Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad (SJPO): 2025 IP-Friendly Guide

Q: What does Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad (SJPO): 2025 IP-Friendly Guide cover? A: Eligibility rules, exam format, medal cut-offs, and why the General Round is a perfect mid-year diagnostic for IP Physics students.

TL;DR
The Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad (SJPO), run by the Institute of Physics, Singapore (IPS), targets Secondary 2 & 3 students.
The General Round (early August) is a $2 \space \text{h}$ paper of 50 multiple-choice questions; the top cohort (~top 8 %) is invited to a Special Round with written problems. Medals are awarded Gold → Bronze plus certificates of merit and participation. For IP learners, SJPO doubles as a Term 3 checkpoint before Promo-year mechanics and electricity topics land.

Registration quick answer (Singapore): Schools nominate candidates to SJPO; individual sign‑up isn’t offered. Yearly details and school circulars link from the organiser’s page - start here: https://www.physics.nus.edu.sg/olympiad/sjpo

1 What exactly is SJPO?

The SJPO is a national junior Physics contest that feeds into the senior Singapore Physics Olympiad pathway. It has run annually since 2018 under IPS stewardship and typically draws ~2 400 seats, the cap listed in the official guidelines.

2 Eligibility & registration