As a participant, you get the following:

• • A weekend of innovation and fun with 250 smartest peers

• • Interaction with top tech companies in the region

• • Workshops and talks by experienced professionals (more info on that later)

• • Free food, drinks & swag

• Prizes

If you wish to take another role (e.g. sponsor, mentor, speaker), please do contact us!

Nothing. Attending Hack Kosice is 100% free, and we’d like to thank our awesome sponsors who make it possible!

In addition to that, you will enjoy a lot of free food and swag during the event.

Only students who are currently enrolled at a high school, college, university or graduated in past 12 months are eligible to attend.

However, are you interested in this event or totally excited about it? You can also be a volunteer, mentor, sponsor or judge. Contact us!

Yes! We provide travel reimbursements if you are coming from abroad. Up to 20€ if you are coming from Czechia/Poland/Hungary/Austria/Ukraine and up to 50€ otherwise (excluding Slovakia).

To get reimbursed, you need to submit travel receipts, attend the hackathon and demo a project.

Yes! If you need an Invitation letter for your visa application, please indicate so in your application.

You can come to the hackathon if you are currently living in one of these countries

Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Germany Greece

Hungary Iceland Ireland Latvia Lichtenstein Lithuania Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Slovenia Switzerland

You can also come from these countries, given you provide a negative covid-19 test result:

• France
• Italy
• Spain

Note: these lists may change according to circumstances and info from the slovak ministry of foreign affairs: https://www.mzv.sk/web/en/covid-19

Yes. Applications will be considered on an individual basis (or within your team if you register as a team).

Sponsors will have access to your CV. This is so that you can get on their radar and they can get your contact details for recruitment purposes. It’s a win-win!

Yes, you can find a team of up to 4 people. However, if you come alone, you can participate in our team formation event at the beginning of the hackathon, where you can meet others with similar interests and complementary skillsets.

Yes, there is. We enforce these rules very strongly. You can find it here.

Major League Hacking (MLH) is the official student hackathon league. Each year, they power over 200 weekend-long invention competitions that inspire innovation, cultivate communities and teach computer science skills to more than 65,000 students around the world. MLH is an engaged and passionate maker community, consisting of the next generation of technology leaders and entrepreneurs.

A MLH hackathon is a creative and social event where students come together, share ideas and build cool software & hardware hacks during 24 hours. You learn immensely, interact with startups & companies and get to meet like-minded people from around the world. Don’t worry it’s very beginner friendly!