Those who want to study abroad or are interested in Canadian education will not be familiar with the University of Waterloo, which is known as the "Massachusetts Institute of Technology".
Waterloo University was founded in 1957, in Canada's most authoritative education magazine Maclean`s (McLean) ranking, for five consecutive years ranked first in the second. The University of Waterloo has the only math college in Canada, which is also the largest math college in North America and even the world. The college has a variety of international specialties in computer science, actuarial, bioinformatics, mathematics / accounting, math / business management, and 1.05 million students worldwide, but only 100 leaders can be admitted.
In order to be able to enroll the world famous schools, especially their math schools and software engineering colleges, or to obtain scholarships, domestic students have chosen to participate in the organization of the international math competition.
The University of Waterloo International Mathematical Contest is a full range of math contests covering grades 7 through 12 and is the Canadian official math competition for high school students around the world. Has a wide range of international influence. It is organized by the Canadian Mathematical and Computer Education Center (CEMC), Department of Mathematics, Waterloo University, the world's largest math school. The contest began in 1963 and has been 53 years old, with 210,000 students from all over the world participating in the competition.
There are 13 categories of competitions: Gauss Mathematical Contest for Grade 7 to 8; Pascal Math Contest for Grade 9, Fryer Mathematical Contest; Cayley for Grade 10 ) Mathematical Contest, Galois Mathematical Contest; Facing the 11th Fermat Mathematical Contest, the Hypatia Mathematical Contest; the 12th Euclid Mathematical Contest; Senior Canadian Mathematics Competition for grades 9 to 12; Canadian group math competition for grades 9 to 12; Beaver Computer Challenge for grades 9 to 10; Grade 9 to 12 Canadian Computer Contest. Among them, the Euclidean Mathematical Contest is the highest in all projects, examining the rigor and professionalism of the standards, and is known as the "Mathematics TOEFL" exam in Canada. It is an important basis for US and Canadian schools to assess international student mathematic levels, entry qualifications and scholarships.
Different from other international competitions, it is not only to examine the level of student commitment and mathematics, pay more attention to the improvement of student interest in learning. The competition is very strong on the subject, from easy to difficult, gradually increased, only 25% of the contest with a high challenge. So it is not the excellent achievement of children in mathematics to participate in and get good grades, the competition for students to learn the interest in the study of the challenges of each subject is very helpful. For example, the Heathatia Mathematical Contest and the Garrova Mathematical Contest are mainly focused on improving students' interest in learning mathematics and using math to solve problems.