Welcome to GreatUniHack!

We're gathering the UK's brightest and most creative students (you!) to join us in turning awesome ideas into reality, networking with companies, enjoying free goodies and having fun!

Please see the schedule for the event on our website and keep an eye out for future events in our discord.

CHALLENGES

Main Challenge

Create a project in the theme of..... WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

(Note: your project must incorporate this theme in some way)

REPLY Challenge - Agentic AI for Health and Wellness

Develop an innovative solution that incorporates AI Agents in the Health and Wellness sector.

Focus on patient care, preventive medicine, mental health support, or any other area within this sector.

View the full challenge here.

Booking.com Challenge
How participants help people “Experience the World” is up to you!

Judging Criteria
- Creativity & Originality
- (Technical) Execution
- UX/Design
- Impact & Potential

Hackathons UK Challenge

Develop an innovative, AI-powered agent that runs efficiently on Arm-based system.

Your agents should leverage Large Language Model (LLM) EITHER:

- API-based model (OpenAI API, Gemini API, etc.)

- On-device LLM running via llama.cpp or similar framework

GDG Challenge

Add creative software feature to your project that uses intentional, funny, annoying bad design choices. Make use of Google Technology such as Google Firebase and Flutter.

Judging Criteria

HOUSR x AME CHALLENGE

University life is expensive—rent, bills, and daily costs add up fast. Housr wants to make managing student finances smarter and more rewarding.

Your mission: Build a solution that helps students save money, earn rewards, or spend smarter when paying for housing and living expenses.

More information can be found here.

PRISM CHALLENGE

Design and Back-Test investment strategies using Trading Market Data via full access to LIME TRADING API.

Leaderboard is live during the challenge. Updates in real-time.

Participants can request additional client profiles and resubmit unlimited time to improve their score.

Winners determined by points earned, and payout calculated after final submissions and points tally.

The full challenge can be viewed here.

Hackchester Challenge - Capture the Flag
Find vulnerabilities in the given code and exploit them to read the flags. Flags are located in flag.txt files for each challenge, unless specified.

Be the first to find ALL FLAGS or Be the team with MOST FLAGS in the least amount of time to become the Winner!!

MLH Challenge

Win awesome prizes, hacker gear, & swag by competing in one of these CHALLENGES and using new APIs.

View all the challenges here.

• Effort
  Are the ideas consistent or just random features? How well thought-out and developed is it? Has it reached its full potential, and how do its details and functionalities impress compared to others?
• Innovation
  How does the project idea stand out among the others? Does it try to solve a niche problem that is not already solved? What new technologies have the team learnt and used to create the project? Is the project idea creative and surprising?
• Design
  Does the project involve the use of impressive technology? Is the project user-friendly? Can the project provide real-world solutions? Can the project be used by an average person?