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 the New Jersey Institute of Technology collaborate to manage our endeavor, backed by industry partners and publishers.

The 2025 NJCO is an in-person event. If a student is unable to attend event day due to illness or other reasons, the coach should notify the NJCO Director/Co-Director ASAP so that arrangements can be made. We also need to ensure that all high school students are accounted for on NJIT's campus, so it is very important that each school communicates its final list of in-person student participants to the NJCO Director before event day.

On the Day of the NJCO

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