Bangladesh Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics

BDOAA

Bangladesh Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics

Passionate about making a difference and creating change in the field of Astronomy, then BDOAA is perfect for you. Over a period of the Olympiad, we provide various training sessions, skill development, and field opportunities which builds you to become the ideal agent of future astronomers. 

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Register for the first round both in-person format and e-Olympiad version!

What's BDOAA?

Bangladesh Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (BDOAA) is a non-profit organization that organizes the regional and national olympiads on astronomy and astrophysics (A&A), hosts the national A&A camp in Bangladesh, and sends students to the International Olympiad on A&A (IOAA). BDOAA is the most prestigious competition on A&A in Bangladesh for school and college students and IOAA is the most prestigious international competition on A&A for students up to the age of eighteen.

Since

2018

BDOAAC

Bangladesh Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics Committee

Bangladesh Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics Committee (BDOAAC) was recognized as the National Olympiad Authority for Bangladesh team selection on 8 February 2018 with the permission of IOAA. Many of the members of this committee are ex-nationals, many of the students participating in the International Olympiad are pursuing higher education in astronomy. There are many workers and experienced students and teachers who love space science and are under overall supervision. In the first year organized by this committee, about a thousand enthusiastic students participated in 10 regional competitions, out of which 120 finalists participated in the national round at Jahangirnagar University in Dhaka.

In China Beijing Bangladesh team participated in the 12th International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad with 5 finalists and 2 team leaders in the national stage selection camp. Bangladesh's results that year were overall better with 4 contestants each securing more than 40% marks and 1 contestant getting a special honor award. It was a remarkable success of Bangladesh Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad as a first time participation.

What's IOAA

IOAA is being held annually since 2007 and BDOAA is sending students to the olympiad every year since 2018. We’re proud that in our very first attempt in IOAA 2018 China one of our students managed to get an Honorable Mention. In 2020/2021/2023, students selected by BDOAA to represent IOAA got several medals including silver bronze, and honorable mentions!

Steps to Prepare

Like any other Olympiad, Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad also needs your curiosity, willingness to work hard and persistence for good preparation. Only if these things are there, we can easily move forward.

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Study the books

Download recommended books and notes

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Practice Problems

Practice the problems from our question bank

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Past Questions

Go through past BDOAA questions

Bangladesh's first medal in International Astronomy Olympiad

BDOAA selected team to win medal for the first time in Global e-Competition on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 . The party was led by Fahim Rajit Hossain , Md. Mahmudunnabe and Arnab Chowdhury . Bangladesh team got 2 silver medals , 3 bronze medals and 1 honorable mention in GeCAA and another member of Bangladesh team got 1st prize of best group in group competition

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Growing in Numbers

1
Thousand

Students participated in past BDOAA

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Awards

From the International Olympiads (IOAA, GeCAA, and OWAO)

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Candidates

Selected to participate in the National Exclusive Camp

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