K-12 Education Administration,Ministry of Education

Team Taiwan delivered an outstanding performance at the 56th International Physics Olympiad 2026, with the good news arriving on July 11th (local time). Among 381 participating students from 91 countries, five students representing team Taiwan won an impressive total of five gold medals, tying for 1st place in the international rankings (based on gold medal count). The five gold medalists are Guo, Chen-Hsuan and Wu, Sih-Chien from Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School, Chiu, Po-Wei from Taoyuan Municipal Wu-Ling Senior High School, Liu, Chien-Yi from the National Experimental High School at Hsinchu Science Park, and Hong, Jing-Cheng from National Tainan First Senior High School. Their overall performance was stellar.