For the International Junior Science Olympiads, The Science Olympiad Foundation serves the sole purpose of preparing and sending teams to represent the country at the IJSO.

The competition consists of three examinations, a multiple choice examination, a structured theoretical examination and a practical examination. All the examinations have durations of 4 hours (at the international olympiads), and are held on separate days. Each examination is evaluated independently from the other and the sum of the results of the examinations determines a participant's overall result. A scientific jury, which is installed by the host country, suggests the tasks.

Each delegation consists of either three or six students and upto three mentors/teachers (one of them is designated as the head of the delegation or "head mentor"). A delegation may also include a handful of guests and scientific observers. Students must be under the age of 15 by December 31st of the competition year.

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The International Junior Science Olympiad is a general science competition. The IJSO syllabus is therefore not strictly divided into the disciplines biology, chemistry and physics but rather intends to highlight basic general concepts in science. This conceptual approach is also meant to encourage the development of problems of interdisciplinary content and relevance. The syllabus of the International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) lists the skills and areas of knowledge the participants should be familiar with for this competition. It thus serves as a guideline for developing tasks to the Scientific Committees of the hosting countries but should also help the leaders of the participating countries to effectively train their students for this competition.

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