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The University Interscholastic League offers the most comprehensive program of academic competition in the nation. UIL Academics offers more activities than any other UIL division, with 29 contests at the high school level. More than half a million students participate in UIL academic contests each year.
- Accounting
- Calculator Applications
- Computer Applications
- Computer Science
- Current Issue Events
- Editorial Writing
- Feature Writing
- Headline Writing
- Literary Criticism
- Mathematics
- News Writing
- Number Sense
- Ready Writing
- Science
- Social Studies
- Spelling Vocabulary
- CX Debate
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Informative Speaking
- Persuasive Speaking
- Poetry Interpretation
- Prose Interpretation
- One-Act Play
These activities, which exist to complement the academic curriculum, are designed to motivate students as they acquire higher levels of knowledge, to challenge students to confront issues of importance, and to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate masters of specific skills. Students are challenged to think critically and creatively, exhibiting much more than knowledge and comprehension.