Welcome to StudentHack!

We've gathered The University of Manchester's 150 brightest and most creative students to join us in turning awesome ideas into futuristic 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!

Main Challenge

Create a technical project related to the theme of…

HACK THE FUTURE

StudentHack is an open-ended hackathon, 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.

PingProxies Challenge

The website has 100,000 fake car listings on the website and the challenge for teams will be to build a system which can scrape all the listings as quickly as possible, analyse the data and submit results to an endpoint we give you.

The team that can produce the system that can scrape all the listings as quickly as possible will be the winners and there will be a live leaderboard for the duration of the Hackathon showing teams and they're fastest times. The teams will have to battle with rate-limits using proxies we provide and those that figure out the most optimal web scraping techniques by analyzing how we've built the site should build systems which can scrape the content at a much faster rate.

Neuphonic Challenge

The Challenge

We’re on the hunt for bold, innovative ideas that don’t just talk about the future—they bring it to life. AI isn’t just about potential anymore; it’s about action. This is your opportunity to push the boundaries of Voice AI and create solutions that make a real impact.

Your Mission

Develop a functional, impactful system that leverages Voice AI in an innovative and unexpected way. Whether it’s transforming education, making technology more accessible, or redefining how we consume content, we want to see how you can shape tomorrow—today.

UniCS Challenge

BUILD YOUR OWN SHELL
Individual challenge
Use any programming language except Python to build your own shell using CodeCrafters platform.
In case of any doubt, swing by the UniCS stall or ask on the challenge channel
1. Join the UniCS privateteam on CodeCrafters before starting here.
2. Start the challenge here.

View the full challenge in the UniCS Discord Channel!

GDG on Campus Challenge

Imagine it's the year 2080. Cities have become highly integrated digital ecosystems where sustainable energy powers smart homes, autonomous vehicles manage traffic seamlessly, and advanced AI-driven robots assist people daily. Despite these advancements, specific everyday challenges have emerged that require creative technological solutions.

Your challenge is to identify a clearly defined everyday problem in this futuristic scenario and create an innovative yet simple software solution or prototype to address it. Real-world data isn't necessary; rely on your creativity and technical skills to build your concept.

View the full challenge in the GDG on Campus Discord Channel!

Hackchester Challenge

We’ve got an exciting challenge for you during StudentHack!

Hack into a vulnerable website within 24 hours and showcase your skills in web hacking, cryptography, and binary exploitation! Can you find all the flags? Will you be the fastest?

The winning team will be the one that:

1. Finds all the flags in the challenge faster than other teams.
2. Direct messages the flags to @TinselTown or @Albert in Discord as you find them.
3. Submits a write-up explaining how you solved each part of the challenge, step by step.
-Your write-up can include images and code to explain your solution clearly.
-The write-up should be submitted as a PDF document.

The first team to submit both the flags AND the write-up will be crowned the winner!

Any questions? Ask them in the #hackchester channel on discord!

MTS Challenge

PRISM - Portfolio Risk & Investment Management

Manchester Trading Society’s hottest challenge where you need to leverage machine learning to develop the best quantitative strategy and out-profit the competition.

Judging Criteria:

1. Points scored
2. Profit generated
3. Speed of response

Your Role:

As a portfolio manager, you’ll be given a variety of investor profiles. Your mission is to decode their needs and craft a tailored US equities-only portfolio, specifying the exact number of shares to buy for each asset.
OUTPUT must include precise share quantities.

Full details of the challenge in the #mts channel on discord!

• Hack The Future Theme
  The hackathon is open-ended. Teams can create whatever they like - as long as the project is futuristic themed. Projects are not marked on how closely they relate to the theme. They either do, or don’t.
• Quality, effort, completeness [33%]
  
• Creativity, innovation, out-of-the-box thinking [34%]
  
• Design choices, real-world use, practicality [33%]