Problems for the SYPT 2026
These are the 17 problem statements for the SYPT 2026:
These are the 17 problem statements for the SYPT 2026:
Switzerland wins a bronze medal at the IYPT 2025 in Lund, Sweden!
After a series of tense Physics Fights, team captain Harald Martinussen and his teammates Mathis Banerjee, Szymon Domalewski, Csongor Muszely and Rachel Silveira Camargo secured another medal for team Switzerland, scoring 43.3 points in the last round.
The team was accompanied by their leaders Jason Hu and Svenja Ruth as well as Sam Norton, Ophélie Rivière, Malte Uthoff, Frédéric de Montmollin, Emilie Hertig, Daniel Keller and Eric Schertenleib.
Congratulations to all!
Announcing the new introductory seminar for the SYPT 2026! It will be held in the afternoon of Friday, September 12 and is open to all students and teachers who want to take part in the SYPT.
Join us online or in person at ETH Zurich to learn about the SYPT first hand and get some insights into 17 problems which are posed for the year 2026.
If you’re interested, just fill out the pre-registration and we’ll keep you updated about the event.
The 18th SYPT 2026 will be held on Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8.
The location is to be determined. Problems for the SYPT 2026 will be published in July.
If you are potentially interested in taking part as a participant, teacher or helper, you can already fill out our new pre-registration to get important updates about the SYPT. That way we can also keep you updated about the International Young Physicists' Tournament 2026, which will take place here in Switzerland.
The International Young Physicists' Tournament 2026 will be held in Zurich, Switzerland!
The dates have been set: July 5 to July 12, 2026.
More information soon to be available on our new website iypt.ch. You can also follow us on Instagram, @iypt2026, or LinkedIn.
We're already looking forward to a great tournament!
In order to help the students with their preparation, we organize the SYPT Online Coaching, where the participants can ask general questions about the SYPT or get help to get started with a specific problem. If you are a participant and interested, or if you would like to know more about the SYPT before signing up, please feel free to contact
For the first time, the Swiss team won the International Young Physicists’ Tournament (IYPT). In Timisoara, Romania, the team of Jan Kamm (Captain), Anja Christina Duevel, David Fankhauser, Chengjie Hu, and Joel Tan won the title of Physics world champion. The students were coached by Ophélie Rivière, Jakob Storp, Daniel Keller, Eric Schertenleib, and Michael Klein.