On July 22-28, 25th International Competition in Mathematics (International Mathematics Competition) was held in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, with participation of 70 University teams (351 participants). Armenia was represented by Yerevan State University team at the competition. Four participants represented the Yerevan State University; three of them – Arsen Hambardzumyan, Gevorg Mnatsakanyan and Albert Gevorgyan – were awarded with gold medals, and Vahagn Altunyan won a silver medal.

The Olympiad was held individually and team-based. Arsen Hambardzumyan shared the 12th-13th places in the personal account. The team of the Yerevan State University took the 4th place in the team championship. This is an unprecedented result for the YSU team. while the team’s best result was in the 7th place.

The YSU Student team was headed by YSU and AUA lecturer Karen Keryan. YSU team was trained by Vardan Voskanyan and Karen Keryan.

It should be noted that the team of St. Petersburg State University took the first place in the International Student Olympiad in Mathematics, and the second and third places were occupied by the teams of Israel’s National School and Pisa High School. The IMC Student International Olympiad in Mathematics was for the first time held in 1994.