Academic

✍️Description: EDB lists many territory-wide academic competitions, including:

• Elite Students Project in Chinese Language.

• Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award.

• Physics Olympiad, Biology Olympiad, and other subject Olympiads

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong; eligibility rules depend on each competition
🏆What it covers: Certificates, awards, and sometimes further selection for national/international Olympiads.

✍️Description: Long-standing mathematics competition for secondary students, used to select the Hong Kong IMO team.

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong.

🏆What it covers: Awards and selection to represent Hong Kong at the International Mathematical Olympiad

✍️Description: Mathematics competition to select the Hong Kong team for the International Mathematical Olympiad

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong

🏆What it covers: Awards and selection for the Hong Kong IMO team

✍️Description: Junior science competition for secondary students, used to select the Hong Kong team for the International Junior Science Olympiad

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong

🏆What it covers: Awards and selection for the Hong Kong team

✍️Description: Long-running science project competition for secondary students, focusing on research, innovation, and scientific communication

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong

🏆What it covers: Awards, recognition, and sometimes further selection for national competitions

✍️Description: Chemistry competition for secondary students to select Hong Kong’s team for the International Chemistry Olympiad

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong

🏆What it covers: Awards and selection for international chemistry Olympiad

✍️Description: English poetry competition for secondary students

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong

🏆What it covers: Awards and recognition for creative writing

✍️Description: Annual English writing competition for secondary students, aiming to nurture creative writers and recognise excellence in English writing

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong

🏆What it covers: Awards and recognition for outstanding English writing.

✍️Description: Annual high school writing competition for Hong Kong students, with categories in fiction, non-fiction, and medical humanities

🤷Eligibility: High school students in Hong Kong

🏆What it covers: Recognition for creativity and writing excellence

✍️Description: Public speaking contest to enhance English communication skills and self-confidence among secondary students

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong; Junior (F.1–F.3) and Senior (F.4–F.6) divisions🏆What it covers: Awards and recognition for public speaking in English

✍️Description: English essay competition for secondary students, focusing on global or personal themes

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong

🏆What it covers: Recognition and exposure for strong essay writing

✍️Description: English book report competition to promote reading habits and enhance language proficiency

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong

🏆What it covers: Awards and recognition for English reading and writing

✍️Description: Public speaking contest to enhance English communication skills and self-confidence among secondary students

🤷Eligibility: Secondary school students in Hong Kong; Junior (F.1–F.3) and Senior (F.4–F.6) divisions🏆What it covers: Awards and recognition for public speaking in English