Such an arrangement is perfectly fine by us!

Make sure you register as a team with your team members from other schools.

For example, suppose your team comprises 2 members from school X, 2 members from school Y, and 1 member from school Z. One member of this team simply fills up the registration form and includes all 5 of these students in the form. The admin personnel in the OT will receive this information and compile a list of students participating in SPhL to send to the respective schools (in this case, school X, school Y and school Z). Each school will be informed that these students will be participating with team members from other schools.

This is permitted, as long as your team members' categories do not mix. In other words:

done Secondary school students from different levels are permitted to join SPhL (Junior) as a single team.
done Junior college or [NEW!] Polytechnic students from different levels are permitted to join SPhL (Senior) as a single team.
close However, a team cannot comprise both secondary school and junior college / polytechnic students.

As long as these conditions are met, having members from different levels is permitted.

No special procedure is needed for registration here, simply indicate each team member's level in the registration form accurately.

First of all, thank you for your support in facilitating the registration process for SPhL! Our efforts would not reach as many students without your invaluable assistance, and we are immensely grateful for it.

Your HOD (Science) should have received an email from MOE in February 2025, with detailed instructions for registration. Please direct your students to form teams to fill in the registration form on our website. The deadline for submission is 11 April 2025 (Friday), at 11.59 pm.

If you did not receive the MOE email, please drop us an email via contact@sgphysicsleague.org, and we will forward all the information you need. Should you have any technical queries regarding the registration procedure, or any other aspect of SPhL, feel free to ask too.

Yes! SPhL is strongly supported by the Institute of Physics Singapore (IPS) - the same organisation that also runs national physics competitions like SJPO, SPhO, SYPT. We are also supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE), the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and sponsored by Micron.

All participants will also receive certificates, and some teams will win awards based on their performance.

You need to give us your team name - a moniker that uniquely identifies your team. Go for something fun, casual, or quirky! Some examples from past contests include “Sherlock Ohms”, “Newton's Apples”, “Complicated Harmonic Motion”.

We will also need a little information about each of your team members: Name, level, school, and most importantly… email address! Please provide us a working email address that you check regularly. We will send out some really important information to whichever email address you give us here. We want this delivered to you - and not into a black hole.

We definitely encourage teams of 5. There is tremendous strategic benefit to having more members! With more hands and minds at work, more problems can be conquered, and consequently, more points scored, increasing your chances of an award.

Besides, how often do you get such a great excuse to talk all-things-physics and “jam” with fellow physics enthusiasts? As the adage goes: the more the merrier!

You can form a team if you just get one or two more students to join!

If you are still unable to find teammates within your school or amongst people you know, we run a Discord server for you to band together with other like-minded students looking for a team. Click here to join - don't be shy!

The joy of SPhL largely comes from teamwork, team spirit, team bonding. We want you to have the best experience - this is a key element of what sets SPhL apart from other competitions!

Please go ahead and register directly via the registration form on our website.

If your Physics teacher is not aware of this competition, please direct them to our website - particularly our little note for teachers linked here: sgphysicsleague.org/#for-teachers

Do drop us an email should you require additional help on this!

Yes, that is allowed! For additional instructions on registration for multi-school teams, please read the note above titled “If your dream team comprises students from different schools…”

This is only allowed if the categories of the different students do not conflict. For more information about this, please read the note above titled “If your dream team comprises students from different levels…”

While we would love to invite everyone, logistical constraints mean that only selected teams form the Senior Category will be eligible for the physical SPhL Grand Finals this year.

For our Junior Category teams - don't be discouraged! There will be plenty of exciting opportunities ahead, and we can't wait to see you shine in future editions. Plus, we've made significant improvements to our online competition to ensure an even more fun experience for everyone!

In the SPhL online competition, teams will be awarded Honourable Mention, Bronze, Silver, or Gold medals, with top-performing teams receiving special prizes!

Teams will also be given awards for their performance in the SPhL Grand Finals, but rest assured that it will not affect the awards for the online competition.

Unfortunately, this is currently not possible, do drop us an email if you require any further clarifications!

Nevertheless, we will publish all problems and solutions on our website once the competition ends. You may then attempt our problems informally with your friends or by yourself if you like!

Absolutely! We'd love to have you participate in our competition! However, please note that any team with at least one overseas member will be classified as a “Guest Team.”

While Guest Teams are still eligible for awards, their performance will not affect the rankings and medals of our local teams. Guest Teams will also not be eligible for the SPhL Grand Finals this year. Nevertheless, we encourage you to give it your best shot and enjoy our online competition!