2026 Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan
2025 Beijing, China
2024 Burgas, Bulgaria
Round 1 — End
Round 1 is currently underway, scheduled for Saturday, 29 March, from 9:15 AM to 10:30 AM (AEDT, Sydney time).(You can login at 9:15, the contest will start at 9:30 – 10:15AM )
Please note that a Late Sitting Window for Round 1 will be available on Saturday, 5 April. If you were unable to attend today’s session, please register via the link below to secure your place in the late sitting.
Register Here
We wish all participants the best of luck!
2026 Australian National Olympiad in AI (NOAI)
Discovering Australia’s brightest young AI talent
Eligibility
Open to all Australian secondary school students in Years 7-12 with an interest in artificial intelligence, programming, and problem-solving.
Roadmap
NOAI Level Assessment (Round 1)
● Registration Period: November 8, 2025 – March 27, 2026
● Eligibility: Students currently enrolled in Australian high schools, Year 7–12
● Assessment Date: March 29, 2026 (Sunday Morning)(Late Window: 5 April 2026)
● Format: Online written test
● Description:
Round 1 serves as the preliminary selection test, assessing students’ fundamental understanding of artificial intelligence, mathematics, and logical reasoning.
All students from Round 1 can participate in Round 2.
● AI reasoning/thinking questions.
● 45-Minute Multiple-Choice Format (ABCDE Options).
● No programming challenges included.
● Tests AI thinking and fundamental AI knowledge.
NOAI Advanced AI and Theory Test (Round 2)
Published so that every candidate has identical information about the exam platform, permitted software, and preparation direction. No topic-level content is disclosed.
The exam server is pre-configured. Candidates do not need to install anything, request permissions, or configure their own environment in advance.
✔ Permitted imports: numpy, pandas, scikit-learn,
and the Python standard library.
✖ Not permitted: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, JAX, scipy.signal, and any other
deep-learning or signal-processing framework; external dataset downloads; any form of network request.
If you would like to rehearse on your own machine, the following is sufficient:
pip install
"numpy>=1.21" "pandas>=1.3" "scikit-learn>=1.0"Python 3.9 or newer is recommended. You do not need to match the server's exact minor version — but please write code against the stable public API of NumPy / pandas / scikit-learn, and avoid relying on the behaviour of one specific point release.
np.zeros, np.sum, np.mean, np.median, basic
broadcasting.read_csv, handling missing values (e.g. fillna), row filtering, exporting to CSV.train_test_split, calling .fit / .predict on standard models, standard evaluation
metrics.Best of luck to all candidates — we look forward to seeing your work in Round 2.
● Date: 26th April 2026
● Format: Online advanced assessment
NOAI Australia — Final Round Selection (APOAI Stage)
● Date: 13th June 2026.
● Format: Online (No need to travel to Sydney)
● Eligibility: Participants qualified from Round 1 + Round 2
● Description: The Final Round of NOAI Australia will adopt APOAI (Asia-Pacific Open AI) competition standards — consistent with the IOAI 2025 selection ecosystem — to ensure a transparent, fair, and academically rigorous evaluation process.
This stage is conducted entirely online and does not require travel to Sydney. The APOAI competition provides a unified leaderboard, GPU-enabled environment (e.g., Bohrium/Kaggle), and automatic evaluation protocols, used across participating Asia-Pacific regions.
Results from the APOAI Final Round will be used as the primary selection basis for forming the NOAI Australia National Team representing Australia in international AI Olympiad events.
IOAI International Round
● Date: August 2nd – 8th 2026
● Host Country: Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan
● Eligibility: Australia National Team (2 teams, 8 members total)
● Format: Hybrid (Online + On-site training and competition)
● Activities: IOAI individual challenge, team challenge, and collaborative workshops
