United States of America, Russia, Japan, and Singapore. The competition is open to undergraduate students worldwide who have not yet obtained a bachelor's degree, focusing on assessing students' fundamental knowledge and skills in mathematics during their undergraduate studies.

Registration

1. Individual competition: Divided into six subjects: Geometry and Topology, Algebra and Number Theory, Probability and Statistics, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Analysis and Differential Equations, and Mathematical Physics. Participants can register for multiple subjects (1-6).

2. Team Tournament: Six students from the same university form a team to participate in six subjects: Geometry and topology, Algebra and Number Theory, Probability and statistics, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Analysis and differential equations, and mathematical physics. Each team member is responsible for one subject, and each member can only represent the team in one subject. Students registering for the team competition must register for the corresponding individual competition first. During the semi-final written examination, the team score is the sum of the individual scores of the six team members in their respective subjects. In the final interview stage, a separate test paper will be provided for the team competition.

3. Registration website: http://yau-contest.com

Agenda

March 15 - April 15, Online registration

Individual or team account registration, online information filling. Registration portal: http://yau-contest.com/apply/en/login

May 17-18: Semi-final written test

The written examination consists of six subjects, each with an exam duration of 2 hours.

Written Exam Schedule

Subject to Final Confirmation. No one is allowed to be late or submit the exam paper early for each session of the exam.

Test sites	Beijing Time (May 17)	1. Analysis and Differential Equations	2. Probability and Statistic	3. Geometry and Topology
Test sites	Beijing Time (May 18)	4. Algebra, Number Theory and Combinatorics	5. Applied and Computational Mathematics	6. Mathematical Physics
China	Local Time	08:00-10:00	10:15-12:15	20:30-22:30
Singapore		08:00-10:00	10:15-12:15	20:30-22:30
Japan		09:00-11:00	11:15-13:15	21:30-23:30
Russia -Moscow, Saint Petersburg		03:00-05:00	05:15-07:15	15:30-17:30
US Eastern		18:30-20:30	20:45-22:45	10:00-12:00
US Central		17:30-19:30	19:45-21:45	09:00-11:00
US Western		15:30-17:30	17:45-19:45	07:00-09:00
The first and second exams in the U.S. will be held on May 16th, local time; the fourth and fifth exams will be held on May 17th, local time.

Written Examination Test sites:

China: Tsinghua University, Peking University, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, University of Science and Technology of China, Nankai University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan University, Hunan Normal University, Nanjing University, Southeast University, Shandong University, Henan University, South China University of Technology, Northwest University, Southwest University, Xiamen University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Taiwan University, etc.

Overseas:

United States of America: Los Angeles, Berkeley, New Brunswick, Boston, Houston

Russia: Moscow, Saint Petersburg

Japan: Tokyo

Singapore, etc.

(The final list of written examination sites will be subject to the official announcement.)

Late May: Announcement of the Shortlist of Finals

June 28-29: Finals Interviews. Venue: Tsinghua University

Finals Award Setting

The awards are divided into three categories: Individual Award, Individual All-round Award, and Team Award, each with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals, specifically:

∙ Individual Award: According to the subjects, the awards are named the "Loo-Keng Hua Award", "Shiing-Shen Chern Award", "Wei-Liang Chow Award", "Pao-Lu Hsu Award", "Chia-Chiao Lin Award", and "Hermann Weyl Award".

The Individual Award includes 6 subjects, each set:

Gold Medal: 1 recipient, USD 10,000 per person

Silver Medal: 3 recipients, USD 3,000 per person

Bronze Medal: 6 recipients, USD 1,000 per person

∙ Individual All-round Award: Awarded to students with outstanding comprehensive abilities. The award is named the "Shing-Tung Yau Award".

Gold Medal: 1 recipient, USD 10,000 per person;

Silver Medal: 2 recipients, USD 3,000 per person;

Bronze Medal: 3 recipients, USD 1,000 per person.

∙Team Award：Awarded to the top 5 teams (each team consists of 6 members).

Gold Medal: 1 team, USD 10,000 per team;

Silver Medal: 1 team, USD 3,000 per team;

Bronze Medal: 3 teams, USD 1,000 per team.