NOTE: The dates for some STEMS papers have been changed!

Registration for STEMS 2026 has started!

About

STEMS (Scholastic Test of Excellence in Mathematical Sciences) is an annual first-of-its-kind open resource examination conducted for students from 8th grade to undergraduates across India. The exam will be held in Mathematics, Probability-Statistics, Physics and (theoretical) Computer Science in January. The relaxed duration of the exam and original conceptual questions promote academic creativity over rote learning and research interest, increasing the interest and awareness of mathematical sciences amongst the students.

About 35-40 of the best scorers across the four disclipines of STEMS will be selected for a 3-day, fully-funded camp at CMI. Past students selected for this camp include various medalists at the IMO, IOI and few of the brightest school and college students across India.

STEMS
Camp

Details

STEMS will be conducted on 4^th (Maths) , 9^th Morning (CS), 9^th Evening (Probability-Statistics) and 10^th Evening (Physics) of January. The test can be taken online from any location; and the top 35-40 performers will be invited to CMI to attend a sponsored residential camp with guest lectures by leading experts.

Details

Resources

The question papers from the previous editions of STEMS and sample papers can be found on the resources page.

Past Speakers

Akshay Venkatesh

Institute for Advanced Study

Abhay Ashtekar

Pennsylvania State University

H.C. Verma

Indian Institue of Technology Kanpur

Lisa Sauermann

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Manindra Agrawal

Indian Institue of Technology Kanpur

Ravi Vakil

Stanford University

Shubhangi Saraf

University Of Toronto

Daniel Litt

University Of Toronto

Heloise F. Stevance

University of Oxford

Jaikumar Radhakrishnan

TIFR

Prahladh Harsha

TIFR

Sankaran Viswanath

Institute For Mathematical Science

Kavita Ramanan

Brown University

Ryan O'Donnell

Carnegie Mellon University

Sujatha Ramdorai

University of British Columbia

Apoorva Khare

Indian Institute of Science

Xavier Vinneot

Institute For Mathematical Science

Amritanshu Prasad

Institute For Mathematical Science

Anand Louis

Indian Institute of Science

Joseph Samuel

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Nutan Limaye

IT University of Copenhagen

Samriddhi Sankar Ray

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Shweta Agrawal

Indian Institue of Technology Madras

Saket Saurabh

Indian Institue of Technology Madras

Sushmita Venugopalan

Institute For Mathematical Science

Anand Louis

Indian Institute of Science

Madhavan Mukund