Participation (Eligibility)
 

Basic Eligibility Rule
 
Note 1: Wording of eligibility is different from last year!

Note 2: The official eligibility rule is the one at the ICPC Web site
 
If you belong to a school in Japan, you must participate in the domestic contest.

Each team must be composed of

  1. 3 contestants (from the same school)
  2. 1 coach

Each contestant must satisfy all of the following four conditions.

  1. The contestant must be a student at:
    • a university/college,
    • graduate school,
    • junior college (including advanced course), or
    • a college of technology (including advanced course; contestants should be 4th or higher grade)
  2. The number of participation in past Asia Regional Contests must be less than 5.
  3. The number of participation in past World Finals must be less than 2.
  4. One of the following a or b is true:
    1. The contestant (first) entered the university/college/junior college in 2002 or later. For students of college of technology, we will consider the advancement to the fourth year as the year of entry.
    2. The contestant was born in 1983 or later.

The coach must be either a graduate student or a faculty member of the team's institution. One person can be a coach for multiple teams.

Furthermore, during the domestic contest, a proctor must supervise the team. The proctor is responsible for certifying that the teams participated in the contest without any dishonest actions. A proctor must be a faculty member of the team's institution. If the team's coach is a faculty member, then he/she can also be the team's proctor. A proctor may supervise multiple teams.

Questions should be sent to info@icpc.st.keio.ac.jp.

 
 
Asia Regional Contest (Yokohama site) Eligibility
 
Teams whose members belong to a school in Japan must first participate in the Domestic Contest. Teams will then be chosen based on the selection rule for participation in the Asia Regional (Yokohama site) Contest.

Teams whose members belong to a school outside of Japan will be chosen so that the number of universities, and the number of countries is maximized.

Teams must conform to the above basic eligibility rule.