About the challenge:
We are happy to welcome you to Fall 2025’s TUJ Hackathon! Join us for a full day of coding, debugging, and innovation!
Showcase your creativity, programming skills, and adaptability. Regardless of your skill level, whether you’re a first-time programmer or an experienced coder, visit the stage to test yourself, see what you can create with the short time and an unexpected theme.
Get together with your team of hackers and come to create based on the surprise theme we give on the day! Though solo participation is allowed, we suggest getting a team, hackathons are meant to be for collaborating, meeting new people, and having fun!
Get started:
To get started, please register for the event with a team, if you don't have a team, we will put you in one.
Next, we would like to invite you to the TUJ CS Society Discord Server so you can stay up to date with the Hackathon announcements and any future announcements, events, and opportunities we have for students at TUJ.
Requirements
What to Build:
Announced on the day!
What to Submit:
1. GITHUB:
Submission of every hackathon project will be on GitHub in the form of a github repository.
Please keep in mind the following rules when submitting a github Repository
GitHub Submission Rules:
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README.md: This file should be present at the top level of your repository. It should include general details about the project and other requirements mentioned below.
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Public: The gitHub repository submitted by the team on DevPost must be a PUBLIC repository!
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General Description: Please include a general description of your project and what it does in the README.md file. Any extra details and information you can mention about it will be helpful.
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Libraries Used: The readme file must include all the module(s)/libraries you used to create the project.
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Steps to Run (Preferred, but not necessary): Please include steps on how to run your project on another system.
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Includes packages and modules required to install and run your project.
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The steps required to run your project on another system.
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This step is NOT required. However, this is merely for documentation purposes that help push your project to something that you can put on your resume/linkedin as an achievement.
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2. DEVPOST:
Every team must make a DevPost showcasing their project. Post a small description about your project, explain what it does, some cool features about it, what problem it solves, and anything you want to tell people about your creation!
More details and examples will be presented on the day of the event.
Prizes
Best App - TUJ Fall 2025 App Track Winner
This prize goes to the team that makes the best application for the Track-1, Application Track of this semester's Hackathon!
Best Game - TUJ Fall 2025 Game Track Winner
This prize goes to the team that makes the best game for the Track-2, Game Track of this semester's Hackathon!
Application Track Side Prize - TUJ Fall 2025 App Track Side Challenge
Side Prize for the Application Track!
Application Track Side Prize - TUJ Fall 2025 Game Track Side Challenge
Size prize winner for the Application Track!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Farid Nakhle
Assistant Professor for Computer Science at TUJ
Hani Karam
Computer Science Major Coordinator at TUJ
Johannes Middeke
Assistant Professor for Computer Science at TUJ
Mauricio Hernandes
Assistant Professor for Computer Science at TUJ
Judging Criteria
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Theme Relevance
Your project should relate to the overall theme of the hackathon. It shouldn't deviate too much, and it should serve the general purpose of what the theme states. -
Track Relevance
Your project should relate to the Track you're submitting your project to. -
Other
This is up to the judges, no one can say what they want to judge you on! It could be presentation, idea, design, innovation, creativity, etc.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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