Cam Hack 2026

About

Cam Hack is a 2 day hackathon for the innovative minds at the University of Cambridge. Over an action-packed weekend, students come together to design and build technology projects from the ground up. We welcome participants ranging from curious beginners to seasoned coders. Expect plenty of free stash, food, and mini-events throughout this hackathon.

Want to see what people come up with? Have a look at the projects from Cam Hack 2025.

Schedule

Rules

Entry

• The maximum team size is 5. Any bigger, and we might have to split you up. Solo participation is allowed, but hacking is better with other people!
• Participants must be students at the University of Cambridge.

House rules

• You must not bring or consume alcohol at the hackathon.
• All participants must follow our Code of Conduct.

Submission

• All project code must be started at the event, but you can keep working after the venue closes. Using existing open source code is allowed, but the project should be substantially new.
• Use whatever tools you like, including AI, for as much of the project as you like. We're not judging how hard you worked: we're judging how clever, surprising and delightful your project is. The bar has moved, so an idea anyone could get from a single prompt won't go far. Tell us in your submission how you used AI, and be ready to tell us the story of how your idea came about. All project code must be started at the event.
• After hacking finishes, judges will go around to look at each demo. You are free to look at other projects, as long as one team member is available to present a demo of their project.
• If you discover a breaking bug during your demo with a trivial fix, that's okay to rectify. 🐛
• Submissions are made on this site, from your team page. Your team name is your project name. Once submissions close, your project name, description and links are shown publicly on the projects page.

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