Elite Mathematics 60, 2026-27

South Korea

Admission is through Korea's domestic gifted-school selection system. We have not identified a separate foreign-student application round comparable with KSA's international route; overseas applicants should confirm eligibility directly with the school.

Serbia

Entry is through the Serbian specialist-school admissions system and a dedicated mathematics entrance examination. No standalone overseas recruitment or visa-sponsorship route is published.

China

The mathematics evidence underlying the ranking comes from the Local Division. International pupils can apply to Shanghai High School International Division, but SHSID is a separate international-school pathway and should not be treated as access to the ranked domestic programme.

Romania

Private direct admission is available through the school. Its regulations explicitly accommodate pupils entering Romanian education from other systems, subject to recognition/equivalence of studies. No dedicated student-visa/overseas boarding route is advertised.

Poland

Foreign pupils can enter Poland's public secondary-school system using overseas educational records, but must satisfy the relevant Polish admission and specialist-school requirements. This is not a standalone international-school application.

Taiwan

Taiwan permits qualifying international students to apply directly to senior secondary schools, but admission depends on the individual school's authorised intake and requirements. No dedicated Jianguo international recruitment round has been identified.

Singapore

One of the clearest routes in the Top 10. NUS High explicitly accepts international students studying in Singapore or overseas, including through Year 3 admissions.

Hungary

No dedicated overseas recruitment route is published. International families would need to establish eligibility within Hungary's school system, deal with recognition of prior schooling and satisfy Fazekas's highly selective local admissions requirements.

Russia

Admission is through the Lyceum's own competitive examinations and it has boarding provision. No dedicated foreign-student recruitment channel is published, so international eligibility requires confirmation before application.

Singapore

International students can attend RI, but generally enter through Singapore's MOE system. RI explicitly directs new international students towards AEIS; Year 3 international applicants must already be in a local mainstream secondary school.

Singapore

International students are admitted through Singapore-system routes rather than a general overseas HCI application. For College entry, HCI explicitly includes international pupils already studying in Singapore schools with valid local O-Level results.

China

The ranked Olympiad programme is the domestic Chinese pathway. The school also operates international provision for foreign students, but this should not be assumed to provide access to the domestic Olympiad pipeline.

Bulgaria

Overseas schooling is explicitly contemplated: applicants from foreign schools can use formally recognised overseas records. They must still enter through Bulgaria's state admission system and meet SMG's specialist mathematics criteria.

Vietnam

The published pathway is Vietnam's highly selective domestic gifted-school admission process. We have not verified a direct foreign-student or overseas application route into the ranked programme.

United Kingdom

Overseas nationality itself is not the issue, but the pupil must have an independent right to UK state education. King's Maths explicitly states that, as a state-funded school, it cannot sponsor student visas and requires proof of UK education eligibility.

United Kingdom

A genuine international route. Tonbridge explicitly welcomes applications from around the world, offers overseas assessment centres and provides guidance to families requiring visas.

Russia

The 2026 rules explicitly cover foreign citizens and stateless applicants, provided they have the right to receive state-funded secondary education in Russia. This is therefore genuine access, but subject to Russian legal eligibility rather than open international-school admission.

Russia

Competitive entry to specialist classes is publicly available, but no separate international application or visa route is published. An overseas family would need Russian schooling/residency eligibility before pursuing the selection process.

Kazakhstan

Admission is through Kazakhstan's specialist education system. We have not verified a general overseas admissions programme; foreign families should confirm residency, documentation and boarding eligibility directly with the school.

Japan

Entry is through Nada's standard Japanese entrance examination. No dedicated international or English-language admissions programme is published. Applicants educated overseas should confirm document and residency requirements before applying.

Russia

A Russian public specialist-mathematics admissions route rather than an internationally recruiting school. Overseas families need local educational eligibility and Russian-language access to the entrance process.

China

RDFZ is unusual among the Chinese schools here: it publishes a foreign-student admissions route covering Chinese-curriculum and international study, subject to passport/visa, Mandarin and Beijing guardian requirements.

Bulgaria

As a private school it runs its own mathematics entrance examinations rather than being limited to a neighbourhood catchment. A dedicated overseas/visa pathway is not published, so foreign-school credentials and Bulgarian schooling eligibility need confirmation.

Vietnam

The ranked pathway is the Vietnamese domestic gifted-school programme. No direct overseas or foreign-student application route has been verified.

Vietnam

Admission is through Hanoi's domestic specialist/gifted high-school process. We have not identified an international-student route into the ranked programme.

Russia

Specialist entry operates within the Russian/Moscow school system. No separately published overseas admissions channel has been verified.

Russia

Residential specialist admission is competitive and tied to the Russian secondary-education framework. International eligibility should be confirmed directly; we have not identified a general foreign-student recruitment round.

China

The ranking refers to the domestic Chinese academic/Olympiad programme. No direct international application route into that ranked pathway has been verified.

China

The ranked mathematics pathway is part of the domestic Chinese secondary system. No international admissions programme into that pathway has been verified.

China

Despite the name, the Olympiad evidence relates to the selective domestic school programme. We have not identified a route by which an overseas applicant can directly enter that ranked mathematics pipeline.

China

The ranked programme is the school's elite domestic Chinese pathway. Separate international provision, where offered, should not be treated as admission to the Olympiad programme behind the ranking.

China

No direct foreign-student application route to the ranked domestic mathematics/Olympiad programme has been verified.

China

The mathematics evidence derives from the domestic Zhejiang/Chinese Olympiad pipeline. No equivalent overseas admissions route into that programme has been verified.

United Kingdom

Explicit overseas admissions. St Paul's accepts pupils applying from abroad, permits overseas assessment and is a UKVI Child Student sponsor for eligible pupils entering Year 9 and above; sponsored pupils must board.

South Korea

Exceptionally clear. KSA runs a dedicated annual International Admissions process for applicants holding foreign citizenship, with its own eligibility requirements and application timetable.

South Korea

Entry is through the Korean gifted-school selection process. The 2027 admissions materials explicitly accommodate recommendation documents from pupils attending foreign schools, showing some overseas-school access, but no separate foreign-national admissions round is published.

South Korea

Admission runs through the school's national gifted-school selection process. No KSA-style international admissions route is published; foreign/overseas eligibility needs individual confirmation.

Japan

Kaisei explicitly allows applicants who complete an equivalent junior-secondary curriculum overseas. There is no special returnee quota: overseas candidates sit the same highly selective examination.

Japan

The admissions documentation explicitly handles applicants residing overseas, and La Salle has boarding capacity. Applicants still sit the standard Japanese-language competitive entrance examination.

Taiwan

Taiwan's Ministry of Education permits qualifying international pupils to apply directly to senior secondary schools. School-level availability and selection must still be confirmed with Kaohsiung Senior High.

United States

Full international admissions route. Exeter states that the admissions process is the same for domestic and international applicants and issues I-20 documentation for pupils requiring F-1 visas.

United States

Proof has a direct independent-school admissions process, but we have not found a published I-20/F-1 sponsorship or boarding route. An overseas family should therefore confirm immigration and local living arrangements before applying.

United States

Explicit international application category. Harker defines students applying from schools outside the US and/or requiring an I-20 as international applicants and assesses them through the regular selective process.

United States

Applicants must already live full-time with a parent/legal guardian in one of the participating Virginia jurisdictions at the time of application and maintain residency throughout attendance.

United States

Applicants must be New York City residents and eligible eighth-graders or first-time ninth-graders. Admission is by SHSAT. Students living outside NYC cannot apply unless they establish NYC residency.

United States

The SMCS Magnet is an application-based MCPS programme. Montgomery County explicitly states that non-resident tuition-paying students are not eligible for magnet/application programmes.

United States

A custodial parent/legal guardian must establish permanent North Carolina residency before the application deadline. Some visa categories can establish qualifying residency, so an international family relocating to North Carolina may qualify, but there is no overseas boarding application route.

United States

IMSA now accepts a small number of non-Illinois applicants, but its published out-of-state eligibility is restricted to residents of the United States and US territories.

United States

Applicants can apply before moving, but an admitted Reno student must relocate to Nevada with a parent/guardian and meet Nevada public-school residency requirements. There is no published international student-visa programme.

United Kingdom

As a state-funded school it cannot function as a Child Student visa sponsor. Overseas families can qualify where the pupil already has a right to UK state education, for example through parental immigration status or relocation. UK rules prevent families using state-school admission simply as a route to obtain a study visa.

United Kingdom

This is a state-funded specialist sixth form. Overseas nationality does not automatically exclude a pupil, but the student must have independent eligibility for UK state education; the school is not an international student-visa sponsor.

United Kingdom

State-funded and principally intended for the South West. Applicants outside its catchment are considered where the family has firm plans to move to the area for reasons other than attending the school. There is no overseas student-visa route.

Singapore

International students are explicitly eligible, but Singapore's MOE/AEIS architecture applies. RGS states that international pupils seeking mainstream Singapore schooling should participate in AEIS; international pupils are also eligible for specified DSA and transfer routes.

Singapore

As a Singapore mainstream independent school, international access operates through the MOE school-placement/admissions framework rather than an unrestricted overseas school application. Applicants should confirm current AEIS/DSA eligibility directly before applying.

Canada

UTS accepts Canadian citizens, permanent residents and pupils living in Toronto with a parent holding a valid Canadian work permit. The student must live full-time in the GTA with a parent/legal guardian; Canadian/PR applicants studying overseas can apply provided they relocate by enrolment.

India

DPS Faridabad is a private day school rather than a national residency-restricted academy, but we have not verified a dedicated overseas admissions, boarding or student-visa pathway. International families should confirm foreign-national documentation and local residence requirements directly.

Iran

The ranked institution belongs to Iran's national SAMPAD gifted-school system and its competitive domestic selection pipeline. No direct international-student route into the ranked programme has been verified.

Philippines

Explicitly domestic. Applicants to the PSHS National Competitive Examination must be Filipino citizens and must not have a pending or approved application to immigrate to another country.

Japan

The school has a specific overseas-returnee high-school admissions route alongside its general examination. This provides access for qualifying returnees, but it is not a general international-school pathway for any foreign applicant.

Australia

Explicitly open. ASMS states that, as an unzoned school, it welcomes students from metropolitan Adelaide, regional South Australia, interstate and internationally, and publishes international-student information.