The University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science announces the IT Student Project Contest.
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 is open to undergraduate (BSc) and graduate (MSc) students of the University of Tartu regardless of the curriculum in teams of one or up to five. A project can have one supervisor.
Projects will be evaluated in three categories:
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.
The deadline for submitting the project is 25 May 2023 (including). To participate you must upload in Student Projects Website your:
In every category, the prize fund is 2,400 euros. 1, 000 € for I, 800 € for II, and 600 € for III places in every category. The committee retains the right to make decisions as they see best. Special categories can be created and awarded as the Institute sees fit.
The event where participants present their project posters to the committee and the rest of the audience will take place on 1 June 2023, at the University of Tartu Delta Centre. The evaluation of the projects and the award ceremony will be at the event.
Winners and projects of the 2023 contest
Previous student project contest winners
The statute for the contest