ICPC Europe
The ICPC is pleased to announce the ICPC Europe Championship, 28. February – 2. March 2025. Top teams from the ICPC Europe Regional Contests will advance to the 2025 ICPC EUC, hosted by the University of Porto. Qualification to the World Finals is decided based on both the regional contest and EUC.
For the ICPC EUC competition, training begins at the local university, utilizing free educational resources provided by the ICPC community. Students participate in a variety of online training and competition opportunities, including the ICPC Europe Regional Qualifiers. Each university selects one or more teams of 3 students to participate in the ICPC Europe Regional Contests, hosted by universities throughout Europe. The top teams from these regional contests will advance to the 2025 ICPC EUC.
Each EUC team is responsible for travel and hotel accommodation. The host is responsible for all activities including a full course of complimentary food functions. The ICPC encourages teams to raise funds for transportation and extracurricular activities from local sources to strengthen community ties among academia, industry, and government.
About the University of Porto
Founded in 1911, the University of Porto is one of the largest higher education and research institutions in Portugal. It has 14 Faculties, 1 Business School and 49 Research Centres located in 3 campuses.
Ensuring high-quality in training, education and research is of paramount importance together with its strong commitment towards society. It has been consolidating its social responsibility through the promotion of volunteering projects, the intensification of the interaction with several local/regional associations in the organisation of cultural, social and artistic activities.
For more information, visit https://www.up.pt/.
About the ICPC
The International Collegiate Programming Contest (“ICPC”) is a global algorithmic programming contest for college students around the world organized by ICPC Foundation designed to foster creativity, teamwork, innovation, and the ability to perform under pressure. Through training and competition, teams of three, representing their university, challenge each other to raise the bar of excellence in inventing trustworthy software systems that solve a range of complex, real-world problems. Today, the ICPC is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest in the world, having over 320,000 ICPC alumni including over 58,973 students from 3,407 universities in 104 countries within the last year. For more information about the ICPC, visit https://icpc.global.
About the ICPC Foundation
The ICPC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization founded to advance the art and sport of competitive programming for the benefit of society. The foundation is responsible for ICPC sponsorship, fundraising, outreach, and operational matters. The ICPC Foundation strives to provide ample opportunity for the underserved, to create a tier of regional championships to recognize far more star performers and showcase emerging talent, and to bring ICPC alumni together, assuring future generations paths of excellence to being great problem solvers. The ICPC Foundation is actively engaged in creating equal opportunities for women or other underrepresented groups to pursue excellence within a culture of global inclusion and authenticity. For more information about the ICPC and the ICPC Foundation, visit http://icpc.foundation.