Global Programming Championship

What is the ACM ICPC?

The ACM ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) is a sport programming world championship held annually under the auspices of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). For several decades now these four words stand for the most important programming competition among student teams.

International

The first time the Finals was held outside of the USA was in 1999 in the Netherlands. Since then the Finals have been held in universities of Canada, China, Japan, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden and Russia. Ekaterinburg will have the honor of being the world’s intellectual capital in 2014. More than 30 000 students from 2300 universities and 91 countries competed in regional contests for the right to come to Russia and participate in the World Finals.
Collegiate

The contest has consistently showcased the best students from IT departments, in which students who wish to advance in this field have regularly distinguished themselves in universities. Competing in ICPC and preparing for it gives students a chance to improve their skills as well as an opportunity to show themselves to the world-wide IT community.