About CEMC

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To evaluate students' mathematical abilities using objective and fair standards, the University of Waterloo adopted a unified examination approach, giving rise to the Waterloo Math Contest. Due to the University of Waterloo's outstanding reputation and tradition in the field of mathematics, as well as the rigorous and professional assessment criteria of the Euclid Mathematics Contest, the contest results have gained widespread recognition among North American universities and are hailed as the "TOEFL of Mathematics." Among all participants, the top 25% of students receive a Certificate of Distinction. From its inception with only 300 participants annually, the Waterloo Math Contest has now accumulated a total of 210,000 student participants. The Euclid Mathematics Contest results have become an important indicator for admission to various programs in the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Mathematics, as well as the "Software Engineering" program, and a key criterion for students applying for scholarships in the faculty.

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Contest Categories and Exam Dates

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· GAUSS Contest (Grades 7-8): Held every May, the contest consists of 25 multiple-choice questions to be completed in 1 hour, divided into Parts A, B, and C.
· Pascal/Cayley/Fermat Contest (Grades 9-11): Held every February, the contest consists of 25 multiple-choice questions to be completed in 1 hour, divided into Parts A, B, and C.
· Fryer/Galois/Hypatia Contest (Grades 9-11): Held every April, the contest consists of 4 short-answer questions to be completed in 75 minutes.
· University of Waterloo's Euclid Contest (Grade 12): Held every April, the contest consists of 10 short-answer questions to be completed in 2.5 hours.