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Albania’s Olimpiada Kombëtare e Matematikës (OKM) is run through the Ministry of Education and the Centre for Educational Services, QSHA. The IMO country profile links to the Albanian Mathematical Association (AMA) as Albania’s national Olympiad website. This independent guide helps you find the right school stage, official papers and free practice.

Who can enter and where to start

OKM covers Grade 9 in lower secondary education (AMU) and Grades 10–12 in upper secondary education (AML). Start with your mathematics teacher and school, which work with the relevant local education office, ZVAP. The standing regulation requires an annual grade of at least 8 in mathematics in the previous school year. Check your school’s notice for the application procedure and any individual eligibility question; no open individual registration form is verified here.

The three national phases

  1. School phase: local ZVAP offices prepare papers, administered at schools. The regulation gives three hours. Released local papers vary: the linked AMU collection has five questions for Tirana and six for Gramsh. Check your actual paper’s marks and permitted aids.
  2. ZVAP phase: QSHA prepares the paper. The standing regulation gives three hours; pupils scoring at least 70% in the first phase may advance under its rules.
  3. National phase: the current amended regulation permits pupils scoring at least 70% in the second phase. Exactly 70% is included: the August 2026 amendment changed the older wording that required more than 70%.

Mathematics calendar: 2026–27

The ministerial order dated 30 September 2026 gives the same mathematics dates for AMU and AML:

  • School phase: 2 November 2026, 12:00.
  • ZVAP phase: 5 December 2026, 10:00.
  • National phase: 20 February 2027, 10:00.

These are the local clock times in Albania’s national calendar, not India time. Confirm the room, arrival time and any later amendment with your school and the current QSHA information page.

National results and international selection

National award winners may be considered for international participation under invitation and ministerial-approval rules. An OKM award is not, by itself, a confirmed place on the six-person IMO team. The current team-selection tests, ranking weights, camp invitations and tie-break rules have not been verified in the sources inspected for this guide. Follow AMA announcements for those decisions.

Other competitions are separate opportunities

AMA also lists KAMO for Grades 7–9, Kangaroo Albania, and participation in competitions such as the Balkan and Junior Balkan Olympiads, EGMO, the European Mathematical Cup, Iranian Geometry Olympiad and Tournament of Towns. They have their own eligibility and entry arrangements. They are not presented here as extra compulsory steps in OKM or automatic routes onto the IMO team.

Use the AMA competition overview and Kangaroo Albania for the relevant current organiser notice. The current entry windows for these separate programmes are not established by this guide.

Choose study and official papers

Grade 9 / AMU: start with the released 2025–26 school-phase collection, then compare the AMU second-phase paper. These are official archive links, not copies hosted here.

Grades 10–12 / AML: choose your grade and phase in the national paper and solution archive. A Grade 12 second-phase paper is not the same preparation level as a Grade 9 first-phase paper.

After a mistake involving integer totals: learn to define nonnegative counts, use a remainder to shorten the search, and explain why every candidate has been found. The topic lesson below includes written proof extensions and objective adaptive checks.

Study nonnegative integer combinations → Start the six-response practice →

Original full mocks: none is published for Albania yet. Local school papers vary, and the inspected instructions do not settle marks or permitted aids for a uniform mock. The official papers and topic practice remain useful while those details are checked. This guide does not claim a complete mock library.

Turn a total into a complete integer argument

The AMA archive’s historical AMU first-stage collection includes integer-combination reasoning. Our original nonnegative integer combinations lesson develops the difference between an integer solution and a feasible construction, then moves to complete lists and reachability proofs. Four examples, nine written problems and adaptive checks are free to use.

A worked starting point

Suppose a total of 31 objects must be made from groups of 4 or 9. Let x and y be the nonnegative counts, so 4x + 9y = 31. Modulo 4, the term 4x disappears and 9 has remainder 1, giving y ≡ 3 (mod 4). Also 9y ≤ 31, so 0 ≤ y ≤ 3. The only possible value is y = 3, and then x = 1. Thus one group of 4 and three groups of 9 give 31. Every allowed y has been checked, so this is the only combination.

Study the method · Start adaptive practice · Read the official historical AMU collection

The lesson is independent preparation, not an official paper or a statement of current exam timing. After practising, write a complete explanation and return to your chosen paper.

Sources and limits

Sources checked 2 November 2026. Official problems are linked, not reproduced or translated. The worked example and lesson are original educational material. IMOolympiad.com is independent of these organisers and does not claim endorsement.