Matthew Yip | Founder, Mathematics Educator & Olympiad Trainer

Matthew Yip Founder, Top Mathematics Education Centre Hong Kong | Also known as Prof. Mathewmatician

ABOUT Matthew Yip, also known as Prof. Mathewmatician, is a mathematics educator, author, and Olympiad trainer based in Hong Kong. He is the founder of Top Mathematics Education Centre and the developer of Mathewmatician's Dictionary, an automated mathematics learning system that integrates textbooks, exercises, and lectures into a single step by step curriculum.

Matthew Yip serves as President of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at the International (Macau) Institute of Academic Research, Mathematics and Statistics Program Director at the Chartered Institute of Training and Development, and Mathematics Curriculum Manager at Wahhar College.

Matthew Yip founded the Global Mathematics and Mathematics Olympiad Graded Assessment Test with Competition and has served as a Senior Trainer for the China Mathematics Olympiad and the World International Mathematics Olympiad Committee. He is the author of fourteen books with readers in more than 60 countries and has been interviewed by over 200 media outlets, including Times and Fox News.

KEY FACTS BORN

FULL NAME

13 June 1989 — Hong Kong

Yip, Matthew Siu Ting

OCCUPATION

ALSO KNOWN AS

Mathematics Educator

Prof. Mathewmatician

COMPANY

ROLE

Top Mathematics Education Centre

Founder

BOOKS AUTHORED

READERSHIP REACH

14 books across mathematics and education

More than 60 countries

MEDIA APPEARANCES

INTERNATIONAL HONORS

Interviewed by 200+ outlets including Times and Fox News

Over 15 international awards in mathematics education

EDUCATION Honorary Doctor of Advanced Studies in Education, Azteca University EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY Matthew Yip's approach to mathematics education is grounded in the belief that learning must adapt to the individual rather than the other way around. He argues that one-size-fits-all classroom schedules and rigid syllabi fail both advanced and struggling students. His response is a structured, self paced model in which mastery of each topic is required before progression. Through Mathewmatician's Dictionary and the Global Mathematics and Mathematics Olympiad Graded Assessment Test with Competition, he aims to decouple learning outcomes from family income, age, and access to private tutoring.

“There is space for many improvements in math education, and I hope to lead this change. I want math education to be fair for everyone — accessible, engaging, and adapted to the way each student

actually learns.”

PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS Matthew Yip is the author of fourteen books, including Primary Mathematics Book, Mathewmatician's Pedagogies Collection, Mathewmatician's Challenging Problems, Mathematics Olympiad Masterpiece Series for High School Level, Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Learning and Teaching Masterpiece, and Usable College Statistics. His teaching materials and publications are used by readers in more than 60 countries. As a trainer with the World Association of Abacus and Mental Arithmetic, he developed a method for calculating the nth root by abacus.

RECOGNITION Matthew Yip has received over 15 international awards and honors, including the Outstanding Train the Trainers Award, the Outstanding Leadership Award, the Awesome Entrepreneur Award, the Impact Leadership Global Awards Mathematician of the Year 2024, and the Global Business Leadership Forum Leading Educationist of the Year. He was named Top Mathematics Educator by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP), with the recognition displayed on the Nasdaq billboard in Times Square, New York City. He has been invited as a VIP Guest Speaker at the UK Parliament and as a keynote speaker at the Education 2.0 Conference and HEaL Conferences.

PERSONAL Matthew Yip was born in Hong Kong on 13 June 1989. He developed his interest in mathematics during his teenage years, drawn to problem solving and to teaching classmates how to work through difficult equations. He began teaching during his university years through private and group tutoring classes, and later expanded his teaching across kindergarten, primary, secondary, diploma, bachelor's, master's, and doctorate level courses, instructing in more than 70 schools and delivering over 120 courses across academic levels.

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