Partner with UVic Hacks
Host Your Own Hackathon
We’ll run a hackathon or build sprint for your company, lab, club, or idea tailored to your goals, timeline, and budget.
What we offer
UVic Hacks is a thriving student hackathon community. If you want to engage students, explore ideas quickly, or build something exciting on campus, we can host an event for you. We handle logistics, recruiting, promotion, and event-day operations. You bring the theme, goals, and any resources you want participants to use.
Full event hosting
We’ll run the hackathon end-to-end: schedule, space, judging format, mentors, registration, and day-of coordination.
Custom to your goals
Product challenges, data sprints, creative coding jams, workshops, or themed build nights, whatever fits your vision.
Budget-flexible
We keep costs low and can tailor an event to almost any budget. Smaller events are totally welcome.
For companies
Hosting with UVic Hacks puts your name directly in front of a motivated, builder-focused student community.
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Brand presence. Get your company associated with UVic’s growing hackathon scene.
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Promotion that feels real. Students lead the energy, and your challenge becomes the center of the story.
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Talent scouting. Meet some of UVic’s top builders in a high-signal environment.
Great for: recruiting pipelines, product exploration, community engagement, or launching something new.
For individuals
Got a cool skill, tool, or idea you want to share? We’ll help you turn it into a fun build event on campus.
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Teach something awesome. Run a workshop-style hackathon around a skill you love.
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Start a campus project. Gather a team and build something meaningful for UVic students.
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Plug into a community. We bring participants, structure, and momentum.
Great for: creative coding jams, data sprints, design/build nights, research prototypes, or learning-focused mini-hackathons.
Costs & budget
We’re a student-run club, which means we cannot directly cover event costs (food, prizes, supplies, travel, etc.).
What we *are* great at is keeping costs low. We know what works on campus, how to share resources, and how to scale an event to match your constraints.
Whether you’re aiming for a large 24-hour hackathon or a small evening build sprint, we’ll tailor the format to fit your budget.
Low-budget option
2–4 hour sprint, no prizes required, minimal supplies. Perfect for workshops or idea challenges.
Standard hackathon
Half-day or full-day build with judging, mentors, and modest prizes.
Big showcase event
24-hour hackathon with full promotion, sponsors, prizes, and a high-energy finale.
Want to host with us?
Send us a quick note with what you’re thinking, even if it’s rough. We’ll help shape it into a great event.
Tell us
Your idea, theme, or goal
Constraints
Target budget + timeline
Audience
Who you want participating
You can also reach out on Discord or through any UVic Hacks organizer.