Everything you need to know about the competition including timeline, structure, syllabus, etc.
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India's premier undergraduate mathematics championship where brilliance meets rigor. Across two seasons and eight specialized tracks, 10,000+ students compete through multi-stage elimination - offline preliminaries, online olympiads, and grand finales - for mathematical supremacy and elite career pathways in quantitative fields, research, and technology.
Registration from 20 Dec, 2025 – 28 Feb, 2026
Registration from June – July 2026
Three escalating stages test speed, depth, and creativity across Integration & Analysis, Linear Algebra & Optimization, Probability & Statistics, and Game Theory. Choose 3 tracks. Rank strategically. Advance through elimination, where only mathematical excellence survives.
15th March
What to Expect — Six hours. Three chosen tracks. Thirty problems total. Mixed-format questions test computational speed and conceptual understanding across your selected domains. Gaussian scoring normalizes difficulty—converting raw scores to Z-scores ensures fairness across tracks. Your strategic priority weighting (3:2:1) amplifies your strongest domain while rewarding consistency. The top 400 by weighted final score advance.
Medium — Conducted offline simultaneously at 30+ premier institutions
21 and 22nd March 2026
What to Expect — Four continuous hours. Six comprehensive proof-based problems spanning every track. Open-book format rewards depth over memorization—textbooks, notes, references, AI tools permitted. Only human collaboration forbidden. Secure proctored platform with identity verification ensures integrity. Problems demand rigorous reasoning, elegant proof construction, and deep mathematical maturity. Top 40 by raw score advance to the finale.
Medium — Secure online proctoring with identity verification
13th and 14th April
What to Expect — Multi-component assessment across two intensive days. Speed rounds test rapid problem-solving reflexes. Proof-writing challenges demand mathematical elegance under pressure. Presentations evaluate your ability to communicate complex reasoning. Discussion rounds probe conceptual depth. The finale separates computational skill from true mathematical creativity. Champions emerge
Medium — IIT Delhi
All undergraduate students currently enrolled in registered colleges and universities across India are eligible to participate, regardless of branch or year of study.
No! The Integral Cup is completely free to participate in.
The competition is open to all undergraduate students in India. Participants with prior experience in competitive mathematics or Olympiad-level problem-solving are encouraged. Selection for Round 2 and Round 3 is based on performance in previous rounds.
Syllabus has been uploaded to https://discord.com/channels/1437093118527803516/1440582503604814006/1454073752848564347. The <#1453480507982610698> contains questions asked in previous competitions. Sample papers have been uploaded, find them at https://discord.com/channels/1437093118527803516/1437302400284229652/1454081799851610233. (Do also keep an eye on the <#1437302400284229652> channel for additional material.)
You must participate in exactly 3 out of 4 available tracks (Integration and Analysis, Games and Game Theory, Probability and Statistics, and Linear Algebra) to qualify for Round 2.
Yes! Travel and accommodation will be reimbursed for the Grand Finale (Round 3) for participants from outside the host city, subject to organizational guidelines.
If your college did not register for the Integral Cup, you may still register individually and be allowed to sit the exam in a nearby campus center, based on the discretion of the organizing team. (For example, previous/proven merit or special circumstances.)