Registration Overview

Registration for Harvard Model Congress Middle East 2027 is now open!

Step 1: Complete Registration Form

Faculty advisors must fill out the electronic registration form. This form will ask for the faculty advisors’ contact information and school information, as well as the number of delegate roles they wish to receive and number of delegates applying for financial aid.

Faculty should select appropriate school fee (if relevant) and a "Delegate Fee" for each non financial aid student and a "Financial Aid Applicant (PENDING)" for each financial aid applicant. 

Step 2: Submit Necessary Fees

Information regarding payment will be available immediately after registration and should be submitted as soon as possible. We are currently offering 2 options for payment: 1) Online Payment, 2) Wire transfer.

Online payment has now been integrated with the HMCME registration platform and is due at submission of the form.

***If you have students applying for financial aid, your registration will be considered pending and payment is not due until the application has been reviewed. An updated invoice will be sent after decisions are made.

More information can be found in the registration guide and Registration 101.

All registration payments are final and non-refundable

Step 2a: Apply for Financial Aid

HMCME is proud to offer generous scholarships for delegates with demonstrated financial need. Students who believe they fit this profile should submit an application within three weeks of submitting the registration form. The application can be accessed directly here: HMCME 2027 Financial Aid Application. To learn more about our financial aid program, please click here.

Step 3: Role Requests and Assignments

Upon receiving your school’s payment, the Faculty Liaison will issue an electronic committee request form where faculty members may submit the rankings for each registered delegate’s top four committee preferences. All committee roles will be assigned on a first-come, firstserved basis. Delegates from the same school should not all request the same committees. For educational reasons, no more than a few delegates from a school will be placed into the same committee. HMCME reserves the right to place delegates in committees they have not preferenced if space does not allow or if delegations do not adhere to these outlined guidelines.

Step 4: Complete Code of Conduct Forms

Following registration, the Faculty Liaison will provide code of conduct forms to faculty or their student leader via email. All students must complete signed Code of Conduct Forms and submit them to their faculty advisor. Faculty advisors will submit all school Code of Conduct Forms as one document or folder to the Faculty Liaison by January 5th.

Step 5: Complete Pre-Conference Assignments (Delegates)

All students will be required to submit a Pre-Conference assignment, which ask students to think critically about their assigned briefings and generate a position on each issue raised. Pre-Conference assignments will be due on or around two weeks before the start of the conference. The exact emails for submission will be made clear in the role assignment email. All delegates will receive feedback from a Harvard staffer.

Refer another school to our conference to get $250 reimbursed to your school:

Referral Program

Important Links

Registration Guide
Registration 101
Register here!
Apply for Aid

Frequently Asked Questions

  • No. For many delegates, HMCME is their first Harvard Model Congress conference and students of all skill levels are welcome!

  • The conference is three days long and consists of committee sessions and full chamber sessions. Throughout the conference, students are briefed on the most important political issues facing the specific governing body they are simulating. They are tasked with creating bills and resolutions to address these problems. Delegates participate in committees that correspond to real congressional or departmental deciding body. In committee, delegates are guided by chairs entirely comprised of Harvard students. The delegates structure the debate by implementing parliamentary procedure and debating skills to convey their arguments and organize to secure passage of bills. This takes place all while students are being taught about key issues and presentational skills by our team of Harvard staffers. The conference culminates in an award ceremony that recognizes outstanding delegates.

  • Faculty members have much flexibility during the day. Faculty advisors often spend most of their day observing their students in committee and full sessions. Faculty advisors are also welcome to relax in the faculty lounge where HMC Middle East provides coffee and snacks. Faculty advisors also attend a faculty advisor meeting once to twice a day. These meetings are an opportunity for the faculty advisors to share feedback as well as an opportunity for our faculty liaison, Simran Tamang, to update faculty on conference events. Simran is the point of contact for any issue a faculty advisor might have and is available via email at info@hmcme.org.

  • Currently, there are no restrictions on the size of a delegation from each school. We encourage delegations of all sizes to apply to HMCME. All delegations are required to be accompanied by a faculty-advisor which can be a teacher, faculty member, or parent.

  • Our conference hosts high school students, usually between the ages of 14 and 18, though we have had younger and older students attend in the past!

  • Any high school student is welcome to attend HMC Middle East - even if their school is not attending. In fact, we have had independent students attend the conference every year since its inception. Independent students are responsible for the delegate fee. They must register as individual delegates on the registration page.

  • Domestic committees simulate the two chambers of American Congress: the House and the Senate. The international committees, on the other hand, simulate various international bodies of policy cooperation. Domestic committees tend to use a style of debate that adheres more closely to parliamentary procedure. International committees may vary in committee style depending on the topic of the debate and the preferences of both staff and delegates.

  • All delegates are expected to have read the briefings for their committee and completed their respective pre-conference assignments. While those are the minimum necessary requirements, any and all further research regarding your topic and your committee is highly encouraged! We will publish a research guide for delegates and a “Teaching HMC” guide for faculty in the fall to help guide preparation!

  • You can find the briefings that you are required to read under the committee tab.  To conduct further research on your topics, be sure to refer to the “Guide to Further Research” section of each briefing.  Otherwise, be sure to keep up on the current events surrounding your topic!

  • Yes!  While you may not agree fully or at all with the views of your assigned role, you are expected to represent them to the best of your ability.  Think of this as a great opportunity to practice your argumentation skills and think critically about all sides of the issues at hand.

  • HMCME is a tech-free conference. We encourage active and enthusiastic collaboration among delegates, and find that technology distracts from this goal. Please prepare accordingly, by bringing pens and paper and printing out speeches ahead of time.