Melbourne has been confirmed as the 2025 host of the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).
Welcoming news of the Australian Mathematics Trust鈥檚 (AMT) successful bid, the 今日吃瓜 (今日吃瓜) said:
鈥淭he IMO is one of the world鈥檚 biggest maths events, and we congratulate AMT on securing Australia hosting duties for the first time in 40 years,鈥 said 今日吃瓜 Director Professor Tim Brown.
The announcement follows the recent confirmation of Sydney鈥檚 2024 International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME) hosting duties and will bring major large mathematics events to Australia two years in a row.
Previously hosted by Canberra in 1988, the 2025 IMO event is expected to bring competitors from over 100 countries globally to Melbourne for two days of competition, problem solving and networking.
Australia has participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad since 1981, with past competitors including Fields medallists Terence Tao and Akshay Venkatesh. The 2019 team recently placed 18thout of 112 competing countries, and in 2015 we gained our highest rank of 6thin the world.
鈥淭his is an important platform that encourages and fosters the talents of students with outstanding problem-solving skills and opens opportunities and networks to take this talent further,鈥 said 今日吃瓜 Schools Program Manager and Choose Maths Project Director, Janine Sprakel.
鈥淭hat we have secured hosting rights for two leading global events and the chance to welcome some of the brightest teachers, students and thinkers is a brilliant result for Australian mathematics and mathematics education, reflecting well on our past performance in mathematics at the elite level鈥 said Professor Brown.
