2023 — 2024: English language

School stu­dents of grades 5–11 from Rus­sia and of equi­val­ent grades from all over the world are invited to participate.

Par­ti­cip­a­tion in the com­pet­i­tion is free. All school stu­dents can take part in the qual­i­fy­ing round and the win­ners of it are invited to the final round. Win­ners of the pre­vi­ous Olympi­ad (with dip­lo­mas of any degree) are also invited dir­ectly to the finals.

Olympiad’s organ­izers

Nevsky Insti­tute of Lan­guage and Culture

Insti­tute of For­eign Languages

Mur­mansk Arc­tic State University

Con­tact us

You can send your ques­tions by e‑mail: olimp.​eng@​formulo.​org.

Final Res­ults

We are pub­lish­ing an exten­ded pro­tocol that includes the res­ults of school­chil­dren who par­ti­cip­ated in the final stage out of the com­pet­i­tion. If you took part in the Olympi­ad, but your res­ult is not avail­able, please imme­di­ately inform the organ­iz­ing com­mit­tee by e‑mail, indic­at­ing the full name, class, city and code of the participant.

We also apply a table of points for vari­ous degrees of diplomas:

Dip­loma of the 1st degreeDip­loma of the 2nd degreeDip­loma of the 3rd degree
R5554639
R6524944
R7524539
R8555147
R9525049
R10555350
R11555352

Chronology of events

All the news about the Olympiad are posted below from newest to oldest.

Final stage protocol

April 3, 2024

We are pub­lish­ing the pre­lim­in­ary pro­tocol of the final stage.

Points for win­ners and run­ners-up will be determ­ined after appeals have been processed.

Pre­lim­in­ary res­ults of the final stage

March 28, 2024

Pre­lim­in­ary res­ults of the final stage became avail­able in per­son­al accounts. We plan to pub­lish the full pro­tocol of the final stage in the near future.
Max­im­um points for assignments:
Task 1 — 5
Task 2 — 10
Task 3 — 5
Task 4 — 5
Task 5 — 10
Task 6 — 5
Task 7 — 5
Task 8 (essay) — 15
In the IS, the score for the first two tasks is numbered 1.

No later than April 4 You can file an appeal (in your per­son­al account). Decisions on dip­lo­mas will be made after appeals have been processed.

You can request your work from the jury by email solv.​lang@​formulo.​org until March 31, 2024 (request via mail of the organ­iz­ing com­mit­tee will not be con­sidered). In the sub­ject line of the let­ter, write: “Work Request”; in the let­ter itself you must indic­ate the region of par­ti­cip­a­tion, class and par­ti­cipant code. Without this data the work will not be sent. Please note that the work will be sent to you with­in 24 hours from the date of your request.

Final round

February 8, 2024

Dear par­ti­cipants!

Regis­tra­tion is open for the final stage of the Olympi­ad, which will be held on Feb­ru­ary 18 from 10 to 14 loc­al time (In some regions, the time may dif­fer, exact inform­a­tion can be found in the list of sites in your per­son­al account. The time in the inform­a­tion sys­tem is Moscow. We recom­mend check­ing the inform­a­tion a couple of days in advance before the Olympics, as the organ­izers can adjust the start time of the Olympics).

To select a site in your per­son­al account you need:
1) go to the “Olympi­ads” section;
2) find the Eng­lish Lan­guage Olympi­ad 2023–24 in the Olympi­ads table;
3) click the green “Open” but­ton under the words “Final Stage” next to your class number;
4) check the box next to the appro­pri­ate site.

If you have not fully entered the per­son­al data required to par­ti­cip­ate, the sys­tem will prompt you to do so.

If you do not see the win­dow for regis­ter­ing for the final stage, write to isys@​formulo.​org.

On the page with a list of sites at the top you will see your par­ti­cipant code; write it down and take it with you to the Olympics. The code must be indic­ated on each page of your Olympi­ad work. We also advise you to write down the organizer’s phone num­ber (avail­able in the site description).

We recom­mend arriv­ing at the selec­ted site 10–15 minutes before the spe­cified time to find the right room. You need to have an iden­ti­fic­a­tion doc­u­ment with you, as well as blank A4 paper. Dur­ing the Olympi­ad, you must not use tele­phones or oth­er means of communication.

Regis­tra­tion will be open until Feb­ru­ary 15, 2024.

❗️ Par­ti­cipants from Bel­gorod will have the oppor­tun­ity to write the final stage remotely; we will send you instruc­tions later in person.

❗️ Only its stu­dents can register for the Verkhnedv­insk gym­nas­i­um site.

❗️ Only par­ti­cipants who are cur­rently under­go­ing the edu­ca­tion­al pro­gram of this found­a­tion can sign up for the plat­form of the edu­ca­tion­al found­a­tion “Tal­ent and Suc­cess” (Siri­us).

Date of final round

January 24, 2024

Dear par­ti­cipants!
The organ­iz­ing com­mit­tee agreed on the date of the final (in-per­son) round.

The Eng­lish Lan­guage Olympi­ad will be held on Feb­ru­ary 18, 2024.

Inform­a­tion about ven­ues and regis­tra­tion will be avail­able later.

Please stay tuned for updates.

Pro­tocol update

January 13, 2024

Dear par­ti­cipants, we are pub­lish­ing the updated pro­tocol of the qual­i­fy­ing round.

Res­ults of the qual­i­fy­ing round

December 31, 2023

Dear par­ti­cipants!

We are pub­lish­ing the final pro­tocol of the qual­i­fy­ing round. Thank you for your par­ti­cip­a­tion and con­grat­u­la­tions on the upcom­ing holidays!

If you do not see your­self in the pro­tocol, this means that you have not yet filled out the neces­sary per­son­al data in your per­son­al account.

Inform­a­tion about the date and ven­ues will appear in 2024.

Pre­lim­in­ary res­ults of the qual­i­fy­ing round

December 27, 2023

Dear par­ti­cipants, the pre­lim­in­ary res­ults of the qual­i­fy­ing round have been pub­lished. The res­ults can be viewed in your per­son­al account.

The points for passing to the final round by class are as follows:

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

R11

33 points

34 points

28 points

27 points

29 points

36 points

40 points

Appeals can be sub­mit­ted by Decem­ber 29, 2023. until 16:00 (Moscow time) via per­son­al account.

Please note that an appeal can only be filed against the last assign­ment. To do this, you need to use the “Appeal” but­ton in your per­son­al account of the inform­a­tion sys­tem, indic­at­ing in the mes­sage that the task needs to be revised. In the text, jus­ti­fy what you dis­agree with.

If you find tech­nic­al errors in the test part, please write to us by email.

For all ques­tions, you can write to the organ­iz­ing com­mit­tee email.

Task Solu­tions

November 21, 2023

These are the answers to the tasks of the qual­i­fy­ing round of the com­pet­i­tion. We would like to remind you that, accord­ing to the reg­u­la­tions, the res­ults will be pub­lished by Decem­ber 31, 2023. Stay tuned for updates.

Thank you for par­ti­cip­at­ing in the qual­i­fy­ing round

November 15, 2023

Res­ults will be pub­lished by Decem­ber 31, 2023.

Mes­sage from the organ­iz­ing committee

November 10, 2023

The organ­iz­ing com­mit­tee has resolved the prob­lem and account regis­tra­tion is avail­able again.

A regis­tra­tion code is not required to cre­ate a new account.

To restore an already cre­ated per­son­al account, write to tech­nic­al sup­port: isys@​formulo.​org, a response to your requests may take some time.

We kindly ask you not to cre­ate new regis­tra­tions if you already have an account.

Update from the Olympi­ad Organ­iz­ing Committee

November 10, 2023

The organ­iz­ing com­mit­tee has decided to extend the qual­i­fy­ing round by 1 day due to prob­lems with regis­tra­tion. Solu­tions must be sub­mit­ted by 23:59:59 UTC on Novem­ber 14, 2023 (which is 02:59:59 Moscow time on Novem­ber 15).

Mes­sage from the organ­iz­ing committee

November 10, 2023

We inform you that regis­tra­tion is tem­por­ar­ily unavail­able due to a large num­ber of incor­rect email addresses. Stay tuned for updates on the Olympi­ads pages.

Start of the qual­i­fy­ing round

October 19, 2023

Here is the qual­i­fy­ing (remote) round of the competition.

Please remem­ber that your solu­tion of every prob­lem should include not only the right answer, but the full reas­on­ing as well.

We will be happy if your friends who like math­em­at­ics also par­ti­cip­ate. How­ever, every assign­ment should be done indi­vidu­ally; oth­er­wise, your sub­mis­sion will not be considered.

The win­ners of Olympi­ad 2022/23 (those with Dip­lo­mas I‑III) can par­ti­cip­ate dir­ectly in the final round.

Prob­lems

The qual­i­fy­ing round is tra­di­tion­ally held for stu­dents in grades 8–11 in a test format: for each task, you only need to enter the answer, which is either a num­ber or a let­ter. In some tasks, the answer may be a for­mula or the answer «no solu­tion».

How to sub­mit solutions

To par­ti­cip­ate in the «For­mula of Unity» / «Third Mil­len­ni­um» 2023/24 Eng­lish olympi­ad, it is neces­sary to sub­mit solu­tion by the dead­line of 23:59:59 UTC on Novem­ber 13, 2023 (which is 02:59:59 Moscow time on Novem­ber 14). Please register in our inform­a­tion sys­tem and sub­mit your solu­tions through the per­son­al account. Import­ant: if you already have an account, there is no need to cre­ate a new one.

Be sure to read the par­ti­cip­a­tion instructions.

We do not accept qual­i­fy­ing round works in any way oth­er than through upload­ing with­in the inform­a­tion system.

Ques­tions?

All ques­tions to the Organ­iz­ing Com­mit­tee about the prob­lem con­di­tions and the pro­ced­ure for con­duct­ing the Olympi­ad can be asked by email olimp@​formulo.​org or +7(981)-750–19-21 Alex­an­dra (write in What­s­app or Telegram).

Ques­tions about the oper­a­tion of the inform­a­tion sys­tem can be asked by email isys@​formulo.​org.

Inter­na­tion­al Olympi­ad «For­mula of Unity» / «The Third Mil­len­ni­um» opens a new season!

August 28, 2023

The Olympi­ad is held in two stages, the first of which (qual­i­fy­ing) takes place in the fall, and the second (final) — in February/​March.

  • The qual­i­fy­ing stage is held in absen­tia with the use of dis­tance learn­ing technologies.

Dates of the cor­res­pond­ence stages of the Olympiads:
Math­em­at­ics: 20.10.23 — 10.11.23
Phys­ics: 20.10.23 — 10.11.23
Eng­lish lan­guage: 20.10.23 — 13.11.23

  • The final stage is held (usu­ally) in per­son at region­al venues.

To par­ti­cip­ate, you need to register in our inform­a­tion sys­tem. And then on the day of the start of the Olympi­ad (20.10.23), all the neces­sary inform­a­tion, will be sent by e‑mail.

The win­ners of the Olympi­ad receive a pref­er­en­tial tick­et to the edu­ca­tion­al camps «For­mula of Unity».

Also, all inform­a­tion about the Olympi­ad can be found on the offi­cial page on the portal olimpi​ada​.ru.

Note that only coun­tries where Eng­lish is not one of the offi­cial lan­guages can par­ti­cip­ate in the Eng­lish Olympiad.

 

For more suc­cess­ful par­ti­cip­a­tion in the Olympi­ad, we recom­mend solv­ing the tasks of pre­vi­ous years and study­ing the recom­men­ded lit­er­at­ure. You can also pur­chase col­lec­tions of Olympi­ad tasks for the past years in paper form.