Following the success of last year’s event, we are excited to announce that University of Tartu, Estonia will once again be hosting the International Anatomy Olympiad on August 21-22, 2026. The competition is intended for first- and second-year medical students from various medical schools. We are expecting around 15 teams from all over the world with 3 students in each team.  

The olympiad will test students’ theoretical and practical knowledge of anatomy, as well as creativity and teamwork skills through interactive tasks. The topics will cover all human organ systems, meaning that second year students might be more suitable depending on your curriculum. The theme this year is Anatomy Apocalypse. The theme of the Anatomy Olympiad serves purely as a creative framework to give the tasks a cohesive narrative. The content of the questions themselves remains fully grounded in anatomy.

The event is organized by medical students from the University of Tartu. There are no participation fees. Unfortunately, we cannot reimburse travel or accommodation expenses for participants. We will, however, provide food and drinks (lunch, dinner and refreshments) throughout the event. Please find more information from our website: https://iaotartu.com/ or Instagram: @iaotartu2026

We are currently in the process of contacting potential participants and would be most grateful if your university considered participating. Since there is no preliminary selection arranged by us, you could either select your representing team(s) or alternatively, advertise the event to all 1st/2nd year medical students via poster or e-mail. The registration form opens on our website on the 1st March (in almost 2 weeks!) and closes on April 1st.

We will also send the registration form to you via e-mail.

We will disclose the chosen teams after the registration round.

We would greatly appreciate your feedback. Please notify us if we should contact someone else from your institution regarding this. We have attached our poster for your reference and you can visit our website for more information.