Students of Magtymguly Turkmen State University achieved outstanding results at the World Young Physicists Olympiad – 2026, held on November 4–9 on the Indonesian island of Bali. Following the international competition, the university team won the Grand Prix and five medals: two gold, two silver and one bronze. This was reported by Turkmenportal.

The competition's top performer was Musa Artykov, a student at the Faculty of Physics, who was awarded a gold medal and the Grand Prix. Another gold medal went to his fellow student Kadyrberdi Yazdurdyyev.

The two silver medalists — Davut Alybayev and Arslan Dzhumayev — represent the Faculty of Radiophysics and Electronics. Emir Tuvakov, a student at the same faculty, added a bronze medal to the Turkmen team's tally.

The participants were prepared and the national team was led at the international tournament by Allamyrat Amanmammadov, a lecturer at the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics at TSU.

Around 200 students representing 41 universities from 11 countries competed in the Olympiad. The participants included young physicists from Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Guatemala, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Mexico, Romania, Myanmar, Thailand and Kazakhstan.