The 2025 Yau Mathcamp will take place from July 18 to August 16, 2025 at Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SIMIS), a newly launched research institute located in Shanghai, China.

If you are a high school student who loves math, and are very passionate about problem solving, you are strongly encouraged to apply to join Mathcamp. Applications will be accepted online, and will be considered on a competitive basis. The application deadline is April 30, 2025. This year, we expect to admit about 200 of the very best students from across China, the US, and other countries.

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An applicant will compete for a SIMIS International Scholarship of value up to $8,000. A scholarship winner shall be admitted to the 2025 Yau Mathcamp. The scholarship shall cover a full tuition of $5,000, roundtrip economy airfare of up to $1,500 if applicable, in addition to room and board of $950, and the registration fee (6000 RMB, about $825.) View more about Registration Fee Adjustment Notice.

The deadline for applications is April 30, 2025. Results of the scholarship competition will be announced around May 31, and winners will be duly notified. Mathcamp may consider partial scholarships for eligible students.

Mathcamp classes shall start on July 18. Students can start by building and creating some basic but solid background knowledge on a range of subjects. They include Linear Algebra, Geometry and Topology, Number Theory, Algebraic Combinatorics, and Physics. Students will also work with their coaches and teachers on a daily basis to learn the art of creative problem solving. In a latter part of the camp, they will hone in on specific math problems in a research project of their choice, and then apply skills they have acquired to try to solve those problems. (Some of them are even open!) There will be a Mathcamp Symposium on the last days of camp that would give students an opportunity to share their research findings with their fellow campers and their teachers.

This year we continue the Yau Mathcamp Best Project Award (BPA). Every camper who has completed a research project proposed by their Mathcamp teachers can compete for this award. After they give their research presentations in each class, a selected number of strong projects will be invited to enter the final round of competition, to compete for 5 BPAs. A BPA recipient shall receive 6000RMB in prize money, and an award certificate signed by Professor Shing-Tung Yau.

The highest achieving students at Mathcamp will receive our recommendation to enter the Yau Research Program (YRP). Each student, possibly as a member of a small team, in this program would work on a year-long research project under the supervision of a research professor from a prestigious university. The professor would serve as their mentor throughout the year. The YRP would serve as an extension of a student's Mathcamp experience, giving them an opportunity to develop advanced knowledge, and deep and creative problem solving skills, over the period of about a year, all under the guidance of a seasoned research scientist. Graduates of this program will be recommended to the very top universities around the world for college admission.