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IYPT 2024 – Sliver Medal

The Swiss delegation consisting of Eric Kamm (captain), Harald Martinussen, Adrian Rothfritz, Marc Schildknecht and Rachel Silveira Camargo and their coaches Chengjie Hu (team leader), Daniel Keller (experienced juror), Samuel Norton (team leader juror), Eric Schertenleib (EC) and Malte Uthoff won a silver medal in Budapest, Hungary.
SYPT 2022

The SYPT 2022 was held at ETH Zürich.
IYPT 2019 - Gold Medal

The Swiss delegation consisting of Daniel Gotsmann (captain), Manuel Antoinette, Oskari Jyrkinen, Michael Klein and Alisa Miloglyadova and their coaches Emilie Hertig (team leader juror), Markus Niese (team leader), Daniel Keller (experienced juror) and Eric Schertenleib (experienced juror) wins a gold medal at the IYPT 2019 in Warsaw, Poland.
IYPT 2018 - Award Ceremony

The Swiss delegation consisting of David Tschan (Captain), Daniel Gotsmann, Daniil Lozner, Piotr Salustowicz and Jakob Storp came 10th. The five students were accompanied by Emilie Hertig (Team Leader), Eric Schertenleib (Team Leader, IOC), Daniel Keller (Juror) and Samuel Byland (Juror, EC).
SYPT 2018 - Winners

Jakob Storp, Natalia Lopez-Edge and Nic Baruffol win the SYPT 2018 at the University of Basel.
SYPT 2017 - Winners

Johann Schwabe, Florian Wirth and Aladin Bouddat win the SYPT 2017 at the EPFL.
IYPT 2016 - Gold Medal

The Swiss delegation consisting of Émilie Hertig, Eric Schertenleib (teamleader), Zara Vance, Daniel Keller (independent juror), Joonas Vättö, Kathrin Laxhuber, Marc Bitterli (captain), Patrick Lenggenhager (teamleader juror) und Samuel Byland (EC) wins a gold medal at the IYPT 2016 in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
IYPT 2016 - Team Photo

The Swiss team 2016: Zara Vance, Joonas Vättö, Émilie Hertig, Marc Bitterli (captain) and Kathrin Laxhuber.
SYPT 2016 - Winners

Kathrin Laxhuber and Marc Bitterli (both form the MNG Rämibühl) win the SYPT 2016 at the ETH Zürich.
IYPT 2015 - Medal

The Swiss delegation wins bronze medal at the IYPT 2015 in Nakhonratchasima: Samuel Byland (EC, juror), Lioba Heimbach (captain), Eric Schertenleib (teamleader), Marc Bitterli, Phyllis Barth, Michael Rogenmoser, Kathrin Laxhuber and Daniel Keller (teamleader juror).
IYPT 2015 - Team Photo

The Swiss delegation at the IYPT 2015 in Nakhonratchasima: Daniel Keller (teamleader juror), Eric Schertenleib (teamleader), Lioba Heimbach (captain), Kathrin Laxhuber, Marc Bitterli, Phyllis Barth, Michael Rogenmoser and Samuel Byland (EC, juror).

SYPT

The Swiss Young Physicists' Tournament (SYPT) is a Swiss competition, where physics enthusiasts from secondary schools from anywhere in Switzerland participate. In a preparatory phase they carry out a small research project, whose results are presented and defended at the actual tournament.

IYPT

The International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) is the international counterpart of the national competition. Teams from all over the world compete against each other and a diverse social program promotes social contact of members from different teams.

Pro IYPT-CH

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Pro IYPT-CH is the organization that organizes not only the national tournament SYPT but also the preparation for both the SYPT as well as the IYPT and the qualification for the Swiss team.

Bronze Medal at the IYPT 2025 in Lund

IYPT 2025 group picture 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!

IYPT is coming to 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!

SYPT Online Coaching

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Swiss Team wins the IYPT 2022

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.

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