Students enrolled in educational institutions in the Republic of Moldova can register for the National Artificial Intelligence Olympiad in November–December 2026. According to the schedule announced by the Ministry of Education and Research on 3 November 2026, the national stage will be held in person on 6 March 2027, and prize-winners will be able to take part in the selection of the national team.
Who can take part and what does the test involve?
The National Artificial Intelligence Olympiad is open to students enrolled in educational institutions in the Republic of Moldova. The second edition introduces an individual competition: each participant will have to solve 3 practical problems in 4 hours on a dedicated computing platform.
The test will assess how students process data, train and evaluate artificial intelligence models, and interpret results. Problems may cover machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing and deep learning.
Participants will program in Python and may use the libraries and resources approved by the organizers. Solutions will be automatically assessed according to the criteria for each problem, but the final results will be validated only after technical checks and the review of appeals.
What are the deadlines for training and appeals?
Registered students will have access to training activities from November 2026 to March 2027. The syllabus, technical details and competition requirements are to be published before the national stage.
The schedule provides for the publication of preliminary results and the submission of appeals on 6–7 March 2027. Participants will have 24 hours from the publication of the results to appeal them, and the final standings are scheduled to be published and validated on 9 March 2027.
How is the selection for the international competition conducted?
The final standings will determine the award of one first prize, 2 second prizes, 3 third prizes and 4 honourable mentions. All prize-winners will be eligible to take part in the selection contest for the national olympiad team, scheduled for March 2027.
Taking part in the selection contest does not guarantee a place at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence. Selection will depend on the results of the contest, the places available and the international competition’s eligibility requirements; training and mentoring for the national team are scheduled for March–July 2027.
The competition is organized by the National Association of ICT Companies through the Tekwill in Every School project, together with the National Agency for Curriculum and Evaluation and the Ministry of Education and Research. The regulations, official registration forms and study materials are available on the dedicated Olympiad page.
Sources
- Ministerul Educației și Cercetării — Republica Moldova lansează cea de-a doua ediție a Olimpiadei Naționale de Inteligență Artificială
Written with AI assistance from the official sources above and checked by the editors.
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