PROMYS Europe 2025: Student Applications
--- Student Applications are now CLOSED ---
PROMYS Europe 2026
Applications will open in January
Sign up to be notified when applications for first year students open in January.
(N.B. Clicking either of these links will redirect you to a form on the University of Oxford Mathematical Institute website).
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First Year Students - Application Process:
PROMYS Europe is a programme for pre-university students who will be at least 16 years old by the start of the programme. Applicants may be in any year of secondary school or sixth form college including their final year or a gap year. Students attending state-funded schools, independent or private schools, home schools, and other types of schools are all eligible to apply. PROMYS Europe is open to students ordinarily resident in Europe; this includes all countries adjacent to the Mediterranean.
Lectures, discussions, and problem sets are in English. Applicants should possess English language skills which are strong enough to enable full participation.
The application process, which opens in January each year, includes a challenging problem set, a teacher recommendation form, and an application form which includes short essay questions about interest in attending PROMYS Europe.
PROMYS Europe seeks to attract applicants of the highest ability and potential, regardless of background. Decisions on the admission of students will be based solely on individual merit, assessed by the application components outlined above.
PLEASE NOTE: Students who apply to PROMYS Europe should not simultaneously apply to a PROMYS program elsewhere (Boston or PROMYS Italia). They may apply to only one PROMYS program per summer.
If you have any questions, please contact us at info@promys-europe.org.
Returning students
Pre-university students who attended PROMYS Europe in one year and who wish to return in a subsequent year follow a different application process; they are required to complete a brief application form. Applications open in January each year.
Disability
If you wish to make us aware of a disability for which you may need support, then you may do so by writing to admin@promys-europe.org either when you submit your application or when you receive an offer. Successful applicants with a disability will be given the opportunity to discuss their needs, and we will make reasonable adjustments to accommodate the needs of disabled participants and applicants.
Equality Monitoring
For all applicants there is an optional form for equality monitoring purposes which will be sent to you once you have submitted your application. This form is completely anonymised and will not affect your application or the selection process.
Mailing List
Sign up to be added to our mailing list to be kept informed about current and future PROMYS Europe programmes. We correspond by email and typically send 3-4 communications per year. (Clicking this link will redirect you to a form on the University of Oxford Mathematical Institute website).
Application for pre-university students applying to attend a PROMYS Europe programme for the first time:
Closing date: 9 March 2025
Eligibility
- Students must be pre-university and at least 16 years old by the start of the programme.
- Applicants may be in any year of secondary school or sixth form college including their final year or a gap year.
- Students attending state-funded schools, independent or private schools, home schools, and other types of schools are all eligible to apply.
- Students must be ordinarily resident in Europe; we include in this all countries adjacent to the Mediterranean.
- Lectures, discussions, and problem sets are in English. Applicants should possess English language skills which are strong enough to enable full participation.
PLEASE NOTE: Students who apply to PROMYS Europe should not simultaneously apply to a PROMYS program elsewhere (Boston or PROMYS Italia). They may apply to only one PROMYS program per summer.
Assessment
The application process includes a challenging problem set, a teacher recommendation form, and an application form which includes short essay questions about interest in attending PROMYS Europe. PROMYS Europe seeks to attract applicants of the highest ability and potential, regardless of background. Decisions on the admission of students will be based solely on individual merit, assessed by the application components.
If you have any questions, please contact us at info@promys-europe.org.
How to Apply:
Please note that by clicking any of the links below, you will open a new tab containing the online application material on the University of Oxford Mathematical Institute website.
To be submitted by the applicant
1. Problem set solutions. The application problem set is available as a pdf that you can download. Please upload your solutions (as a single PDF no larger than 15MB) with your online application. If you are handwriting your solutions, please use black ink and then scan to pdf, ensuring that the work is clear and visible.
2. Online application form. The student application form must be submitted with your problem set solutions. You will be asked to upload your solutions within the application form. The deadline for receipt of first year application materials is shown on the form.
To be submitted by the applicant's teacher
3. Online teacher recommendation form. Please ask one of your mathematics teachers to complete the teacher recommendation form (this could be your maths teacher in school, a maths tutor/coach or a maths professor). This does NOT need to be submitted at the same time as the student application; it can be submitted at ANY time before or after the student application, but it must be submitted by the application deadline.
Please note: it is the applicant's responsibility to ask one of their mathematics teachers to complete this form. We strongly encourage you to follow up with your teacher to ensure the recommendation is submitted by the application deadline. Students are permitted only one teacher recommendation. If more than one recommendation is submitted PROMYS Europe will only consider the first one.
PROMYS Europe 2025
Student Applications closed on 9 March 2025. Any outstanding Teacher Recommendations may still be submitted ASAP and by Thursday 13 March at the latest.
To be submitted by the applicant's teacher
3. Online teacher recommendation form. Please ask one of your mathematics teachers to complete the teacher recommendation form (this could be your maths teacher in school, a maths tutor/coach or a maths professor). This does NOT need to be submitted at the same time as the student application; it can be submitted at ANY time before or after the student application, but it must be submitted by the application deadline.
Please note: it is the applicant's responsibility to ask one of their mathematics teachers to complete this form. We strongly encourage you to follow up with your teacher to ensure the recommendation is submitted by the application deadline. Students are permitted only one teacher recommendation. If more than one recommendation is submitted PROMYS Europe will only consider the first one.
Returning students
Applications are OPEN!
Closing date is 27 January 2025
Pre-university students who attended PROMYS Europe in one year and who wish to return in a subsequent year follow a different application process to first year students; they are required to complete this brief application form only. Applications are now open.