This competitive examination is open to regularly enrolled undergraduates in colleges and universities of the United States and Canada.
There is a four times per lifetime participation limit.
The current home of the competition is https://maa.org/putnam/, see the FAQ there.Here is more information, including contact.
In 2012 the UH team ranked 87th out of 578 teams (more details, UH news-release recovered from the Wayback Machine).
UH ranked 142nd in 2014, 150th in 2016, 191.5th in 2017, 158th (out of 471 institutions, 3,857 students) in 2023.
RULES
(could not find these at the current Putnam site, so take it with a grain of salt; the "designated team" is no longer correct, lately the top 3 performers count as the team.)
The competition is open only to regularly enrolled undergraduates, in colleges and universities of the United States and Canada, who have not yet received a college degree. No individual may participate in the competition more than four times. An eligible entrant who is also a high school student must be informed of this four time limit.
A college or university with at least three registered entrants obtains a team rank through the positions achieved by three designated individual contestants.
No collaboration or outside assistance is permitted during the examination. Each contestant, even if designated as a team member, must work independently on the examination questions.
Please note that there are no provisions for "unofficial" entrants.
The local supervisor must be a regular faculty member.