European Science Olympiad
The European Union Science Olympiad (EUSO) is an interdisciplinary competition in biology, chemistry and physics for students who are no longer than 17 years old. Like the International Youth Science Olympiad (IJSO), the competition is aimed at middle school students who are a little older than the IJSO. The Olympics first took place in May 2003 in Dublin, Ireland. The special thing about this scientific competition is that teams of three compete against each other. In Germany, the Olympics are funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
Attendees
Each participating country sends two teams of no more than 6 students who have just turned 17 and 3 supervisors. Each of the two teams of three should consist of an expert in biology, chemistry or physics. Social skills such as the ability to work in a team and to share work are beneficial for every participant.
Selection process
The participants in the German team are selected by the Leibniz Institute for Science Education (IPN) from the third rounds of the Biology Olympiad , the Chemistry Olympiad and the Physics Olympiad, or from a natural science intermediate level competition of the federal states. In a seminar at the University of Potsdam , the students are prepared for the international competition.
procedure
The Olympics take place within a week in the respective host country, from mid-March to mid-May of each year. During this time, two practically four-hour tasks are worked on over two days. These tasks represent an integrative scientific problem that can only be solved by answering experimental questions in the individual sub-areas of biology, chemistry and physics.
Venues
- 1st EUSO: 2003 in Dublin , Ireland
- 2nd EUSO: 2004 in Groningen , Netherlands
- 3rd EUSO: 2005 in Galway , Ireland
- 4th EUSO: 2006 in Brussels , Belgium
- 5th EUSO: 2007 in Potsdam , Germany
- 6th EUSO: 2008 in Nicosia , Cyprus
- 7th EUSO: 2009 in Murcia , Spain
- 8th EUSO: 2010 in Gothenburg , Sweden
- 9th EUSO: 2011 in Pardubice , Czech Republic
- 10th EUSO: 2012 in Vilnius , Lithuania
- 11th EUSO: 2013 in Luxemburg , Luxemburg
- 12th EUSO: 2014 in Athens , Greece
- 13th EUSO: 2015 in Klagenfurt , Austria
- 14th EUSO: 2016 in Tartu , Estonia
- 15th EUSO: 2017 in Copenhagen , Denmark
- 16th EUSO: 2018 in Ljubljana , Slovenia
- 17th EUSO: 2019 in Portugal
- 18th EUSO: 2020 in Slovakia