The 16th ECCOMAS Phd Olympiad will take place in the framework of the WCCM-ECCOMAS 2026 Congress.

Previous ECCOMAS PhD Olympiads were held in Athens (2011), Aveiro (2012), Bordeaux (2013), Barcelona (2014), Aachen (2015), Crete (2016), Milano (2017), Glasgow (2018), Krakow (2019), Paris (2021 online), Valencia (2021 online), Oslo (2022), Porto (2023) and Pescara (2025).

The purpose of the Olympiads is to present the best PhD theses approved by a university or research organization in Europe during the previous year and to act as a forum for exchanging new ideas, disseminating recent developments in the fields of ECCOMAS, and sharing common research interests among young investigators.

Every National or Regional Association affiliated with ECCOMAS is represented by a number of selected PhDs submitted for consideration for the two ECCOMAS PhD Awards.