About IYPT2004

The International Young Physicists' Tournament, IYPT, is a theoretical and practical research based competition for teams of 5 high school students, usually in their last year of study. It is an international competition with teams from all over the world taking part. Australia have been involved with this competition since 1998 with a 2nd place in Helsinki in 2001 and a joint 3rd place in Odessa in 2002.

Students research 17 problems and then present and defend their findings in "Physics Fights" as part of a structured competition. In one round a team competes against two other teams and three problems are addressed. Each team acts as Reporter, Opponent and Reviewer in turn. Currently five rounds take place with the top three teams in the ladder advancing to the final.

About the Physics Fights