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 Stanford x MIT Social Good Hackathon

April 5, 2024 - April 7, 2024

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About the challenge This hackathon is unique in that we've partnered with nonprofits. Teams will select an open-ended nonprofit project proposal during the opening ceremony …

IN-PERSON ImmerseGT

April 5, 2024 - April 7, 2024

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About ImmerseGT ImmerseGT is Atlanta's largest XR hackathon created by Georgia Tech Startup Exchange and Georgia Tech Extended Reality to equip students with the skills …

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ar/vr · beginner · design · Atlanta, Georgia, United States
IN-PERSON ACM Spring Hackathon

April 5, 2024 - April 7, 2024

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Come to GWU’s premiere Hackathon to build S P A C E related games and projects April 05 - April 07 About the challenge GW …

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beginner · design · games · Washington, Utah, United States
ONLINE DonsHack '24: UrbanTech

April 3, 2024 - April 7, 2024

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About the challenge This year, DonsHack’s theme is UrbanTech. Our hackathon challenges participants to build projects that aim to improve public services. Participants will collaborate …

ONLINE Spartan Hackers | Code White 2024

April 2, 2024 - April 17, 2024

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Spartan Hackers Code White

ONLINE Intel OneAPI Virginia Tech Hackathon

April 2, 2024 - April 3, 2024

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ONLINE BunnyHack

March 31, 2024 - April 8, 2024

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More details on official website: https://bunnyhacks.acmcsuf.com/ About This is a 1-week virtual webathon hosted by ACM at CSUF for CSUF students only Theme Spring-themed, anything …

ONLINE PhysTech 2024: Physical Activity and Technology Hack Day

March 30, 2024 - June 29, 2024

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Website: https://binnovative-boston.github.io/phystech/ Discord: https://discord.gg/mt4RVtcA7h Email: phystech@​yahoo.com T-shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/phystech2024-tshirt/ T-shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/phystech2024-t-shirt2/ Hoodie: https://www.bonfire.com/phystech2024-hoodie/ Mug: https://www.bonfire.com/phystech2024-mug/ About the challenge PhysTech is a student-organized online hackathon for anyone …

IN-PERSON DiamondHacks 2024

March 30, 2024 - March 31, 2024

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About our hackathon DiamondHacks is North Carolina State University's Women in Computer Science hackathon. It is specifically for women and other under-represented genders in computer …

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beginner · social · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
ONLINE DevC 1.0

March 24, 2024 - April 30, 2024

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This event is hosted in Discord if the invitation link to the server is showing as invalid please follow https://www.linkedin.com/company/driven-ii-develop Send a direct message, "Interested …

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