Bernoulli Competition

A maths competition in Switzerland

2026

Mathematics Training Courses will take place every Monday evening during the semester at 18h15 at the Bernoulli Center. The course will be taught by Vladyslav Shashkov.

This course focuses on problem-solving strategies in mathematics and is aimed at bachelors and masters students. While university courses typically focus on the development of “theory”, the accent here is on creative out-of-the-box applications of classical textbook theorems, with the specific goal to help students prepare for the Bernoulli competition. Experience with high school olympiads is helpful but is not a prerequisite.

The course is open for bachelor and master students. It does not carry formal academic credits.

The “Bernoulli Math Competition” will take place in May 2026 (exact date and location will be announced soon).

The top ~4 scores will have the opportunity to compete at the International Mathematics Competition for University Students, which will be held from 27 July to 3 August 2026 in Bulgaria.

2025

The “Bernoulli Math Competition” took place on Tuesday 27 May 2025.

The top ~6 scores had the opportunity to compete at the International Mathematics Competition for University Students 2025.

Their performance was once again outstanding:
Grand First Prize – Konstantin Myasnikov
First Prizes – Luca Pana, Iustinian Cristian Constantinescu, Vladyslav Shashkov
Second Prizes – Ivan Pouly, Robert Gidea

As a team, EPFL achieved an impressive 6th place.

These results highlight not only their exceptional problem-solving skills, but also their dedication, independence, and motivation in preparing for the competition.

Our warmest congratulations to all of them!

Full results: IMC 2025 Results

2024

The second “Bernoulli competition” took place on Monday June 3, 2024.

As in 2023, the top ~4 scores from the Bernoulli competition had the opportunity to compete at the IMC in the Bernoulli team. The students achieved excellent results with 4 gold medals (Mathys Douma, Vladyslav Shashkov, Luca Pana, Viacheslav Surkov) with 3 also receiving a special prize from Huawei, 3 silver medals (Jonah Osterwalder, Benjamin Faltin, Vlad Burca), 1 bronze medal (Iustinian-Cristian Constantinescu) and 1 honorable mention (Adrian Karol Fluder).

As a team, they took 7th place, a significant improvement from last year’s 20th place, which is particularly impressive given that this is only the second year EPFL has participated in this event.

2023

On the 5th of June 2023, the Bernoulli Center for Fundamental Studies launched a new maths competition for undergraduate students in Switzerland.

The goal of the competition is to promote the development of mathematical and problem solving skills in a fun environment, where students from different disciplines and areas of Switzerland can interact among themselves and with the researchers of the Bernoulli Center.

On this first edition of the Bernoulli competition, covering only EPFL, we selected the top 5 scoring students who will represent EPFL at the upcoming International Mathematics Competition in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.