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International Academic Competitions is excited to announce the opening of registration for the 2025 International History Olympiad in Paris! Registration is now available on the Registration Page here. Please note however that students will not be considered registered and be posted on the List of Registered Students for the Olympiad until payments have been received. Please also note that there is discounted pricing available for students (and Family and Friends Program Participants) who are registered by and whose payments are received by December 29. The first [Read More]

The 2025 International History Olympiad will be hosted at Ecole Jeannine Manuel, which is the top-ranked high school in France. The school is in a prosperous neighborhood in west central Paris in the 15th arrondissement (i.e. district). The address of the school is 70, rue du Théâtre - 75015 Paris (please use this address, not the one of EJM's nearby branch campus at Dupleix). The school has ample classroom and assembly space for the event and a beautiful enclosed courtyard with a park-like atmosphere. There are [Read More]

International Academic Competitions is delighted to announce that the 2025 International History Olympiad will take place in Paris, France from July 20-26! This will be the first time the Olympiad is held in France, and we are excited about the innumerable opportunities for sightseeing and competitions that the incomparable city of Paris has to offer. Additionally, IAC is planning on organizing a pre-trip to Normandy and Brittany for three days on July 16-18. July 19 will be the arrival and check-in date for the Olympiad; families [Read More]

One of our favorite elements of the International History Olympiad is the opportunity to incorporate sites in our host cities into the program of competitions and activities. At past Olympiads, we have competed on the flight deck of the USS Intrepid in New York Harbor, held a sleepover on the battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor, and held our Closing Ceremonies inside Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin. But no other city on earth provides quite the historic backdrop to a History Olympiad that Rome can – and we [Read More]

The 5th International History Olympiad took place in Rome, Italy from July 23-30 with 258 students in attendance, representing 30 US states, 20 other countries, and 4 territories. This was the largest Olympiad ever in terms of attending students, and was the first since 2018 to be held in Europe. St. Stephen's School was the host site for most of the competitions, though several finals were held in historic venues throughout the area, including inside the Colosseum (Roman History Bee), at St. Peter's Square (Catholic History [Read More]

Members of the Delegation from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education with the Executive Directors of the International History Olympiad, David and Nolwenn Madden Among the over 600 people in attendance at the 2023 International History Olympiad were members of a distinguished delegation from the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Over the course of four days, the delegation members attended various competitions, events, and ceremonies, and held discussions with Olympiad staff about how Saudi Arabian students can participate in future [Read More]

International Academic Competitions is excited to announce that the 2023 International History Olympiad will now be held in Rome from July 23-31! Originally, the 2023 Olympiad had been slated to be held in Poland but due to geopolitical concerns, IAC has taken the decision to hold the Olympiad in Italy instead. The new draft calendar of events has been posted on the website here, where you can also find descriptions of each of the many individual components of the Olympiad. Highlights include numerous sightseeing opportunities, including [Read More]

At the 2022 International History Olympiad, one of the most anticipated events was the Country Exam: a multiple choice exam all about a particular country. Prior to the Olympiad, it was announced that the student who finished with the highest overall score across all four age divisions would win a free VIP trip to the country in question, and just before the Olympiad, it was announced that this would be Poland. After the Country Exam took place, the winning student was revealed at the Closing Ceremonies [Read More]

Since the first International History Olympiad was held in 2015, one of the highlights at each Olympiad are the final matches of the International History Bee World Championships. Very few people can ever lay claim to being a national champion in any endeavor - and far fewer people can ever claim a World Championship title. But in July 2022, four students achieved just that by becoming the first new International History Bee World Champions since the most recent Olympiad prior to it in 2018. Congratulations to [Read More]

The Closing Ceremonies of the 2022 International History Olympiad were held in a memorable and historic location – on the USS Intrepid in New York Harbor! Formerly one of the most battle-hardened ships of the US Navy (seeing service in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest engagement in modern naval history), the Intrepid has for decades been a museum ship with one of the most impressive collections of military and civilian aircraft in the world. You can view the video of the Closing Ceremonies on [Read More]