The Swiss Biology Olympiad, SBO, is a competition for high school students with a strong interest in Biology. With the preparatory week and the three exam sessions, we hope to motivate and fascinate the young biologists with the most up-to-date classes, work in the lab and challenge them with questions that require them to deduce the answers by combining the facts they have learned.
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1352 high school students participated in the first phase of the SBO 2012. The best 76 of them thus qualified for the preparatory week and the second phase, which will take place in January. Congratulations!
The Trailer, the school version and the main movie of the documentary film "Biology happens - Neugier. Wissen. Leidenschaft" about the "ibo|suisse" are finally available online! Enjoy!
The DVD of the documentary can be ordered for free at the VSWO.
Swiss Biology Olympiad SBO 2012
The first step of selection of the SBO is taken by interested students at their grammar school. The first exam serves as a qualification to participate in the preparatory week, an intensive 8-day biology course. It also provides the first opportunity to get to know peers who are equally fond of biology. The second assessment determines the finalists who take part in the SBO Week.
The SBO Week is the last phase of SBO where practical exams are emphasised. The four winners, who represent Switzerland at the IBO, are anounced on the SBO Day.
Phases of SBO
The first exam was will be sent to Swiss grammar schools on August 20. Due date will be September 23, 2011.
If you are a student at a Swiss grammar school who wants to participate in the SBO, ask your biology teacher for further information.
If you are a teacher in biology at a Swiss grammar school who didn't receive information about the first exam, please contact us. We are more than happy to provide with further material.
The schedule of the ongoing Swiss Biology Olympiad can be found here.
Swiss Biology Olympiad SBO 2012
Participation in the SBO and IBO 2012 is open to all students of Swiss grammar schools who will graduate in the same year as IBO 2012 or later. However, you have to be born on the first of July 1 1992 or later.
Who can participate in SBO and IBO 2012?
According to international rules, all secondary students, born on the 1st July 1992 or later, are eligible to participate in IBO 2012 and SBO 2012.