The online registration for the 14th S. -T. Yau College Student Mathematics Contest (the Contest) officially opened on February 15. The registration deadline is April 15. The written examination will be held on May 6-7 at 20 exam centers nationwide, and the national finals will take place at Tsinghua University on June 10-11.

The S. -T. Yau College Student Mathematics Contest is open to undergraduate students from universities in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. It includes individual competition and team competition, focusing on assessing students’ fundamental knowledge and skills in mathematics at the undergraduate level. Since its inception in 2010, the Contest has been successfully held for 13 consecutive years, playing a significant role in cultivating mathematical talents in China and becoming an authoritative benchmark for evaluating undergraduates’ mathematical proficiency.

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 Competition:  Teams consist of five students from the same university, competing in Geometry and Topology, Algebra and Number Theory, Probability and Statistics, Applied and Computational Mathematics, and Analysis and Differential Equations. Teams may optionally add one more member for Mathematical Physics. Each subject is assigned to one team member, and each member can only represent the team in one subject. Students registering for the team events must first register for the corresponding individual single events. The team score is based on the sum of the standardized scores of the top five subjects from the individual written examination.

3. Registration Portal: http://yau-contest.com/apply/ch/login

New Changes: This year, the Mathematical Physics exam syllabus has been revised, adding content from the four major areas of mechanics. For detailed exam syllabus and competition rules, please visit: http://yau-contest.com/page-rule.html

Contest Agenda

February 15 to April 15: Individual/team account registration and online information submission. Registration portal: http://yau-contest.com/apply/ch/login

May 6-7: Semi-final written examination. Exam centers include Tsinghua University, Peking University, the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, the University of Science and Technology of China, Nankai University, Harbin Institute of Technology, the Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, CAS, 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, and Taiwan University. (Final exam centers are subject to final confirmation.)

Mid-May: Announcement of finalists.

June 10-11: National finals at Tsinghua University.

Award Setting of the Finals

The awards are divided into three categories: Individual Award, Individual All-round Award, and Team Award. Each category includes Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals, specifically:

∙ Individual Award: Based on 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”. Each subject sets one Gold, three Silver, and six Bronze medals.

∙ Individual All-round Award: Recognizes students with outstanding comprehensive abilities who have won at least two Bronze medals in individual competition. The award is named the “Shing-Tung Yau Award”.

∙  Team Award: Awards the top five teams (5-6 members per team).

※ The final number of awards is determined by the judging results of the year.

The contest schedule is subject to the final notice from the organizing committee.

Organizing Committee of the S. -T. Yau College Student Mathematics Contest

February 15, 2023