Frequently Asked Questions

ISTEC 2025 has 4 category brackets: Elementary Students, Junior Highschool Students, Senior Highschool Students and College Students. Regardless of age, participants compete in the same phase and do the task. However, we only compare participants within their category brackets.

This means we score the four brackets independently and normalize scores within each. Semi-finalists, grand-finalists, and winners are those with the highest normalized scores. This ensures fair comparison regardless of age.

1. Registration (until March 30th).
2. Announcement Administration Selection (max 3 days after you send the administration).
3. Announcement Abstract Selection (max 3 days after you send the abstract).
4. Invitation goes to Bali for Final Exhibition and Judgement Session of ISTEC 2025 (May 8th – 11th).

ISTEC 2025 has 3 phases. Phase 1 is Abstract Selection (until March 20th), Phase 2 is Video Selection (March 21st - 28th), and Phase 3 is Grand Finals (April 15th - 18th).

With the current pandemic rules and situation, we only allow Indonesian participants who are present in Bandung. For international participants we will prepare a different experience from other competitions, namely the Virtual Exhibition.

ISTEC 2025 has 3 phases after the registration: Administration Selection, Abstract Selection, and Grand Finals. Announcement Administration Selection (max 3 days after you send the administration), Announcement Abstract Selection (max 3 days after you send the abstract), and Grand Final (May 8th – 11th).

This departs from the pandemic situation which is still very tentative, while the enthusiasm of the students really wants this ISTEC to be held directly. We use this format in order to slowly rise in the pandemic situation.

A hybrid system like this will be very interesting and different from other events because not only Indonesian participants can experience the exhibition on site, but also international participants who can virtually attend the venue. In addition, the judging is still carried out through 3 phases, hybrid and objective so that the competition will be felt.

1. Create your account here. You will be directed to the Account Dashboard.
2. Register your team via Dashboard Account. Complete your registration by filling the form. Leader, Mentor, and Abstract must be ready.
3. You have 7 days to edit your data (adding team members, improving abstracts, etc) before the system automatically clicks Send.
4. There will be 3 phases of competition: Administration Selection, Abstract Selection, and Grand Finals.
5. The committee will check the administration after you click Send. Please wait until the committee contacts you after the Administration Selection is done.
6. If you pass, the committee will check the abstract. Please kindly wait and they will contact you about your abstract, either it is accepted or you need to work on your abstract a little bit.
7. If you make it, you will be invited to the Grand Finals. Please be ready with your exhibition things like (PPT/Prezi/Canva), video, laptop, poster, or anything needed for the exhibition.

Please see the guidebook here for more details.

We see a lot of competitions out there that have very little competition atmosphere. With a conference format like ours, participants are encouraged to do their best when presenting before the jury. When participants present, no one can help but themselves. This is where the expected competitive atmosphere is built.

Despite the competition, development and desire for research is more important. Making friends with other people who share the same passion will help keep participants on track.

This year our team chose Bali as the host of ISTEC 2025. Bali, the famed Island of the Gods, with its varied landscape of hills and mountains, rugged coastlines and sandy beaches, lush rice terraces, and volcanic hillsides all providing a picturesque backdrop to its colorful, deeply spiritual, and unique culture stakes a serious claim to be paradise on earth.