HMMT Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament
Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament (HMMT) is a math competition for high schoolers across the world to compete individually and in teams. HMMT is hosted by students of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is held each winter in Boston, MA
Interested in the competition?
Competition Overview
Under 21 years old and have not graduated high school
Eligibility
Free
Entry fee
Deadline Details
There are two distinct registration cycles for the contest:
November 2025
- Registration Deadline: September 21, 2025
- Financial Aid Confirmation Deadline: October 4, 2025
- General Confirmation Deadline: October 11, 2025
- Waitlist Confirmation Deadline: October 25, 2025
- Tournament Day: November 8, 2025
February 2026
- Registration Deadline: September 21, 2025
- Financial Aid Confirmation Deadline: November 15, 2025
- General Confirmation Deadline: January 10, 2026
- Waitlist Confirmation Deadline: January 31, 2026
- Tournament Day: February 14, 2026
Competition Details
1. November Tournament Details
- 2 Individual Rounds (50 mins each): features challenging and non-standard problems from all areas of high school mathematics
- Team Round (60 mins): Short Answer
- Guts Round (80 mins): 36 problems in sets of 3
- Team Size: 4-6 students
- Difficulty: Level of the AMC 10, AMC 12, and AIME
- Recommended Sample Tests: 2009 | 2011
2. February Tournament Details
- 3 Individual Rounds (50 mins each): specialized knowledge with subject tests in Algebra, Geometry, and Combinatorics.
- Team Round (60 mins): Proof-based
- Guts Round (80 mins): 36 problems in sets of 4
- Team Size: 6-8 students
- Difficulty: AIME to national and international math olympiad level
- Recommended Sample Tests: 2010 | 2013
3. Additional Events
Each HMMT tournament features three main competitions—the individual tests, team round, and guts round—along with two special programs: Friday Night Events and Sunday Education.
Friday Night Events offer optional social and warm-up activities such as dinner, ice cream, puzzle hunts, games, Integration Bees, and Estimathons, organized by Harvard and MIT students and sponsors.
Sunday Education provides classes, panels, and talks on advanced math topics and applications, taught by professors, alumni, and students from both universities, typically held the day after the competition.
4. Past Problems
5. Prizes
Prizes are given to the top 10 individuals overall, the top 10 on each individual test, the top 5 teams in the Team Round, and the top 5 teams in the Guts Round, with the top 10 teams overall named Sweepstakes winners. Ties are not broken.
