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HackTheBurgh XIII

Saturday 7 November 2026·10:00am·The Nucleus Building
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Date & Time

Saturday 7 November 2026

10:00am – 5:00pm

Location

The Nucleus Building

Thomas Bayes Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FG

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Price

Free

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Organiser

CompSoc, University of Edinburgh

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Scotland's largest hackathon: around 300 students build technical projects in teams of up to four over 24 hours at the Nucleus Building, 7-8 November, organised by the University of Edinburgh's CompSoc. Sponsors including Hudson River Trading, G-Research, IMC Trading, JetBrains, Bank of Scotland and Wordsmith AI set the challenge tracks, with sponsor-led workshops on the Saturday and demos and judging on the Sunday. Applications have closed; eligibility was limited to current students and people who graduated within the past year.

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