Registration openTekkali · Tech · beginner · hackathon, innovation, social-impact
A free national hackathon in India where teams solve real-world problems in areas like agriculture, health, and sustainability. Participants collaborate to build prototypes addressing rural and urban challenges.
York PA · Education · beginner · hackathon, teamwork, students
A 36-hour in-person hackathon for college students (18+) at York College, PA, focusing on creativity and teamwork rather than prior coding experience. Participants receive free food, hardware, and mentorship to build projects together.
Kitchener · Tech · beginner · hackathon, social-impact, software-development
A 24-hour hackathon in Kitchener where students and developers build software solutions for local nonprofits facing challenges in healthcare, education, finance, or sustainability. Teams work with mentors to create impactful, practical tools.
Edinburgh · Tech · beginner · hackathon, collaboration, networking
Scotland's largest student hackathon where teams collaborate over 24 hours to build projects based on sponsor challenges. Open to current students and recent graduates of any discipline, this free event focuses on prototyping, teamwork, and industry networking.
Troy · Tech · hackathon, computer-science, students
HackRPI 2026 is a free annual hackathon for RPI students focused on Computer Science innovation and teamwork. Participants collaborate to build software solutions over two days in Troy.
New York · Education · beginner · hardware, robotics, hackathon
A 24-hour in-person hardware hackathon at Columbia University for students to design and prototype physical projects, including a healthcare robotics track. Teams of 1-4 receive free food, hardware, and mentorship.
Cincinnati · Tech · beginner · hackathon, hardware, security
A 24-hour hybrid hackathon by IEEE at the University of Cincinnati offering free participation with significant prizes. Teams work on hardware, education, social impact, or security projects using provided tools and APIs.
Hamilton · Health · beginner · hackathon, healthcare, neuroscience
BioHacks 2026 is a free two-day hackathon in Hamilton where students from diverse fields team up to design solutions for neurological conditions. Teams develop evidence-backed proposals and pitch them to judges after working through a structured case study.
Calgary · Tech · beginner · hackathon, mlh, social-impact
A free, two-day in-person hackathon in Calgary where Canadian students collaborate to build software solutions for social impact. Teams compete over 24 hours to create prototypes addressing real-world problems, with $10,000 in prizes awarded based on innovation and technical exec
Richardson · Tech · beginner · hackathon, students, coding
HackUTD is a 24-hour university hackathon at the University of Texas at Dallas for students to innovate and learn new technologies through coding challenges. This free event offers workshops, food, and team-based activities over two days.
Registration openPanipat · Tech · hackathon, offline-event, ai
NexHack 2.0 is a free, offline hackathon in Panipat where teams build AI, Web3, or open-source projects over two days. Open to developers and designers, it offers cash prizes and requires end-to-end code submissions with no online qualifiers.
Registration openBangalore · Tech · intermediate · hardware, hackathon, prototyping
A 36-hour hardware hackathon where student teams design and build functional prototypes to solve real-world problems. Participants present ideas via PPT, then develop working hardware solutions with circuits and code. Open to interdisciplinary groups of three students.