Welcome to StudentHack!

We've gathered The University of Manchester's 200 brightest and most creative students to join us in turning awesome ideas into cosmic projects, networking with companies, enjoying free goodies and having fun!

You can find our schedule here - more information to be released in the Participants' Guide!

Requirements

What to Build

StudentHack is an open-ended hackathon, and the theme for all projects is COSMIC.

This means your project can be anything you like, but to be eligible for our prizes (not necessarily the sponsors' or the societies'), your project must be themed around space.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

£1,670 in prizes
First Place Overall
1 winner

Blue Yeti Microphones with Arm

Second Place Overall
1 winner

Mini Projector

Third Place Overall
1 winner

Rocketbook with Pens

Fourth Place Overall
1 winner

Fifth Place Overall
1 winner

UniCS Challenge First Place
1 winner

Digital Cleanup Challenge First Place
1 winner

Tickets to a gig hosted in any Manchester Academy.

Hackchester Challenge First Place - David Pupla
1 winner

2 Awesome LEGO sets and 2 Stashes of Monster Energy Drinks

Hackchester Challenge Second Place - Abhinav Akkena
1 winner

Awesome LEGO Set and a stash of Monster Energy Drinks

GDSC Challenge Third Place
1 winner

£10 Amazon gift cards

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Nader Takruri

Nader Takruri
Co-Director

Jakub Pabian

Jakub Pabian
Co-Director

Gundeep Oberoi

Gundeep Oberoi
Deputy Director, Dev Lead & Hackchester Committee Member

Rosie Halsall

Rosie Halsall
UniCS Dev Lead

Suzanne Embury

Suzanne Embury
The University of Manchester

Lisa Riste

Lisa Riste
The University of Manchester

Thomas Carroll

Thomas Carroll
The University of Manchester

Soheb Mandai

Soheb Mandai
The University of Manchester

Nathan Parry

Nathan Parry
Hackchester President

Matthew McNee

Matthew McNee
Hackchester Committee Member

Sambbhav Khare

Sambbhav Khare
GDSC Co-Lead & Hackchester Vice-President

Judging Criteria

  • Cosmic Theme
    The hackathon is open-ended. Teams can create whatever they like - as long as the project is cosmic (space) themed. Projects are not marked on how closely they relate to the theme. They either do, or don’t.
  • Quality, effort, completeness [45%]
  • Creativity, innovation, out-of-the-box thinking [30%]
  • Design choices, real-world use, practicality [25%]

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