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Olympiad Guide 2027

NSEP, NSEC, IOQM and NSEJS — the national selection pathway that ends with a team of four to six students representing India.

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Olympiads — quick facts
Stage 1 body
IAPT (MTA(I) for IOQM)
Later stages
HBCSE (IAPT for INJSO)
Physics
NSEP
Chemistry
NSEC
Mathematics
IOQM
Junior Science
NSEJS — Class 8–10
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The pathway

From a school hall to an international team

Each subject runs its own selection independently, one stage at a time, and only the students who clear a stage sit the next.

SubjectStages, first to lastRun by
MathematicsIOQM → RMO → INMO → IMOTC → IMOMTA(I), then HBCSE
PhysicsNSEP → INPhO → OCSC → Pre-departure training → IPhOIAPT, then HBCSE
ChemistryNSEC → INChO → OCSC → Pre-departure training → IChOIAPT, then HBCSE
BiologyNSEB → INBO → OCSC → Pre-departure training → IBOIAPT, then HBCSE
AstronomyNSEA → INAO → OCSC → Pre-departure training → IOAAIAPT, then HBCSE
Junior ScienceNSEJS → INJSO → Further selection stages → IJSOIJSO has been held in December.IAPT (NSEJS, INJSO)

In science, stage 1 is objective and the national olympiads set objective as well as long questions. Sources: HBCSE (Mathematics), HBCSE (Science), HBCSE (Junior Science, 2026–27), IAPT NSE brochure — checked 14 September 2026.

IOQM guideNSEJS guideNSEP guideNSEC guideNSEB guideNSEA guide
2026–27

Olympiad dates, as announced

Only dates the conducting bodies have published. A date that has passed is marked held.

ExamDateStatusSource
IOQM6 September 2026HeldMTA(I)
NSE student enrolmentExtended by IAPT. A student is enrolled by their centre in-charge or enrols individually.21 August – 16 September 2026HeldIAPT
RMO15 November 2026UpcomingHBCSE
NSEA21 November 2026UpcomingIAPT
NSEP, NSEC, NSEB, NSEJS22 November 2026UpcomingIAPT
INMO17 January 2027UpcomingHBCSE
INAO, INChO30 January 2027UpcomingHBCSE
INPhO, INBO31 January 2027UpcomingHBCSE

Checked against the official sources on 14 September 2026. Confirm on the conducting body's site before you rely on a date.

Why Olympiads are worth the time

Olympiad problems are not harder versions of JEE problems; they are a different activity. They reward a student who will sit with one problem for an hour rather than twenty problems for three minutes each. That habit transfers directly to JEE Advanced, which is why we teach Olympiads inside the Foundation and Class XI programmes rather than as a separate course.

Common questions

Olympiads, answered

Is it NSEP and NSEC, or IOQP and IOQC?
NSEP and NSEC. For two sessions IAPT merged its national standard examinations into a single Indian Olympiad Qualifier and renamed the papers IOQP, IOQC and IOQB; it then reverted. The current series is NSEP (Physics), NSEC (Chemistry), NSEB (Biology), NSEA (Astronomy) and NSEJS (Junior Science), and those are the names you register under. Mathematics is the exception that causes the confusion — it genuinely is called IOQM, it is run by a different body, and it has not changed.
Can a Class 8 student sit NSEJS?
Yes. Students in Class 8, 9 or 10 (on 30 November 2026) within the birth-date window IAPT sets for the year — for this cycle, born between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2013. The window spans two birth years, so if IAPT keeps the same two-year window a student gets at most two NSEJS attempts — depending on birth date, a Class 8 student may sit it again in Class 9, or Class 8 may be their only chance. Source: IAPT, National Standard Examination 2026.
Do Olympiads help with JEE, or are they a distraction?
They help, but not in the way people expect. Olympiad problems reward sitting with one problem for an hour rather than twenty problems for three minutes each — and that is exactly the habit JEE Advanced tests. We teach Olympiads inside the Foundation and Class XI programmes rather than as a separate course, for that reason.
Do you offer Olympiad coaching in Faridabad?
Yes — IOQM coaching Faridabad students attend is part of the Class IX Foundation and Class X Excellence programmes, and NSEJS coaching Faridabad students take runs alongside it from Class 8 upward. All of it happens at SCO 107, Sector 16.

Start Olympiad preparation early

NSEJS is open from Class 8, and the habits it builds are the ones JEE Advanced rewards.

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