Ready to participate?
Do you want to showcase your brain in economics? Welcome to the Economics Olympiad!
What are the requirements for participation?
- You must either be enrolled at a Swiss or Liechtenstein school, have your principal residence in Switzerland or be Swiss citizen.
- You should not be enrolled at university or a university of applied sciences and must have been working toward receiving a highschool diploma or a similar degree as of December 1st, 2023.
- You must be younger than 20 years old as of June 30th, 2024.
Registration
The first round of the Economics Olympiad will be open from 1 to 23 March 2025.
Until then, you can take a look at our demo test or previous exams.
Want to make sure you don't miss it? Leave your contact details below and we'll let you know when it's time!
What awaits you
Online Exam
The written exam lasts 45 minutes. It allows you to show your knowledge in economics. The 12 students with the highest score will face the Assessment and participate in the Swiss Finals. The exam cannot be repeated.
Here you can train with our demo version.
Ready to take the exam? The window for the first round will be open from 18.03 to 01.04.2024.
Innovation Camp
The top 12 of the first round will be invited to a 3-day innovation camp where they will be met with various workshops preparing them for their assessment at the National Final. The finalists will be trained in the areas of economics and business.
Next to the preparation for the second round of qualification, the finalists will also enjoy a variety of group activities and get the chance to meet alumni of the Swiss Economics Olympiad.
Swiss Finals
The assessment for the Top 12 of the Online Exam is divided into two main parts:
1. Exam
During the first part of the workshop, you will have to solve a written economics exam which resembles the online exam.
2. Case Study & Presentation
In the second part, you will get to solve a case study. After a given period, every student will present their results in front of a jury.
The five best students will be chosen as the Swiss Delegation for the International Economics Olympiad.
Workshop & Preparation
The next step is to make sure each student of the Swiss Team is well prepared for the International Economics Olympiad. For this purpose, we organize several workshops in collaboration with partners and volunteers, which will help you:
- get an overview over the most important topics in economics
- feel confident in solving a case study and presenting it
International Economics Olympiad
The Swiss Delegation will face four challenges:
1. Financial literacy exam
This multiple-choice exam is a test of your financial knowledge.
2. Economics exam
This exam consists of a multiple-choice section and essay-style questions where you can choose 4 out of 5 tasks. These questions must be answered in a structured and elaborate manner.
3. Business case
You and your team have 24 hours to solve the case and prepare a convincing presentation.
4. Presentation
The grand finale is the presentation itself. You will have ten minutes to present your results and convince the jury.
How to prepare yourself
No extra preparation needed, but...
In general, there's no extra preparation needed in order for you to achieve a good score on the online exam.
If you still want to prepare yourself for the online exam, we suggest you take a look at the old exams and case studies so that you'll get a feeling of your strengths and maybe weaknesses regarding different topics of economics. This way you can prepare yourself by filling those gaps.
In addition, you can solve last year's test to get a feel for the question types. You can take the test several times. To the demo test!
Barrier-free Olympiad?
Do you need specific assistance for your participation due to a physical or psychological impairment, handicap or chronic illness? Find out more about how we can support your participation here and get in touch with us. We will do our best to ensure that everyone can participate fairly.