The World Scholar’s Cup (often abbreviated as WSC) is an annual international academic program.

[2] The first WSC took place in South Korea in 2007 at the Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies.

[3] The World Scholar's Cup aims to teach students with interesting, not-taught-in-school lessons, and find common ground between people of different backgrounds.

While specifics fluctuate, the Scholar's Challenge, Debate, and Collaborative Writing events typically provide 4000, 3500, and 2500 points respectively.

Additionally, scholars may be divided into different waves, as seen in the Kuala Lumpur Global Round in 2024.

[4] In addition to these four events, non-competitive social activities take place in select tournaments.

The academic activities each require knowledge of a curriculum made at the start of each season, which consists of questions about subjects like history, social studies, art and music, literature and media, science and technology, and a special area.

[9] A feature of the Scholar's Challenge, implemented in 2015, allows participants to select multiple answers per question.

While computers and phones were permitted previously, a change occurring in late 2022 banned all devices in this event, most likely set due to the rise of ChatGPT.

At the beginning of the event, students have 20 (previously 30) minutes to work with their teammates to discuss and research their arguments.

The rubric as shown on the Scholars Cup website categorizes scoring into four segments: Clarity, Content, Style, and Originality.

In 2025, the World Scholar's Cup made a change which states that no devices will be permitted for the third debate of every regional round.

Team members work together to answer multiple choice questions that are displayed on a large screen.

In order to answer the questions, each team of students is given a clicker that is connected to a scoring computer on stage.

At least one person in the team takes photos and videos in order to show completion of the tasks.

Top-scoring debate participants from each delegation make up both the speakers and judging panel of the Showcase.

Some examples are: -Rapping (truth: I actually rapped in my regionals, just make sure that it is clean and family friendly) -Instrument playing (there was this one guy in my regionals who played flute) -Gynmastics [15] The Scholar's Fair takes place at every Global Round and Tournament of Champions.

Delegations set up booths to represent their countries, typically including food, souvenirs, and sometimes performances or demonstrations.

Traditionally, staff members stand on stage and announce the winners for the entire round.

Awards are also given to scholars who scored relatively well overall, but did not receive a gold medal or trophy for any particular event.

[19] Students are often given questions that require critical thinking skills as well as their basic knowledge to come to a conclusion rather than focusing on memorization.

However, in 2010 it was eliminated in order to better address the goals of the competition since the subjects were considered as inflexible and difficult to debate.

[citation needed] Until 2013, the World Scholar's Cup released curriculum guides each year—one for each subject.

Starting in 2013, topic outlines and theme-relevant material was made freely available to students through their website.

[citation needed] Until 2023, the World Scholar's Cup program organized their syllabus into their 6 main subjects.

[26] The highest Tournament of Champions team score is 34,450.8, set by Aindra Tan, Lily Zhang, and Stephanie Liu in 2024.

Chinese event information as well as results are sometimes not provided on the World Scholar's Cup official website, but instead on ASDAN China's.