Students of Magtymguly Turkmen State University Win Nine Medals at International Olympiads in Indonesia and Poland
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Students of Magtymguly Turkmen State University won a total of nine medals at international mathematics and physics olympiads held in Poland and Indonesia. They earned one gold and three bronze medals in Poland, followed by two gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the World Young Physicists’…
Students of Magtymguly Turkmen State University won a total of nine medals at international mathematics and physics olympiads held in Poland and Indonesia, respectively. This was reported on the university’s official website.
From November 5 to 9, 2026, an international mathematics olympiad for university students was held at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. The competition featured problems in algebra and combinatorics, mathematical analysis, functional equations, geometry and probability theory.
Representatives of Magtymguly Turkmen State University won four medals in the individual and team competitions. In the individual contest, Orazguly Gylyjow, a student of the Faculty of Information Technology, won the gold medal. Balkan Jepbarow, a student of the same faculty, as well as Wepa Berdiyew and Abdulla Abdullayew, students of the Faculty of Mathematics, received bronze medals. The Turkmen students also won a bronze medal in the team competition.
Around 180 students from higher education institutions in Turkmenistan, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Germany, France and Slovenia took part in the olympiad. The Turkmen team was led by Agaserdar Yollyyew, a lecturer at the university’s Department of Mathematical Analysis.
In addition, from November 4 to 9, an international competition for university students entitled the “World Young Physicists Olympiad 2026” was held on the Indonesian island of Bali. At this event, students of Magtymguly Turkmen State University won five medals — two gold, two silver and one bronze — and also claimed the grand prize.
Thus, Turkmen students secured a total of nine medals at the two international olympiads, raising the university’s standing on the international stage.