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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IN-PERSON Summer Hacks 2025

June 16, 2025

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Summer Hacks is a student-led STEM innovation event bringing together high school students from the Naperville–Aurora area for a high-energy, hands-on hackathon. Participants will combine …

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beginner · education · low/no-code · Aurora, Colorado, United States
ONLINE FusionHacks 2

June 15, 2025 - Aug. 2, 2025

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Fusion Hacks 2 is a 1.5-month-long hackathon with a unique twist. We want to see students fuse cross-disciplinary ideas into one project. Led by high-school …

IN-PERSON Hack4Her 2025

June 14, 2025 - June 15, 2025

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💜¡Bienvenidas al hackathon más grande de Latinoamérica para mujeres universitarias en STEM! 💜 No importa si eres principiante o experta, ¡sin duda tendrás un lugar …

ONLINE World Hackathon

June 14, 2025 - June 20, 2025

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Welcome to the World Hackathon 2025! Join innovators from around the globe for a 48-hour hybrid hackathon where creativity meets code. Whether you're solving real-world …

ONLINE 100 Agents Hackathon - Pushing The Limits of Agentic AI

June 14, 2025 - June 29, 2025

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About the challenge 100 Agents aims to push the boundaries of Agentic AI. Participants are challenged to leverage any open-source agentic framework to build innovative …

ONLINE HackJPS 2025

June 14, 2025 - June 15, 2025

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What is HackJPS? HackJPS is a hybrid (in person & virtual) hackathon hosted by students of John P. Stevens High School in Edison, NJ during …

ONLINE HACK THE VIBE

June 13, 2025 - June 16, 2025

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About the challenge Hack the Vibe is a 48-hours online hackathon where AI meets entrepreneurship. The goal?To build a functional startup prototype using vibe coding …

IN-PERSON SMU .Hack Enrichment Application Programme 2025

June 12, 2025 - July 18, 2025

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About the challenge The annual .Hack Enrichment Application Programme (HEAP) is a software development experience program taking place in the upcoming summer 2025. Participants get …

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beginner · web · In-person
ONLINE Tutedude Buildathon

June 12, 2025 - June 13, 2025

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Tutedude Buildathon is a national-level 72-hour online product-building challenge where teams of innovators, developers, and designers come together to solve real-world problems. Unlike typical robotic …

ONLINE DurJam: Remastered (2025)

June 10, 2025 - June 24, 2025

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Durham University Computing Society's Game Jam - running from 10th to 24th June 2025. Open to University Students. Find out more, and join the Discord …

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