National
Science and Maths
Quiz 2025

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Objective

UCSI's annual national quiz is back, celebrating science and math with the theme STEM for Future Adventures: Empower, Innovate, Sustain!

Get ready to think big, innovate and create!

FREE REGISTRATION

SEATS ARE LIMITED

First-come-first-served basis.

CLOSING DATE

3 June 2025

WHO CAN JOIN?

SPM (Form 5) / IGCSE O-Level (Year 11) / UEC (SM2 and SM3) science stream students or equivalent are recommended to participate

Zone Level Challenge

(Online and Open Book Quiz)

Date: 4 May – 3 June 2025

National Level Challenge

Date : 12 July 2025 (Saturday)
Time : 8am - 3pm
Venue : UCSI University KL Campus

Challenge Mechanics

This competition is open to all Form 5 science stream and IGCSE students or equivalent. Each team consists of three students, under the supervision of a teacher.

The online quiz will be conducted in ENGLISH. The questions set for this challenge will be segregated into the following categories:

Mathematics

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Questions asked are NOT solely based on SPM or IGCSE curriculum only and may also cover questions related to the theme of this year’s competition.

This competition is divided into Zone and National Level Challenges.

ZONE LEVEL CHALLENGE

Zone Level Challenge is conducted as an online, open-book multiple choice question (MCQ) quiz. It comprises of 40 MCQs based on the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.

Each participant will sit for a 40-minute individual online quiz.

The online quiz will be conducted in eight zones as stated below:

ZONE 1: PENANG AND KEDAH
ZONE 2: PERAK
ZONE 3: SELANGOR
ZONE 4: KUALA LUMPUR
ZONE 5: NEGERI SEMBILAN AND MALACCA
ZONE 6: JOHOR
ZONE 7: KELANTAN, TERENGGANU AND PAHANG
ZONE 8: SABAH AND SARAWAK

The teacher advisor can contact the organiser if they have any questions regarding the online quiz instructions.

The online quiz can be taken by the students at any suitable location from 4 May to 3 June 2025 so long as it does not interrupt the teaching and learning process.

Quiz starts upon registration.

The top five teams with the highest score from each zone will progress to the National Level Challenge.

The winning teams are decided based on the total score from each participant in a team. The overall time taken to answer the quiz will be considered if there are similar scores.

Rewards:

E-certificate of participation to each participant
E-certificate of appreciation to all teacher advisors

NATIONAL LEVEL CHALLENGE

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Prizes

Champion

RM1,000 cash prize

E-certificate

Full Tuition Fee Bursary*

1st Runner-Up

RM500 cash prize

E-certificate

Total bursary worth RM45,000*

2nd Runner-Up

RM300 cash prize

E-certificate

Total bursary worth RM30,000*

*The bursaries provided are for the Pre-University programmes at UCSI University/College only. Terms and conditions apply.

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Rules of the Competition

Semi-final and final

There are two stages in the semi-final.
Each stage consists of four teams.
Each team will draw lots to determine which stage they are to participate in.
The two teams with the highest score from each semi-final stage will proceed to the final round.
Both the semi-final and final rounds are buzzer-based rounds. The first team to buzz in will be called on to answer the question. If the wrong answer is given, the question will be open for other teams to steal the point.
Three marks will be allocated for the first buzzer if the correct answer is given. If the wrong answer is provided, the second team who buzzes next will be awarded two points for the correct answer.
Each wrong answer will result in one mark being deducted. However, teams following the first buzzer may choose not to buzz in. In this case, no marks will be deducted.
There are a total of 20 questions for each round. These questions centre around the theme as well as topics on Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
Upon buzzing in, participants will have receive 30 seconds to answer the question. After the first 25 seconds has passed, a bell will ring once as your first reminder. After 30 seconds has passed, the bell will then ring twice to indicate the end of the answering period.

In case of a tie in Semi-Finals or Final Round

In case of a tie in the Semi-final or Final round, the teams will be asked three additional questions to determine the team that will proceed or win.
The same rules as the above apply.

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