Hackathon format & key facts
Organized detailsOverview
Bulgarian schools can register interest for EduHack Plovdiv 2026's Build with AI hackathon, a hybrid October programme ending with a 5 November demo day at TU Sofia's Plovdiv Branch.
Complete hackathon details
The hackathon begins with an in-person kick-off on 1 October, continues through an October online incubator with mentoring and training, and concludes with the best teams presenting working AI prototypes on 5 November. Each registered team receives free Google Skills access plus Google Cloud and Vertex AI credits. The organizer states that participants completing the incubator receive Google education certificates, while category winners receive technology prizes. No public participation fee or team-registration deadline is stated on the verified school-registration and rules pages, so neither is inferred.
Eligibility requirements
Each participating school may enter up to two teams. A school team consists of one lead teacher and three to five students older than 13; parental consent is required for minors.
Tips for this hackathon
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Read the rules, eligibility, judging criteria, required technologies and intellectual-property terms before forming your submission plan.
- Build a complementary team early and assign product, engineering, design, research and presentation responsibilities clearly.
- Optimize for the published judging rubric: demonstrate a real problem, working solution, measurable impact and a concise live demo.
- Prepare the repository, pitch deck, demo video and submission links before the final hours so upload or platform problems do not invalidate the entry.
- Check whether travel, finalist presentations, team-size limits or mandatory attendance apply before committing.
Verification notes
The official school page currently invites schools to register interest and states the team structure. The current hackathon rules confirm the hybrid 1 October–5 November format, school eligibility, mentoring/resources, certificates and prize framework. This record is deliberately limited to the school-team pathway because the verified public school application route is explicit; it does not imply an unverified university-team application route.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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