The International Chemistry Olympiad

By 2012-11-01T00:00:00

The 2012 UK Chemistry Olympiad team: Callum Bungey, Thomas Spence, Paddington Bear (mascot), Ella Mi and Walter Kähm

Source: All images courtesy of USA 44th ICHO/Ben Pilgrim

The Chemistry Olympiad is the leading chemistry competition for students in seconday education across the UK

The selection process for the members of the UK team that enter the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) is managed by the RSC Olympiad working group and is supported by the RSC and INEOS. Through this process the UK's four most able sixth form chemistry students are identified and trained further to represent the country at the IChO final. Round one is open to all sixth form students and in 2012 over 3600 entries from 409 different schools were received. 

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