IMONST 2

All Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award winners in IMONST 1 are invited to take part in IMONST 2, which will take place on Saturday, 8 November 2025, at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Since IMONST 2 is a selection round for the Malaysian IMO team, only Malaysian citizens under 20 years old in July next year will be invited.

If you are a medalist for IMONST 1 but not eligible for IMO 2026, you are more than welcome to take the IMONST 2 if you still wish to take the test.

Please refer to your IMONST 1 results to check if you qualify.

What to do now?

IMPORTANT! If you qualify:

  1. Please read this page carefully, from beginning to end. This page explains the whole process of IMONST 2.
  2. Please fill in the IMONST 2 Registration Form in your IMONST results letter.

Registration must be done individually, preferably by the participants (not by a teacher). Please register by 31 October 2025.

Details of IMONST 2

Date: Saturday, 8th November 2025.

Venue: Dewan Tan Sri Ainuddin Wahid, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
(Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/EEsEojjGiQxjM99f6)

Registration Time (Beginner and Senior): 7:15 am

Registration Time (Pioneer and Junior): 1:15 pm

Contest Time (Beginner and Senior): 8.00 am – 12.00 pm

Contest Time (Pioneer and Junior): 2.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Equipment: The minimum needed are writing tools and geometric tools. Papers will be provided on the day of the exam.

Clothing: Participants may wear any attire as long as it is decent and appropriate. Shorts, singlets, or any revealing clothing are not permitted.

Format:

  • The IMONST 2 paper contains 6 essay-type problems, similar to the IMO (but much easier :)).
  • There are different papers for Beginner, Pioneer, Junior, and Senior.
  • Each problem is worth 7 points. Integer partial scores are possible.
  • Participants write their solutions on blank A4 papers.
  • Please use a blue pen or a black pen to write the solutions.

Honor Code: Participants must do all the work themselves without any help from others. Please be warned that it is easy to catch students cheating or copying others’ work in an essay-type format- do not even think of doing it.

Awards: There will be awards in the IMONST 2, similar to the IMO-style awarding, but the ratio might be different. All participants will receive an e-certificate. The top scorers will qualify for Bengkel IMO (see below).

Special Request: We will not accommodate any request for postponement if IMONST clashes with another activity, whether organized by your school or otherwise.

The only exception is an academic examination (school or national) that cannot be rescheduled. Please contact us at contact@imo-malaysia.org with your request.

Preparation

We have compiled a reading material to prepare the contestants for the competition. The reading material can be downloaded here:

IMONST2 Reading material

For further material, we recommend these notes to prepare for IMONST 2:

Of course, you may prepare using whatever texts you’re familiar with (there are literally hundreds of online resources for various math olympiad topics).

However, some of the problems in IMONST 2 will be solvable by the materials covered in the three notes mentioned above.

You may also try the papers from IMONST 2 previous years. You may find them here:

For the solutions to IMONST 2 2020, please refer to our solution videos on our Facebook page:

For the solutions to IMONST 2 2021, you may find them here:

For the solutions of IMONST 2 2023, you may find them here:

IMONST 2 2023 Solution

What’s Next?

Around 60-100 students (from all categories) from IMONST 2 will be shortlisted for Bengkel IMO 2025/26. This is a rigorous program involving lectures, problem-solving sessions, homework assignments, and participation in various international competitions (organized by genuine, respectable organizations).

The date for Bengkel IMO 1 2025/26 will be announced soon.

Any questions? Please contact us at contact@imo-malaysia.org.