REGISTER your high school team before February 5th at 5:00 pm if your team is ready to compete in the Central Texas Academic WorldQuest™ (AWQ) competition.
Each year, Academic WorldQuest™ seeks to inform and engage high school teens and their teachers across the country in global affairs. More than 4,000 students participate and test their knowledge of international affairs, global current events, and foreign policy. The winning high school teams at each local competition becomes eligible to participate at the Carlos and Malú Alvarez National Academic WorldQuest™ Competition in Washington DC (April 27-29, 2025). Our competition consists of 10 rounds of 10 questions about specific global themes. Each team is comprised of currently enrolled students from the same high school. All high schools located in our five-county metro region (Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson) are eligble to send a team to compete.
The partner organizations for the competition are the World Affairs Council of Austin, Austin Community College, the Center for European Studies, and Hemispheres: The International Outreach Consortium at the University of Texas at Austin.
What is it?
Academic WorldQuest™ is a flagship youth education program of the national network of World Affairs Councils. It is a team competition that engages more than 4,000 high school students annually across the United States to test their knowledge of global issues and foreign policy. In the competition, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten unique and engaging thematic categories. AWQ is a terrific opportunity to engage students in global affairs in a competition against fellow high school students in the Austin metropolitan area. We have had great success and participation in this competition in past years and want to make it even bigger!
Join the competition!
Date: Saturday, February 15, 2025 at Austin Community College’s Highland Campus from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Registration Information
Teams consist of four high-school students and at least one alternate team member. High Schools may register teams of 4 students in grades 9 – 12, however; the contest is especially relevant to students in World Geography, AP Human Geography, and Economics. REGISTER YOUR TEAM BEFORE 5:00 pm on February 5, 2025.
How do we prepare?
Academic WorldQuest™ competition student study guide is available here.
2024-2025 AWQ Topics
• The United States and Foreign Languages
• Critical Minerals in Africa
• Nontraditional Approaches to Foreign Policy
• Space and National Security
• Indigenous Peacebuilding
• Music and Globalization
• Borders and Boundaries
• Great Decisions
• Country in Focus: Mexico 2025
• Current Events
