Competition Format
Rules &
Regulations
Team Requirements
4 to 5 students per team, from grades 9 to 12.
Each team must select a captain responsible for registration, submissions, and communication with organizers.
All members may be from the same or different schools — provided this is agreed upon with the organizers in advance.
Phones, reference materials, and electronic devices are strictly prohibited unless explicitly allowed. Violations by any member may disqualify the entire team.
First Stage — Online
6–7 interdisciplinary problems spanning mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. Teams have 3 hours to complete all problems. The captain is responsible for submitting the final solutions.
Teams receive their case 2 days before the submission deadline. The completed report is submitted electronically as a PDF or DOCX file.
Second Stage — In-Person
Venue
KBTU — Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty
8 complex problems requiring cross-disciplinary reasoning. Teams have 4–5 hours. All members participate simultaneously.
Teams present their case study report to a panel of expert judges. Appeals against results are permitted within 5 hours of the results announcement.
Case Study Rules
All written reports must follow APA 7th edition citation and formatting standards.
The written report must not exceed 40 pages including references and appendices.
Minimum originality score. AI-generated content must not exceed 20% of the total report.
Two case types: one scientific case and one engineering case. Teams present their findings to a jury panel during the Second Stage final.