(Click through to the post to see the link to the General Email texts!) All General Emails beginning with the email sent on July 10 for the Olympiad are now available through the link here. Please consult these emails for ready reference to many important aspects of the Olympiad, including a link to the Competing Student Survey.
Beginning on Friday, June 13, Competing Students and Family and Friends Program Extended Option Participants who have signed up for the 2025 International History Olympiad will be able to select their optional competitions and sightseeing opportunities. The Event Selection forms will be linked on the registration page and will be sent out to all participants by email. On Tuesday, June 10, an email with further details, including the various [Read More]
The registration deadline is fast approaching for the 2025 International History Olympiad, which is set to begin on July 20! Registration closes on June 18, so please sign up here on the website as soon as possible. All payments are due by June 25; there are then five grace period days before late fees begin applying on July 1. Over 400 students will be taking part at what will [Read More]
Registration is now open for the post-Olympiad tour (July 27-August 3) to the South of France! The tour is limited to 130 people, so please register as soon as you know that you will be joining us! We're excited for an amazing week, and all the details regarding costs, itinerary, hotels, and more are now available on the tour page. Registration will likewise open shortly for the pre-Olympiad tour [Read More]
Welcome to 2025! As a new year dawns, we're excited to report that as of January 1, 141 students have submitted their registration form for the 6th International History Olympiad in Paris from July 20-26! This is far outpacing the registrations we had received at this point in 2023 for the most recent International History Olympiad (which had 258 Competing Students in Rome). It also is well in excess [Read More]
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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [Read More]