Computer Science Extracurriculars – CS [ECs]
Competitions
1. American Collegiate Programming Contest (ACPC)
• Date :- Regionals: December 2023-January 2024; World Finals: May 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all undergraduate students
• Details :- Team competition in which teams of three students solve programming
problems within a set time limit.
• Website :- https://www.acsl.org
2. International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)
• Date :- Regionals: October-November 2023; World Finals: April 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all undergraduate students
• Details :- Team competition similar to the ACPC, but with a more challenging problem
set.
• Website :- https://icpc.global
3. USA Computing Olympiad (USACO)
• Date :- December 2023-February 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all high school students in the United States
• Details :- Individual competition in which students solve programming problems
within a set time limit.
• Website :- http://www.usaco.org
4. Google Code Jam
• Date :- January-April 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Individual online coding competition in which contestants solve
programming problems within a set time limit.
• Website :- https://codingcompetitionsonair.withgoogle.com
5. Facebook Hacker Cup
• Date :- February-March 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Individual online coding competition in which contestants solve
programming problems within a set time limit.
• Website :- https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup
6. TopCoder Open
• Date :- March-June 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Individual online coding competition in which contestants solve
programming problems within a set time limit.
• Website :- https://www.topcoder.com
7. International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI)
• Date :- July-August 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to high school students from around the world
• Details :- Individual competition in which students solve programming problems
within a set time limit.
• Website :- https://ioinformatics.org
8. Imagine Cup
• Date :- June-August 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all students, ages 16-25
• Details :- Global competition in which teams of students develop innovative
technology solutions to real-world problems.
• Website :- https://imaginecup.microsoft.com
9. Congressional App Challenge
• Date :- September 2023-March 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all high school students in the United States
• Details :- Competition in which students develop and submit original software
applications for mobile, desktop, and web platforms.
• Website :- https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us
10. CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defence Program
• Date :- October-May 2023-2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all high school students in the United States
• Details :- Competition in which teams of students defend a virtual network from
cyberattacks.
• Website :- https://www.uscyberpatriot.org
11. RoboRAVE
• Date :- April-August 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to students in grades K-12
• Details :- Competition in which students design, build, and program autonomous
robots to complete various challenges.
• Website :- https://roboraveinternational.org
12. Technovation Challenge
• Date :- January-June 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to girls in grades 9-12
• Details :- Competition in which girls develop technology solutions to address real-
world problems in their communities.
• Website :- https://technovationchallenge.org
13. Google Hash Code
• Date :- February 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Team competition in which teams of 2-4 students solve programming
problems related to engineering and product development.
• Website :- https://codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/hashcode
14. Meta Hack
• Date :- March 2024
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Team competition in which teams of 3-10 students solve programming
problems related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other cutting-edge
technologies.
• Website :- https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup
15. Major League Hacking (MLH) Hackathons
• Date :- Year-round
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- MLH hosts hackathons all over the world, with a focus on building and
launching innovative products.
• Website :- https://mlh.io
16. NASA Space Apps Challenge
• Date :- October 2023
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Global competition in which participants collaborate to develop solutions to
real-world challenges related to space exploration.
• Website :- https://www.spaceappschallenge.org
17. Raspberry Pi Foundation Code Club
• Date :- Year-round
• Eligibility :- Open to students in grades 9-12
• Details :- Raspberry Pi Foundation Code Club is a program that helps students learn
to code in a fun and engaging environment. Students can participate in a variety of
activities, including challenges, competitions, and workshops.
• Website :- https://www.raspberrypi.org/code-club
18. NeurIPS Competition
• Date :- Year-round
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Competition in which participants develop and submit machine learning
models to solve real-world problems.
• Website :- https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2023/CompetitionTrack
19. Facebook AI Hackathon
• Date :- Twice a year
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Hackathon in which participants develop and submit innovative artificial
intelligence projects.
• Website :- https://fbai2.devpost.com
20. Google AI Challenge
• Date :- Year-round
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Competition in which participants develop and submit innovative machine
learning models to solve real-world problems.
• Website :- https://impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/ai2018
21. Kaggle Machine Learning Competitions
• Date :- Year-round
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Competition platform in which participants compete to solve real-world
machine learning problems.
• Website :- https://www.kaggle.com/competitions
22. Amazon Machine Learning Hackathon
• Date :- Twice a year
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Hackathon in which participants develop and submit innovative machine
learning projects.
• Website :- https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning
23. Microsoft Machine Learning Challenge
• Date :- Twice a year
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Competition in which participants develop and submit innovative machine
learning models to solve real-world problems.
• Website :- https://trainingsupport.microsoft.com/en-us/mcp/forum/all/machine-
learning-challenge
24. DEF CON CTF
• Date :- Once a year
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Capture the flag competition in which participants compete to hack into and
defend computer systems.
• Website :- https://ctftime.org
25. PicoCTF
• Date :- Once a year
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Capture the flag competition in which participants compete to solve
cybersecurity challenges.
• Website :- https://picoctf.org
26. National Cyber League
• Date :- Year-round
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Competition platform in which participants compete to solve real-world
cybersecurity challenges.
• Website :- https://nationalcyberleague.org
27. Devpost Hackathons
• Date :- Year-round
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Devpost is a platform that hosts hackathons all over the world, with a focus
on a variety of different technologies, including web development, mobile
development, and artificial intelligence.
• Website :- https://devpost.com
28. Google Mobile Challenge
• Date :- Year-round
• Eligibility :- Open to all ages
• Details :- Competition in which participants develop and submit innovative mobile
applications.
• Website :- https://developers.google.com/community/gdsc-solution-challenge
29. OkCodechef contests
• Date :- Every Month
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://www.codechef.com
30. Codingame
• Date :- TBA
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://www.codingame.com
31. QpiAI Summer program
• Date :- TBA
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- Course that benefits you with certificate and knowledge held by IISc
• Website :- https://qpiai.tech
32. Technophilia summer program
• Date :- TBA
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- Held by IIT Bombay, can be purchased any time
• Website :- https://technophilia.in
33. Google Science fair
• Date :- Deadline December
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://www.competitionsciences.org/competitions/google-science-fair
34. First Robotic Competition
• Date :- Deadline 8 February
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc
35. Regeneron Science Talent Search
• Date :- 10 November
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts
36. Stockholm Junior Water
• Date :- 15 April
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://technophilia.in
37. Biogenius
• Date :- 25 March
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://www.biogenius.de
38. Vex Robotics
• Date :- 1 February
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://www.vexrobotics.com/v5/competition/vrc-current-game
39. Breakthrough Junior Challenge
• Date :- June
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org
40. HP Codewars
• Date :- 26 February
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://hpcodewarsbcn.com
41. Regeneron Science Talent Search
• Date :- TBA
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts
42. Dare2Compete
• Date :- TBA
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- For updates on hackathons and other competitions
• Website :- https://dare2compete.com/competitions/
43. MIT THINK scholarship program
• Date :- TBA
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://think.mit.edu
44. Technology student association competitions
• Date :- TBA
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://tsaweb.org/competitions-programs/tsa/high-school-competitions
45. Regeneron international sciences and engineering fair(ISEF)
• Date :- TBA
• Eligibility :- TBA
• Details :- TBA
• Website :- https://www.societyforscience.org/isef
