Student Project Contest

The University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science announces a contest for IT-related student projects.

The project submitted has to be in the field of IT. It can be practical or theoretical research or implementation project. It may be associated with any course or be a completely new and personal initiative—for example, a project from a course, educational resource, public software, a start-up idea, etc.

Participation

Participation is open to University of Tartu students at the bachelor's or master's level, regardless of the curriculum, in teams of one or up to five members.

Projects will be evaluated in three categories:

• First-year Bachelor's level
• Bachelor's level
• Master's level

In the Bachelor’s and Master’s categories, at least ⅔ of the authors (except the supervisor) have to be students of the appropriate level. If there are two members in the team, ½ of the authors must be students of the appropriate level. In the first-year Bachelor’s category, all authors must be first-year Bachelor's students.

Read the statute of the contest

The deadline for submitting the project is 26 May 2026 (inclusive). To participate, you must submit your:

• Poster (PDF file, vertical, A0 size) including all project authors, their study programme, study level, institute, supervisor, the web address of the work, and the logo of the UT Institute of Computer Science.
• Public web address where one can access the project results.

Submit project

NB! Do not leave the submission of your project until the last moment. The submission platform will close on 26 May at 23:59, and it will not be possible to submit projects after the deadline.

Prizes

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In every category, the prize fund is 2400 euros. 1000 euros for I, 800 euros for II, and 600 euros for III places in every category.

In 2026, three special prizes will be awarded.

• The Audience Award will be decided by electronic vote. Posters will be on display in the second-floor hallway of the Delta study building, and from 28 May – 3 June, everyone can vote for their favourite project.
• The Best Demo will be awarded to the solution that can be tried out and tested at the final event of the contest. It could be a video game, software demonstration, an information system, a website, a simulation, some device, etc.
• The Wolfram Special Prize is awarded to a student project created using Wolfram products.

The team winning the special prize will be awarded with 500 euros.

Evaluation

On 3 June 2026 at 14:00, the Student Project Contest poster session will take place in the second-floor corridor of the Delta Study Building. The authors will present their projects to the evaluation committee and other interested visitors. The winners will be announced later the same day at approximately 16:30.

Previous student project contest winners and participants