Mathematical Olympiad 2023-2024

Announcement of the stages of selection for the 2023-2024 cycle

In the 2023-2024 cycle, the selection to the International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp (IMOTC) will be accomplished in three stages.

First stage exam

• Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics (IOQM) 
• The IOQM is being conducted by the Mathematics Teachers’ Association (India). More details about the IOQM will be announced in the first week of July 2023 on the MTA(I) website https://www.mtai.org.in/.
  Date: September 3, 2023  Time: 10:00  to 13:00 hours (IST) 
  1. Duration: 3 hours
  2. Total marks: 100
  3. The answer to each question is an integer in the range 00-99. No negative marking. OMR-based exam.
  4. Composition of the paper: 10 questions of 2 marks each; 10 questions of 3 marks each; 10 questions of 5 marks each.

Second stage exam

• Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO)
• Date: October 29, 2023; Time: 13:00 to 16:00 hrs
• Duration: 3 hours
• Number of questions: 06
• Each question requires writing detailed proof.

Third stage exam

• Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO)
• Number of questions: 06
  Date: January 21, 2024;  Time: 12:00 to 16:30 Hrs. 
  1. Duration: 4.5 hours
  2. Each question requires writing detailed proof.

Eligibility and selection criteria

1. The eligibility criteria for IOQM and the selection criteria for RMO from IOQM are here.
2. The selection criteria for INMO from RMO will be published at a later date.

Eligibility criteria for Indian Olympiad Qualifier in
Mathematics (IOQM), 2023
1. Students born between August 1, 2004 and January 1, 2011, and studying in Class 8, 9,
10, 11 or 12, are eligible to write IOQM 2023. Please note that NO student born after
January 1, 2011 will be allowed to write IOQM 2023.
2. The students must be eligible to hold Indian passport. Provisionally, students with OCI
cards are eligible to write the IOQM 2023 subject to conditions as explained below:
As per the orders of the Madras High Court, students with OCI status will not
be eligible for selection to the Indian team in the International Mathematical
Olympiad. However, such students are provisionally eligible for selection at
ALL prior stages, up to and including the International Mathematical Olympiad
Training Camp (IMOTC) provided they fulfil all other criteria. They are also
provisionally eligible to write the selection tests at the IMOTC. This policy is
subject to revision without prior notice depending on any further orders issued
by the courts, or by a competent Government authority.
3. The student must be residing and studying in India since 30 October 2021 or earlier
OR
must be studying in an Indian school system since 30 October 2021 or earlier.
If the student is residing abroad and is studying in an Indian school system then
the student will have to come to India to write IOQM 2023 and the examinations
of the subsequent stages (i.e Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO) 2023 and
Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO) 2024) in case s/he qualifies for
these examinations. The student will be regarded as one who has enrolled from
the Delhi-NCR and the same selection criteria for RMO 2023 and INMO 2024
will apply to him/her as for any student residing and studying in India who has
enrolled from Delhi-NCR. The student will have to bear the expenses for the
onward journey to India and the return journey from India.
4. The student must not have qualified (or scheduled to appear) class 12 board examination
earlier than 30 October, 2023.
5. The student must not have commenced (or planning to commence) studies in a university or
equivalent institution by 1 June, 2024.
6. The INMO 2023 Awardees are eligible to write INMO 2024 directly WITHOUT qualifying
through IOQM 2023 and RMO 2023 provided they haven’t commenced (or planning to
commence by June 1, 2024) studies in a university or equivalent institution and they fulfil
the eligibility criteria of IMO 2024 and EGMO 2025.
• For the eligibility criteria for IMO 2024 please refer to
https://imof.co/students-alumni/how-can-i-compete-at-an-imo/.

• Eligibility criteria for EGMO 2025:
A country’s contestants should normally be citizens or residents of that country, and
should be selected through that country’s national Mathematical Olympiad or equivalent
selection programme. Contestants must have been born less than twenty years before 1
April in the year of participation at the EGMO. Contestants must have been normally
enrolled in full-time primary or secondary education on or after 1 December in the year
prior to the EGMO, or, in the case of home-schooled students, must not have received
a high-school diploma (or equivalent), and must be working toward such a credential
on 1 December.
7. It will be the responsibility of the student to ensure that the above eligibility criteria are
satisfied. In case it is found at any later stage of the programme that a student does not
meet the eligibility criteria, he or she may be disqualified from the programme.

Criteria for qualification from IOQM 2023 to RMO 2023

1. A student has to score at least 10% of the total marks of the IOQM 2023 paper in order to
be eligible to appear for RMO 2023 but this is NOT the sole qualifying criterion.
2. Any student who has scored at least 10% of the total marks of the IOQM 2023 paper and
enrolled for IOQM 2023 as a student of one of the classes 8,9,10,11 will be classified as a
Category A student.
3. Any student who has scored at least 10% of the total marks of the IOQM 2023 paper and
enrolled for IOQM 2023 as a student of class 12 will be classified as a Category B student.
4. The list of students who qualify for the RMO 2023 will be prepared according to the following
rule:
(a) From each region (list of regions: https://www.mtai.org.in/rmo-region-codes/)
i. the top 200 students from Category A will qualify for RMO 2023 along with those
tied in the 200th position;
ii. the top 40 students from Category B will qualify for RMO 2023 along with those
tied in the 40th position;
iii. 5 additional girl students from Category A irrespective of the number of girl
students qualifying in the top 200 students from Category A will qualify for
RMO 2023 under Girls’ quota.
(b) There is no separate Girls’ quota for Category B. A girl student of Category B
can qualify for RMO 2023 from IOQM 2023 if and only if she is selected among the top
40 students in Category B as described in the previous section (point 4(a)ii. above).
IOQM 2023 Certificate criterion
Any student who scores at least 10% of the total marks of the IOQM 2023 paper will receive a
certificate.