CASTeL hosts a variety of Science Olympiads throughout the year. You can find information on each Olympiad below.
The two Irish teams are doing their final training for the 2023 European Olympiad of Experimental Science (EOES) on Tuesday 28th March and Wednesday 29th March 2023.
Click here to find out more about the 2nd Irish Olympiad of Experimental Science (IrEOES).
The Irish Junior Science Olympiad (IrJSO) is a science competition for Transition Year students in Ireland who are under sixteen on December 31st of the year of the competition. Round 1 is held online, and Round 2 is held annually in Dublin City University (DCU). At the IrJSO competition, all participants receive a certificate. The top three students are awarded gold medals, the next three silver and the next three bronze. The gold & silver medal winners represent Ireland at the annual International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) in December. The bronze medal winners are on the reserve list.
The Irish Olympiad of Experimental Science (IrEOES) is an individual, subject based (biology, chemistry or physics) science competition for Fifth Year students in Ireland who are under 16 on December 31st of the year of IrEOES. Round 1 is held online, and Round 2 is held annually in Dublin City University (DCU).
IrEOES 2022-2023
Round 2 of IrEUSO 2022-2023 took place on Saturday 21st January 2023 at Dublin City University. Round 1 took place online on Saturday 12th November 2022.
The Chemistry Olympiad Ireland (ChOIRL) is a competition for students located in the island of Ireland in the final year of second level education and who are under twenty on December 31 in the year of the competition. Students from Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland (RoI) are invited to participate in the competition.
For 2022, the National Finals of ChOIRL are hosted over two rounds (Round 1a and 1b):
The overall winners of ChOIRL will be announced on March 12, 2022. The following awards will be presented:
