Austrian Young Physicists' Tournament

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The Austrian Young Physicists' Tournament (AYPT) is a competition held between teams from secondary schools. The pupils should solve complicated scientific questions, present them in a convincing form and defend them in discussions ( physics fights ). The competition is held in English .

The AYPT serves as a qualification competition for the International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) in Austria .

History and organization

The AYPT has been carried out annually in Austria since 1999. The organizer and organizer is the association "AYPT - Research Forum for Young Physicists".

Since 2006 this association has been officially recognized as a national organization in Austria by the International Organizing Committee of the IYPT. This means, among other things, that the association is the only body that is authorized to send an Austrian national team to the IYPT.

The tournament

The course of the tournament is basically identical to that of the IYPT. The details can therefore be read there.

Tasks

The tasks for the AYPT are the same as those for the IYPT. According to international rules, these can be used for national qualifications.

Teams

Every Austrian middle school can send one or more teams to the AYPT. Cross-school teams are also allowed. In addition, the organizing committee invites some guest teams from other countries to make the competition bigger and more interesting. In recent years, the following countries have sent guest teams to the AYPT: Slovakia , the Czech Republic , Poland , Ukraine , Turkey , Slovenia , Italy , Switzerland , Russia , Iran and Germany .

The Austrian national team is then formed in which the association's board nominates those students who have achieved the best performance during the competition. So it's a newly formed team, and not directly the winning team. The team formed in this way takes part in a few joint preparatory seminars before starting the IYPT.

Delivery locations

The implementation of the AYPTs in the coming years is provisionally planned in Leoben.

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