Dates

  • Hacking begins at noon on Saturday, September 27, and it closes at noon Sunday, September 28, 2025.
  • All hacks must be pre-submitted to Devpost by 10pm Saturday, October 5th.

Eligibility

  • Only current students, or those who are within 1 year of their graduation, are eligible to hack as students.
  • To compete as a beginner team, be prepared to explain why your team is a beginner to judges and on your Devpost submission. Beginners are classified as those with less than 2 years of coding experience. 
  • Hackers are required to abide by the &hacks code of conduct.

Project and Submission Requirements

  • Project work done at &hacks may not be submitted to other hackathons.
  • If you are continuing a project started before &hacks, you must clearly state what work your team completed during &hacks in your Devpost submission. Teams that misrepresent what was completed during the hacking period will be disqualified.
  • You can hack solo or in a team of up to four people.
  • Each hacker may only submit one project, but a project can be submitted under any and all suitable categories.
  • All code must be uploaded to a GitHub repository.

Prizes

  • Hackers will be able to select a prize from the treasure chest on the day-of document, based on the prize category that they win.
  • We will contact you after the hackathon concludes and mail your prizes to you.