Expert Overview

The Carnegie Mellon Informatics and Mathematics Competition (CMIMC) is a student-run contest in which high school students solve mathematics and computer science problems in individual and team rounds at Carnegie Mellon University each spring. Student organizers also run an online programming contest and, each fall, a middle-and-high-school math contest.

Format

Individual, Team

Judging Format

Scoring based

Recognition

Grade Eligibility

Rising Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors

Geographic Eligibility

US, International

Discipline

MathematicsComputer ScienceAlgebraCombinatorics

Entries

Not published

Percent Awarded

100%

Important Dates

Competition

March 28, 2026

Passed

Open

Approaching: < 1 mo.

Priority: < 2 weeks

Urgent: < 1 week

Registration Cost

see website

About

CMIMC Math is open worldwide to high school students and younger, with no qualification. Teams of up to six register through a coach, individuals are merged into teams, and a modest registration fee applies. Contestants sit three 50-minute individual rounds (Algebra and Number Theory, Combinatorics and Computer Science, Geometry), a 40-minute ten-problem Team Round, and a 60-minute team round of written proofs in theoretical computer science. Trophies go to top teams and medals to top individuals.

Because anyone may enter, placement on the published top-10 lists, overall and by round, is the signal; participation shows interest, not selection. The theoretical computer science proof round and the computer science content in an individual round set CMIMC apart from contests that test mathematics alone.

CMIMC is the right competition for a student who wants a team math contest that also tests computer science and proof writing, on a university campus and organized by university students.