The National Science Challenge

Are you game enough for science? Join the National Science Challenge (NSC) and test your knowledge and skills!

A highly competitive televised game show that is broadcast on MediaCorp's Channel 5, the NSC provides Secondary Three students with a chance to put their skills and knowledge to the test during studio rounds and at on-site challenges hosted by A*STAR research institutes and other research organisations. Through the series, not only students but members of the public will be able to marvel at how science is in everything around us.

The National Science Challenge (NSC) is running for the 16th season this year. Since Jan 2002, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Science Centre Singapore have been organising a series of exciting science programmes on a search for the brightest young minds in Singapore.

Click here to catch the National Science Challenge 2019 episodes!

Click here to watch past episodes.

Qualifying Round

Date: Early July- Sept 2020
Venue: To Be Determined
The qualifying round will see participants sit for a written test on all aspects of Science in the form of multiple choice questions. 24 teams with the highest scores will advance to the televised Quarter Finals.
If the team progresses to the televised rounds & Finals, all four members of the team must be available for filming at the studio and all other round and Imaging sessions, currently scheduled from early July to September 2020.

National Science Challenge Quarter Final 2019:
Quarter Final 1	Quarter Final 2	Quarter Final 3	Quarter Final 4	Quarter Final 5	Quarter Final 6
Raffles Institution	Anglo Chinese School (Independent)	Anglo Chinese School (International)	Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary)	NUS High School	Xinmin Secondary School
Singapore Chinese Girls’ School	St. Joseph Institution	Dunman High School	Swiss Cottage Secondary School	National Junior College	CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School
Yishun Town Secondary School	Tanjong Katong Secondary School	Catholic High School	Bukit Panjang Government High School	Victoria School	Temasek Junior College
Nan Hua High School	River Valley High School	School of Science and Technology	Hwa Chong Institution	Cedar Girls’ School	Crescent Girls’ School

National Science Challenge Semi-finals 2019:
Semi-final 1	Semi-final 2	Semi-final 3
CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School	St. Joseph’s Institution	NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
Raffles Girls’ Secondary School	Crescent Girls’ School	Catholic High School
Hwa Chong Institution	Raffles Institution	Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Nan Hua High School	Cedar Girls’ Secondary School	School of Science and Technology