United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT)

Founded in 1996, UKMT operates as a registered charity, dedicated to advancing young people's education in mathematics. The UKMT offer their main Junior, Intermediate and Senior Maths challenges and are seen as the UK's most popular school maths competitions. Through a diverse range of national-level competitions and activities, UKMT engages students aged 11 to 18 in the UK. Every year over 700,000 students across the world take part in The UKMT challenges.

The aim of these challenges is to encourage mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. The problems are designed to make students think. These challenges are highly regarded by top universities like Cambridge and Oxford, and bulk up the application for those top universities.

SMC

IMC

JMC

Senior Mathematical Challenge (SMC)

○ Language: English
○ Date: October, 2025 TBD（90mins）
○ Deadline: 2 weeks before the competition
○ Form: Online (Computer or Laptop with working camera)
○ Student Eligibility: Grade 12 or below
○ Format: Individual written test, 25 multiple choice questions
○ Scoring Rules: Starting score 25 points, 4 points for correct answers, 1 point deducted for wrong answers
○ Award: Top-Scoring Rules 66% of participants will be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze in the ratio 1:2:3. International participants will be awarded based on the UK thresholds. Students not amongst the high scorers will receive a Certificate of Participation in E-version.

Gold

The thresholds in 2024 is 83+

Silver

The thresholds in 2024 is 66+

Bronze

The thresholds in 2024 is 49+

Participation

for all participants

Intermediate Mathematical Challenge (IMC)

○ Language: English
○ Date: Jan. 25, 2025 （60mins）
○ Deadline: 2 weeks before the competition
○ Form: Online (Computer or Laptop with working camera)
○ Student Eligibility: GS/Grade 10 or below
○ Format: Individual written test, 25 multiple choice questions
○Scoring Rule: Question 1-15, 5 points are awarded for each correct answer; Question 16-25, 6 points are awarded for each correct answer. Questions 16-20, each wrong answer loses 1 mark; Question 21-25 , each wrong answer loses 2 points. Answers left blank will be marked as 0.
○ Award: Top-scoring 50% of participants will be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze in the ratio 1:2:3. Participants in China will be judged based on the UK cut-off scores.

Gold

The thresholds in 2024 is 77+

Silver

The thresholds in 2024 is 61+

Bronze

The thresholds in 2024 is 47+

Participation

for all participants

Junior Mathematical Challenge (JMC)

○ Language: English
○ Date: May. 2, 2025 （60mins）
○ Deadline: 2 weeks before the competition
○ Form: Online (Computer or Laptop with working camera)
○ Student Eligibility: Grade 7 or below
○ Format: Individual written test, 25 multiple choice questions
○ Scoring Rules: 5 points are awarded for each correct answer to questions 1 – 15, 6 points are awarded for each correct answer to questions 16–25, wrong answers or answers left blank will be marked as 0.
○ Award: Top 50% of UK participants will be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze in the ratio 1:2:3. International participants will be awarded based on the UK thresholds. Students not amongst the high scorers will receive a Certificate of Participation in E-version.

Gold

The thresholds in 2024 is 86+

Silver

The thresholds in 2024 is 70+

Bronze

he thresholds in 2024 is 57+

Participation

for all participants