Youth STEM Cup

13th April 2024, Online

A Team Science Competition for Malaysians

AMISO's student-led olympiad returns once again in 2024!

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Introduction

The Youth STEM Cup (YSC) is a student-led, nation-wide competitive science olympiad hosted by AMISO in collaboration with Heriot-Watt University!

Our main purpose is to promote interests in competitive STEM subjects (especially Olympiad competitions) amongst high school and pre-university students in Malaysia, while also equipping participants with the knowledge to prepare themselves for the selection tests of International Science Olympiads.

The Youth STEM Cup is a competition in which participants can join in groups of four, and are allowed to discuss amongst their teams during the competition. Points are calculated in teams rather than individually, and if there is a tie in points between teams, the team which submitted their answers earlier will be ranked higher.

The Youth STEM Cup consists of 2 rounds: the Preliminary Round, and the Final Round. Participants will have to qualify in the preliminary round in order to proceed.

The important details are as follows:

Preliminary Round:

Date : 13th April 2024
Time : 10:00am - 11:02am
Venue : Online

Final Round:

Date : 22th June 2024
Venue : Heriot-Watt University Malaysia

Registration

Application for YSC is free of charge!
Sign up today!

Cash prize and certificate awarded:

Junior level (High school students aged 13 to 17 years old)

1st Place: RM350 and certificate with ranking
2nd Place: RM250 and certificate with ranking
3rd Place: RM150 and certificate with ranking
Highest scorer in subject: certificate of best subject award

Senior level (Pre-U studentsaged 18 to 19 years old):

1st Place: RM350 and certificate with ranking
2nd Place: RM250 and certificate with ranking
3rd Place: RM150 and certificate with ranking
Highest scorer in subject: certificate of best subject award

^{^{Cash prizes amount is calculated in teams and will be sent to the leader of the winning team. The team leader is expected to divide the cash prize among his/her team members. (eg. The team who wins first place will get a total of RM350 only to be shared among its team members)}}

Timeline

01/01/2024: Registration Starts
31/03/2024: Registration Deadline
13/04/2024: Preliminary Round
22/06/2024: Final Round

Special Thanks

Reading Materials

Below are some reading materials recommended by the YSC Problem Setting Committee. A scope of the YSC syllabus can be found here as well.

Mathematics

A First Course in Calculus by Serge Lang
Junior Problem Seminar by D.A. Santos
Tristan Chaang’s Book

Physics

An Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner and Kolenkow
Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick, Walker
The Art of Insight by Sanjoy Mahajan

Chemistry

CK Yau’s Handouts
Introduction to Lattice Structures in Crystalline Solid
USNCO Quizzes
Form 6 (STPM) Chemistry Textbooks (any publishers)
Organic Chemistry by Jonathan Clayden, Nick Greeves and Stuart Warren

Biology

Campbell Biology by Lisa A. Urry

Earth Science

Past YSC Events

The first YSC was held in 2023, with huge support from Heriot-Watt University Malaysia - the event was a success, and garnered the participation of over 1k students from all across Malaysia! A post-event writeup can be found here, and below are some images from the Final Round of YSC 2023: