March 14, 2026
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Online Qualifiers: Feb 21-22, 2026
Sign Up NowMalaysia's Premier AI Competition Malaysia's premier competition in artificial intelligence for high school students. Challenge yourself with rigorous AI problems and discover how far your skills can take you.
Test your AI knowledge in practical challenges through hands-on Jupyter notebook problems.
Deepen your understanding of machine learning and AI concepts through rigorous competition.
Join Team Malaysia at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence.
The Malaysia AI Olympiad is a one-day competition where high school students solve practical AI and machine learning challenges through hands-on Jupyter notebook problems. Participants tackle real-world scenarios in supervised learning, neural networks, natural language processing, and computer vision.
To be eligible for selection to the national team, students must meet the following criteria:
Students who do not fit the eligibility criteria may join at our discretion if headcount permits. They can progress through the training and selection pipeline, however they will not be eligible for consideration to the national team.
The online qualifiers will be held on the competitions.aiolympiad.my platform. The competition will run over the weekend of Feb 21-22, 2026.
Top scorers will be sent invitation letters to participate in MAIO 2026 in-person. Score cutoff to be determined by venue limitations.
MAIO 2026 and its qualifier serve as the selection funnel for our 2026 Training and Selection Programme, identifying and nurturing Malaysia's brightest AI talents for regional and international AI olympiads. The top *40 students in MAIO will be invited to join the programme.
* Number of participants is subject to change
No entrance fees are charged to participate in the online qualifiers or MAIO itself. The competition is free for all eligible students.
Students from government schools, private schools, and home-schooled students are all welcome to participate. We embrace diverse educational backgrounds and learning environments.
Diploma students are counted as being in their first year of undergraduate studies and will not be considered eligible for selection to the national team. However, they may participate in MAIO at our discretion if headcount permits.
Sign up by Feb 7, 2026 to receive joining instructions for MAIO Online Qualifiers!
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