The biggest international student hackathon in Middle Europe came back on 6-7 April 2024! We welcomed 200 students from 16 countries (6 continents) at a 24-hour event where hackers benefited from workshops, mentoring from professionals, sponsors’ challenges, and attractive prizes.
Hack Kosice 2024
You are eligible to apply and participate at Hack Kosice 2024 if you were legally a student on at least one day between 1 January 2023 and the day of submitting your application. (Further, you must be born on or before 5 April 2008.) Participants are most commonly Bachelor or Master students, but the criterion includes also pre-college students, recent graduates, doctoral students, professionals in education. We offer reimbursement of 20€ for participants travelling from Czechia, Poland, Hungary, Austria, and Ukraine, and 50€ for participants travelling from other countries abroad. To be eligible for the reimbursement of your travel expenses, you need to: The following expenses can be reimbursed: travel costs to/from the event and accommodation up to 7 days before and after the event. Not necessarily. We encourage you to form a team before coming to the event. It is best if you already know the people who you will be working for 24 hours with. In case you can’t find anyone, definitely apply, too, and we’ll help you match with other participants or teams at the event. After the opening ceremony there will be small team-finding event where individuals and partial teams have a minute each to present their idea to others still looking for a team. Each project at the hackathon must be submitted by a team of 2-4 participants. All teams must be of 2, 3 or 4 people. Further, each attendee must be a member of exactly one team at the hackathon. We allow participants born on or before 5 April 2008. Further, if you are going to be under 18 during the hackathon, we will need your parent’s written consent. Once you confirm your invitation, we will send you a paper form to be signed by your parent or legal guardian, that you then hand in at the registration. Hackers Countries Project submissions In prizes Previous Hack Kosice hackathons hosted many hackers, sponsors, partners and friends. Here is what some of them said about the event. Hack Kosice 2023 was my first-ever hackathon experience, and it was amazing! In just 24 hours, I learned so much and had a lot of fun. The atmosphere at the event was fantastic, and I was delighted with the presence of traditional Slovak dishes like “pirohy” and “halušky”. I would love to come back next year and participate again. Thanks so much for organizing such a great event! Hack Kosice made me experience first-hand the power of collaboration in a diverse, aligned team. I would have never even thought of developing a multi-purpose app in one day by myself! That kind of self-validation pushes young scientists to take the initiative and found startups. Our experience during Hack Kosice 2022 was beyond our expectations. The
mentors did awesome job polishing our ideas, and each challenge was
interesting in different ways. The supply of great food and coffee was
the cherry on top. We enjoyed “hacking” in Kunsthalle, and look
forward to the next hackathon. We are very happy that the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic supported the implementation of the international hackathon Hack Košice 2023, where participants from 27 countries had the opportunity to create unique solutions for digital assignments in their teams. Projects in the field of modern education and digital skills, such as the international student hackathon Hack Košice 2023, are among the long-term supported activities at MIRRI SR. I have attended more than 50 hackathons worldwide and Hack Kosice is among the best events I have been to. The event felt really well put together and the production quality was absolutely top notch. Hack Košice 2022 was an amazing event! We encountered a lot of talented engineers, and an amazing organizational team (and the quality was so great we still cannot believe it mostly consisted of students!). We’d witnessed and had been a part of some high-quality networking, great challenges, and a really, really great atmosphere.Frequently Asked Questions
When does the application portal close?
The portal will be closed on March 24, 2024, at 23:59 GMT+1. After this date, you will not be able to submit your applications.I am not a student. Am I allowed to attend?
I will travel from abroad. Do you provide travel reimbursements?
Is Hack Kosice free to attend?
Absolutely! Participation is free for all invited hackers. Moreover, we provide delicious food, interesting workshops, entertaining activities, and some swag during the event.Will Hack Kosice be held in English?
Yes, the whole event, demoing, and presentations will be held in English, thus you should be familiar with it. However we do not require any language certificate or a specific language level, and the environment is very friendly towards English learners.What if I want to take a nap?
During the night, there will be a dedicated sleeping room where no one will disturb you. A sleeping bag might come handy.Do I need a team to apply?
How large can teams be?
I am under 18. Am I allowed to attend?
By hacking, do you refer to breaching security?
Definitely not. Hacking is a slang term for coding/doing tech stuff. From wikipedia : The word “hackathon” is a blend of the words “hack” and “marathon”, where “hack” is used in the sense of exploratory programming, not its alternate meaning as a reference to breaching computer security.200
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What they said about past events
Doan Bach Ngoc
HK23 Attendee
Angel
HK23 Attendee
Marcel Hric
Visma challenge winner at HK22
MIRRI SR
HK23 Patron
Aaron
Major League Hacking
Bloomreach
Previous Platinum sponsor
Congratulations to all winners, and thank you, everyone, for participating! See Devpost for all the challenges’ descriptions and project submissions.Winning teams
Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia Challenge Winner
[MLH] Best Use of MongoDB AtlasLegacyLifter
See on Devpost 
Read the full competition rules here. If in doubt about anything, don’t hesitate to contact us.General Partners
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Partners
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