Artificial Intelligence National Project of Russia’s Digital Economy Program
Russian Artificial Intelligence Junior Contest 2025
for 8th–11th grade students of Russian schools and school students from other countries eligible for participation
Ranked 2nd level in the national list of science competitions for school children 2024-2025; included in the list of competitions approved by the Russian Ministry of Education for the academic year 2024-2025
The Contest is included in the list of Contests and other intellectual and (or) creative competitions, events aimed at developing intellectual and creative abilities, abilities to engage in physical culture and sports, interest in scientific (research), engineering, inventive, creative, physical culture and sports activities, as well as the promotion of scientific knowledge, creative and athletic achievements, for the academic year 2024-2025.
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What to Expect
The contest is open to 8-11 grade students of Russian schools, as well as school students from other countries
Open training round offers tasks from previous years
Online prep classes are available before each round
Basic programming skills are sufficient to participate
Choosing a programming language to solve the task is up to students
*those pursuing basic school programs that are equivalent to the 8-9th grades of basic general education and secondary general education (10-11 grades) in Russia, at schools providing basic and secondary general education in other countries, admitted by the organizing committee
Participants are provided ample support throughout the contest
The main stages of the Junior Contest
July 1 - September 29
Training round
September 8 - October 4
Registration
September 23
a webinar on preparing for the qualification round
October 8
announcing the results of the qualification round, participants’ ranking, passing scores, and the list of participants for the main round on the website
October 9
an online class to look into various ways of tackling qualification tasks and to prepare for the main round
Main round
October 16 – 19
announcing the results of the main round, the participants’ ranking, passing scores, and the list of participants for the final round on the website
October 22
November 17 - 21
Final round
November 22
Award ceremony
Qualification round
September 29 - October 4
a webinar for teachers and local executive agencies implementing school education on how to prepare students for the contest
August 21
November 21
announcing the results of the contest on the website. Appealing the scores
October 30
an online class to look into various ways of tackling the tasks of the main round and to prepare for the final round
an online class to look into various ways of tackling the tasks of the main round and to prepare for the final round
November 7
What to do during the training round:
- Study the Learning materials
- Wait for registration
- Join the online community
- Solve the tasks of the training round
Current stage:
July 1 - September 29
Training round
Sign up to participate in the Russian Artificial Intelligence Junior Contest 2025
You can complete signing up until October 4, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. MSK
What do you get?
Digital certificates (for the participants of the final round)
Presents from partners
Winner's Cup
Acknowledgements and certificates for teachers
Help and Support
Online community in MAX
Don’t hesitate to join the chat to communicate with other participants of the contest
Join
Email
For all technical questions, please email us at
Contact
ai-olimp@guppros.ru
FAQ
8th–11th grade students of Russian schools, as well as school students from other countries admitted by the organizing committee, are welcome to participate.
The contest is open to those interested in computer science and mathematics, aspiring to dive deeper, and having basic programming skills in one of the common languages.
The contest is open to those interested in computer science and mathematics, aspiring to dive deeper, and having basic programming skills in one of the common languages.
The tasks are aimed at finding non-standard solutions in development and application of intelligent algorithms and models of big data processing.
Join the training round and try solving the 2021-2024 contest tasks to prepare for the qualification round.
Join the training round and try solving the 2021-2024 contest tasks to prepare for the qualification round.
First, there is knowledge - you can't get anywhere without it. Second, you will need a proper workplace. We will publish the list of hardware and software specifications before the start of the qualification round.
Please feel free to sign up for the contest even if you are just starting your programming journey. The qualification round offers the tasks that require basic knowledge and skills.
Besides, we have developed a whole section providing learning materials that will help you “get fit” for the contest.
Besides, we have developed a whole section providing learning materials that will help you “get fit” for the contest.
Check out the list of universities that are offering admission advantages to the winners and runners-up of the Contest 2024-2025 here. *The list of universities offering advantages to the winners and runners-up of the Contest 2025-2026 will be available later. The list of prizes and gifts is provided by the partners.
8th–11th grade students of Russian schools, as well as school students from other countries admitted by the organizing committee, are welcome to participate.
The contest is open to those interested in computer science and mathematics, aspiring to dive deeper, and having basic programming skills in one of the common languages.
The contest is open to those interested in computer science and mathematics, aspiring to dive deeper, and having basic programming skills in one of the common languages.
The tasks are aimed at finding non-standard solutions in development and application of intelligent algorithms and models of big data processing.
Join the training round and try solving the 2021-2024 contest tasks to prepare for the qualification round.
Join the training round and try solving the 2021-2024 contest tasks to prepare for the qualification round.
First, there is knowledge - you can't get anywhere without it. Second, you will need a proper workplace. We will publish the list of hardware and software specifications before the start of the qualification round.
Please feel free to sign up for the contest even if you are just starting your programming journey. The qualification round offers the tasks that require basic knowledge and skills.
Besides, we have developed a whole section providing learning materials that will help you “get fit” for the contest.
Besides, we have developed a whole section providing learning materials that will help you “get fit” for the contest.
Check out the list of universities that are offering admission advantages to the winners and runners-up of the Contest 2024-2025 here. *The list of universities offering advantages to the winners and runners-up of the Contest 2025-2026 will be available later. The list of prizes and gifts is provided by the partners.
The Organizing Committee
Irina Shvartsman
Chairman
Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation – Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation – Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Olga Petrova
Co-Chairman
Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Andrey Gorobets
Co-Chairman
Director of the Department of Digital Transformation and Big Data of the Ministry of Education of Russia
Director of the Department of Digital Transformation and Big Data of the Ministry of Education of Russia
Konstantin Mikhailik
Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation
Vasily Shpak
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Elena Avramenko
Deputy Director for Educational Activities for Admission and Pre-University Education, Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
Sergey Antonov
Deputy Director of the Personnel Policy Department of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation
Ilya Aryashev
Director of the Scientific and Educational Center for Innovative Youth Development of the Department of Science Development of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "State University of Education", Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee
Alexander Babich
First Vice-Rector for Youth Policy and Admission Organization, St. Petersburg State University
Mikhail Balakin
Director of the Department of Data, Projects and Processes of the Bank of Russia
Ekaterina Baranova
Legal Adviser of FAA "FTS"
Vyacheslav Bashev
Vice-Rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics
Evgeny Bobrov
Vice–Rector - Head of the Department of Academic Policy and Organization of Educational Activities of the Innopolis University
Julia Goryachkina
Director of the department "Personnel for the Digital economy" of ANO "Digital Economy"
Evgeny Ivashkevich
Rector of the Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Central University"
Anatoly Kurmanov
Chairman of the Expert Council of ANO "Smart City Competence Center"
Mikhail Mamuta
Head of the Consumer Protection and Financial Services Accessibility Service of the Bank of Russia
Natalia Naumova
Rector of the Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education "State University of Enlightenment"
Tatiana Nizyaeva
Director of the Department of Social and Educational Policy of the Skolkovo Foundation
Nikolai Parfentiev
Director of the Digital Development Department of the Russian Ministry of Construction
Larisa Rozhkova
Director of the Specialized Educational and Scientific Center of the Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
Alexey Semenov
Head of the Department of Mathematical Logic and Theory of Algorithms at Lomonosov Moscow State University
Anna Stepanova
Deputy Vice President for VK Educational Projects
Tatiana Suvorova
Vice-Rector of the Institute for the Development of Professional Education
Daniil Sukhanov
Vice-Rector of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Additional Professional Education "Institute of Professional Education Development"
Yulia Ebzeeva
First Vice–Rector - Vice-Rector for Educational Activities of Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Nina Yablokova
Head of the AI Alliance RussiaA
Vladimir
Gorbachenko
Gorbachenko
Head of the Department of Computer Technology, Penza State University
Semyon
Kraev
Kraev
Dean of the Faculty of Digital Transformations of the ITMO National Research University
Jury
Roman
Styatyugin
Styatyugin
Director of the VK Predict Analytical Products Center
Harutyun Avetisyan
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the V.P. Ivannikov Institute of System Programming
Chairman of the Jury
Mikhail
Balakin
Balakin
Director of the Department of Data, Projects and Processes of the Bank of Russia
Vladimir
Kurenkov
Kurenkov
Lecturer at the MIPT Graduate School of Software Engineering, Senior Lecturer at the Higher School of Economics
Konstantin
Panfilov
Panfilov
Head of the Data Science Competence Center, Samolet
Boris
Pranov
Pranov
Professor of the Department of Applied Information Technologies at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Evgeny
Sokolov
Sokolov
Head of the Department of Big Data and Information Retrieval, HSE Faculty of Computer Science
Alexey
Haulin
Haulin
Director of the I.V. Kurchatov Pedagogical Technopark "Kvantorium" Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education
Ksenia
Lapshina
Lapshina
Project Manager in the field of digital technologies, "Digital Transformation of Industries" of ANO "Digital Economy"
Danil
Fedorovykh
Fedorovykh
Deputy Vice-Rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics
Natalia
Lupacheva
Lupacheva
Leading Analyst, VK Tech
Sergey
Shashkov
Shashkov
Head of the Programming department of the educational platform "Uchi.ru"
Valentin
Malih
Malih
Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor at ITMO University, Head of NLP Research at MTS and Member of the Scientific Council of the AI Alliance Russia.
Methodological Committee
Albina
Burlova
Burlova
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Big Data and Information Retrieval at the Higher School of Economics, intern researcher at the Scientific and Educational Laboratory of Models and Methods of Computational Pragmatics at the Higher School of Economics, Methodologist at the Center for Continuing Education at the Higher School of Economics
Alexey
Zabashta
Zabashta
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Information Technology and Programming, Candidate of Technical Sciences, ITMO National Research University
Ruslan
Pusev
Pusev
Lecturer at the Faculty of Physical, Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Elena
Kantonistova
Kantonistova
Chairman
Associate Professor of the Department of Big Data and Information Retrieval at the National Research University Higher School of Economics
Alexander
Rogachev
Rogachev
Postgraduate Student in the Department of Big Data and Information Retrieval, HSE Faculty of Computer Science; Senior Research Programmer, VK Computer Vision Team
Partners
Radio St. 10a, Bldg. 1
Moscow
Moscow
Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “State University of Education”, 2025