Australian Informatics Olympiad (AIO)

Australian Informatics Olympiad (aio)

Date

Thursday 27 August 2026        

Time

3 hours        

Cost

AUD $50.00 per student

Australian Informatics Olympiad (AIO) recognises and challenges students with an interest in computer programming. Participating students will need some programming experience and be able to write code.  

Allowed languages are C, C++, Java or Python 3.

Students who perform well in the AIO may be invited to participate in the AMT’s olympiad programs.

Like all our competitions, the AIO contains unique problems designed each year by leading educators, academics and industry experts to challenge and extend your students’ problem-solving skills.

For practice material go to the AMT’s Informatics Training Site.

Key Dates

Entries close:  

Friday 21 August 2026

Divisions

• Intermediate – students up to Australian Year 10
• Senior – students up to Australian Year 12

Note there is only one AIO paper. Divisions are for awarding only.

Topics

• Students invent algorithms and write code to solve problems. Functions include opening, reading and writing files; declaring variables and arrays; and using loops, conditional (if) statements and simple arithmetic operations.

Question and Answer Format

• 6 questions, answers are in source code

Delivery Option

• Online only