iGeo

Exam pattern

Three parts: a Written Response Test (WRT) worth 40% of the total marks, a Multimedia Test (MMT) worth 20% and a Fieldwork Exercise (FWE) worth 40%. The WRT has six sections of three to seven questions each; the MMT has 40 multiple-choice questions with 4 options each; the FWE has three parts (a mapping exercise, analysis of a spatial issue, and a problem-solving exercise leading to a spatial plan or map). Students complete the tests individually, in English.

Read from: Test Guidelines (revised 2025), pp. 1-3

Syllabus

Official links and how they were checked

• International Geography Olympiad - home page Verified against the document
  Official website · International Geography Olympiad (iGeo), held under the auspices of the International Geographical Union (IGU) · 2026 · checked 2 Nov 2026
  Opened https://www.geoolympiad.org/ (redirects to https://geoolympiad.org/) on 2026-11-02. It is the iGeo's own website (footer 'International Geography Olympiad. All Rights Reserved'). The page says the iGeo is held under the auspices of the International Geographical Union (IGU) and organized by the IGU Olympiad Commission, is for students aged 16 to 19 selected from national geography olympiads, and lists the menu: About, How to Qualify, Guidelines, Past Questions & Results, Why Geography?, Alumni, Contact. The page links no separate syllabus; its test information points to the Guidelines page.
• iGeo Test Guidelines (web page) Verified against the document
  Syllabus · International Geography Olympiad (iGeo), held under the auspices of the International Geographical Union (IGU) · 2026 · checked 2 Nov 2026
  Opened https://geoolympiad.org/guidelines/ on 2026-11-02. It carries the content areas (12 question categories), the required skills and the descriptions of the Written Response Test, Multimedia Test and Fieldwork Exercise, and links the PDF 'Test Guidelines revised 2025'. The categories and test descriptions were compared with the PDF text (next document) and agree.
• Test Guidelines (revised 2025) Verified against the document
  Syllabus · International Geography Olympiad (iGeo), held under the auspices of the International Geographical Union (IGU) · 2026 · checked 2 Nov 2026
  Downloaded the PDF on 2026-11-02 (HTTP 200, application/pdf, 3 pages, file title 'Test Guidelines revised 2025') and extracted its text with pypdf. Read all 3 pages. Page 1 lists 'Question Categories' 1 to 12 and 'Required skills' 13 to 15 and the 40/20/40 split of the three parts; pages 1-2 describe the Written Response Test and Multimedia Test; pages 2-3 describe the Fieldwork Exercise in three parts. The 12 categories, 3 skills and the test descriptions in this file were cut from that text. Not compared: the rendered pages as images.
• Past Questions & Results - iGeo document library Opened; part could not be confirmed
  Sample / previous-year papers · International Geography Olympiad (iGeo), held under the auspices of the International Geographical Union (IGU) · 2026 · checked 2 Nov 2026
  Opened https://geoolympiad.org/document-library/ on 2026-11-02. It lists 159 documents from 1996 to 2026 (Written Response Test, Fieldwork Exercise, Multimedia Test sample, results and reports). The direct PDF links used in igeo_papers.json were taken from this listing and each checked for HTTP 200 and application/pdf. The papers themselves were not read.
• About iGeo Verified against the document
  Other official page · International Geography Olympiad (iGeo), held under the auspices of the International Geographical Union (IGU) · 2026 · checked 2 Nov 2026
  Opened https://geoolympiad.org/about/ on 2026-11-02 and read the whole page: annual competition for geography students aged 16 to 19 selected from national geography olympiads; aims; three parts (written test, multimedia test, fieldwork). The page names no organising body in its text and no medals. Used for the frequency and the aims.
• iGeo Statutes Opened; part could not be confirmed
  Other official page · International Geography Olympiad (iGeo), held under the auspices of the International Geographical Union (IGU) · 2026 · checked 2 Nov 2026
  Opened https://geoolympiad.org/about/statutes/ on 2026-11-02. Read: Art. 1 (held under the auspices of the IGU, organized by the IGU Olympiad Commission), Art. 8 (up to four students and two team leaders per country), Art. 13 (student conditions), Art. 5-7 (three parts, English as official language). The Statutes do not state how often the Olympiad is held. Only the clauses named here were compared; the full text was not compared.
• How to Qualify - iGeo Verified against the document
  Other official page · International Geography Olympiad (iGeo), held under the auspices of the International Geographical Union (IGU) · 2026 · checked 2 Nov 2026
  Opened https://geoolympiad.org/qualifying/ on 2026-11-02. Compared for this file: team size (up to four students and two team leaders), selection through the country's national geography competition, enrolment in the country's school system, secondary school or finished in the Olympiad year without starting tertiary education by 30 June, age 16 to 19 inclusive on 1 August of the Olympiad year, English, at most two participations. The page describes only the national competition as a selection stage. The list of national organisers was not copied.