Hackathons for Beginners 2025

Beginner hackathons are the perfect launchpad for aspiring developers, students, and tech enthusiasts who are new to programming. These events offer a supportive and inclusive environment where you can learn by doing, collaborate with others, and build your very first project. Whether you're exploring web development, Python, data science, or design, beginner hackathons help you gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and real-world confidence. No prior coding skills required—just curiosity and the drive to learn.
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ONLINE MLH INIT 2022

June 27, 2021 - July 5, 2021

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Please note, not all challenges are submitted on Devpost. If you don't see the challenge you're submitting for here, check the live site and your …

ONLINE MLH INIT 2022: Day 1

June 27, 2021 - June 28, 2021

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Please note, not all challenges are submitted on Devpost. If you don't see the challenge you're submitting for here, check the live site and your …

ONLINE What The Hack

June 26, 2021 - July 20, 2021

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Want to build something crazy? We're a high school student-led hackathon for the next generation of programmers and engineers.

ONLINE The Covitech Challenge

June 25, 2021 - June 27, 2021

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Everyone must register over here: https://bit.ly/covitech-registration and join our Slack: https://bit.ly/covitech-slack ! The intensity of the human tragedy unfolding around us can never be too …

ONLINE High Tech Hacks

June 19, 2021 - June 20, 2021

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High Tech Hacks is a hackathon, cohosted by High Tech's two leading STEM-focused clubs, SHPE and Tech Club, that seeks to bring together a diverse …

ONLINE Learnathon21

June 19, 2021 - July 17, 2021

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What is Learnathon21? Think of the technical side of hackathon workshops. Now think of the breadth of knowledge and experience in a job fair or …

IN-PERSON SKACAS "HOT BRAINS 2021" INTERNATIONAL LEVEL HACKATHON

June 1, 2021 - Sept. 21, 2021

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Hackathons are an obvious career boost. They will make you more aware of your own capabilities and thus also bolster your confidence, something that is …

ONLINE DEVSOC'21 (Developers' Sprint of Code)

April 30, 2021 - May 2, 2021

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DEVSOC is CodeChef-VIT’s annual flagship event hoping to empower young minds by bringing enthusiastic technocrats and thinkers under one roof. This year, the second iteration …

ONLINE Georgia Tech $1B+ Startup Hackathon

April 9, 2021 - April 11, 2021

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Georgia Tech is seeking to leverage impact from its $1B research and innovation enterprise by allowing entrepreneurial students access to available technology generated by its …

ONLINE Local Hack Day: Share Day 5

April 1, 2021 - April 2, 2021

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Please note, not all challenges are submitted on Devpost. If you don't see the challenge you're submitting for here, check the live site and your …

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