Competition Information

NJCO

The New Jersey Chemistry Olympics (NJCO) is a scientific competition culminating in a single event day in May that is open to all private and public high schools as well as organized clubs from informal educational institutions in and around the North Jersey area, including all parts of New Jersey and adjacent areas of Pennsylvania and New York.

The North Jersey Section of the American Chemical Society and New Jersey Institute of Technology work in tandem to manage our endeavor, which is backed by industry partners such as Merck.

The 2024 NJCO is an in-person event. If a student is unable to attend event day due to illness or other reason, the coach should notify the NJCO Director/Co-Director ASAP so that arrangements, if any, can be made. We also need to make sure all high school students are accounted for on NJIT's campus, so it is very important that each school's final list of in-person student participants is communicated to the NJCO Director before event day.

On the Day of the NJCO

7:45am - 8:20am		Registration Student Breakfast Coaches and Judges Breakfast
8:30am - 11:30am		Competition
11:30am - 1:00pm		Student Lunch Coaches and Judges Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm		Awards Ceremony Welcoming Remarks Keynote Speaker Presentation of Event Awards Concluding Remarks Presentation of the Platinum Crucible
2:30pm		Busses Depart