International Young Physicists' Tournament
The International Young Physicists' Tournament, IYPT, is a competition
between teams of 5 students from upper secondary schools, usually in their
last year of study. Since some years students from the whole world take
part. The 17 open problems to be dealt with are published almost a year in
advance. In the competition the participating students report on their
solutions in so called Physics Fights, as part of a structured competition.
In one such fight the teams act as Reporter, Opponent and Reviewer in
turn. The evaluation of the performance is made by an international jury.
After five rounds the three top teams advance to the final.
The details of the competition structure are strictly prescribed in
Regulations,
whereas the organization itself is ruled by Statutes,
established in 2007.
The governing body is an International Organizing Committee (IOC) which meets
at least once annually, during an IYPT event. The event itself is arranged by
a Local Organizing Committee (LOC). Between IOC meetings an Executive Committee
handles the issues as decided by IOC. It consists of eight members, President,
Secretary General, Treasurer, two members elected by the IOC and the three LOC
chairpersons from "last year, this year and next year". The fiscal year of IYPT
runs from November 1 to October 31.