Swiss Biology Olympiad

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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Am SBO-Tag wurden am 15. April an der Universität Bern die besten 18 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern der 13. Schweizer Biologie Olympiade mit Medaillen und Diplomen ausgezeichnet. Der erst 16-jährige Gaétan Colussi aus Nax (Lycée-Collège des Creuset, VS) gewann dabei, wie auch schon im Vorjahr, die Goldmedaille. Damit sicherte er sich die Teilnahme an der Internationalen Biologie-Olympiade 2012 (IBO 2012) in Singapur. Begleiten werden ihn dabei die drei weiteren Goldmedaillengewinner Jlonca Gosztonyi aus Mellingen (Kantonsschule Wettingen, AG), Rino Vicini aus Appenzell (Gymnasium St. Antonius, AI) und Samuel Tschopp aus Liestal (Gymnasium Liestal, BL). Alle Finalistinnen und Finalisten dürfen stolz sein auf ihre Leistung, da sie sich gegen 1‘352 Schülerinnen und Schülern aus der ganzen Schweiz durchgesetzt haben.

Für mehr Informationen können Sie die Photos der Woche und die Schlussrangliste anschauen.

On the 15 of April, the SBO Day will be held in Berne. By this occasion the four winners of SBO 2012 will be nominated. All interested people are cordially invited.

49 students have written the second round of the SBO 2012. We congratuleate everyone for the good perfomance: Ranking

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.