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by UK Government TechFirst, delivered by IBM
5 Oct – 10 Nov 2026 · Registration
School teams of girls solve interactive challenges in cybersecurity, AI, semiconductors and quantum computing. No coding background needed.
by Technovation
11 Oct 2026 · Registration opens
Mentored teams spend a season finding a problem in their community and building a mobile app or AI project to solve it, then pitch it with a business plan and video.
by ACSL
19 Oct 2026 · Contest 1 opens
A school league of short computer-science theory tests and programming problems across four contests, ending with online finals.
by Air & Space Forces Association
22 Oct – 25 Oct 2026 · Round 1
Teams secure virtual computers against cyber threats in timed online rounds; the best teams reach the in-person national finals.
by U.S. House of Representatives
26 Oct 2026 · Submission deadline
US students build an app on any topic, in any language, for their congressional district. Winners are recognised by their Member of Congress.
by MIT App Inventor and the App Inventor Foundation
29 Oct 2026 · Registration opens
A free virtual hackathon where teams build App Inventor apps for a social cause linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
by Raspberry Pi Foundation (UK Bebras)
9 Nov – 20 Nov 2026 · Challenge window
A 45-minute puzzle challenge taken in school that builds logical and computational thinking. No programming knowledge needed. Bebras runs in 80+ countries through national organisers.
by NASA and partner space agencies
14 Nov – 15 Nov 2026 · Hackathon weekend
A weekend hackathon where teams use NASA's open data to tackle Earth and space challenges, at 450+ local events or online. The 2026 theme is “The Next Frontier”.
ℹ️ Local events may set their own age rules.
by ACM India CSpathshala
16 Nov – 5 Dec 2026 · Challenge window
India's national edition of Bebras: a short, multiple-choice logic challenge available in 12 Indian languages. A great first competition for younger children.
by IARCS
21 Nov 2026 · ZIO 2027 exam
India's official route to the International Olympiad in Informatics. It starts with a written problem-solving round (ZIO) and a programming round (ZCO), leading to the national olympiad (INOI).
ℹ️ Registration opens in early October 2026. Fee ₹472 (₹400 + GST).
by Code.org and CSforALL
7 Dec – 13 Dec 2026 · CS Education Week
A worldwide week of short, beginner-friendly computing activities. Since 2025 the famous Hour of Code has become the Hour of AI, focused on understanding and creating with AI.
by WRO Association and national organisers
8 Dec – 10 Dec 2026 · International Final, San Juan (Puerto Rico)
A global robotics olympiad with mission, sports, innovation-project and self-driving-car categories. The 2026 theme is “Robots Meet Culture”.
by CEMC, University of Waterloo
17 Feb – 18 Feb 2027 · Contest day
A 3-hour, five-problem programming contest at Junior and Senior levels. Top Senior students can go on to the Canadian Computing Olympiad.
by Raspberry Pi Foundation and European Space Agency
22 Feb 2027 · Entries close
Teams write a Python program that runs for 10 minutes on the International Space Station to collect real data, testing it first in a browser-based simulator.
by Raspberry Pi Foundation and European Space Agency
22 Mar 2027 · Entries close
A one-hour beginner Python task: kids design an image or animation that is shown on an Astro Pi computer aboard the International Space Station, and receive a certificate.
by FIRST and LEGO Education
28 Apr – 1 May 2027 · FIRST Championship, Houston
Teams build and program LEGO robots for a themed mission table and present a research project. The 2026–27 theme is BIOGLOW.
ℹ️ This is the last FIRST LEGO League season. LEGO Education launches a separate LEGO League in August 2027 (registration March–May 2027).
by FIRST
28 Apr – 1 May 2027 · FIRST Championship, Houston
Teen teams design, build and code robots to play a new game each season, competing in leagues and qualifiers that lead to a world championship.
by IOAI
4 Jul – 10 Jul 2027 · IOAI 2027, Singapore
A new international olympiad where high-school teams solve machine-learning, computer-vision and language tasks.
by IOI
12 Sept – 19 Sept 2027 · IOI 2027, Potsdam (Germany)
The world's top programming olympiad for high-school students. Countries send their best four, selected through national olympiads such as INOI, USACO and BIO.
These run every year. We show the last edition until the next dates are confirmed.
by Raspberry Pi Foundation
Usually: Entries January to May, global livestream in June
Kids share anything they've made with code or digital tech, finished or not. Everyone gets feedback and a certificate, and the year ends with a worldwide celebration stream.
ℹ️ 2027 entries open in January 2027. In-person Coolest Projects events also run in some countries.
by Scratch Foundation
Usually: Every May, around Scratch's birthday
A week-long online celebration of Scratch and ScratchJr, with a new themed studio each day for kids to create and share projects.
by Carnegie Mellon University (CyLab)
Usually: Every March, with free practice all year
A beginner-friendly capture-the-flag cybersecurity contest with puzzles in cryptography, web, forensics and reverse engineering.
by STEMpedia
Usually: Registration from July, national rounds, international final in spring
An AI, coding and robotics project competition, mostly using PictoBlox, running from national rounds to an international final.
ℹ️ Registration has been open since July 2026. Final dates not yet announced.
by USACO
Usually: Online contests January–February, US Open in March
A free algorithmic contest series with Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum levels. Open to students worldwide and used to pick the US IOI team.
ℹ️ The 2026–27 schedule isn't posted yet. The December contest was dropped in 2025–26.
by British Informatics Olympiad
Usually: Round 1 in schools December–January, final around Easter
A 3-hour programming exam taken at school in any language, with a final in Cambridge for the top 15. Part of the UK's IOI selection.
by Australian Maths Trust
Usually: Every August
A 3-hour online olympiad with six algorithmic problems, part of Australia's IOI selection pathway.
by School of Computing, National University of Singapore
Usually: Online preliminary in February, final in March
Singapore's national programming olympiad, modelled on the IOI, with an online preliminary and an onsite final.
by American University of Sharjah
Usually: Every spring
A university-hosted team contest for UAE high-schoolers, with tracks in programming, Python for AI, and mobile and IoT apps.
ℹ️ Held in April 2026; 2027 dates not yet announced.
Dates and rules were checked on each organiser's official site in October 2026. Always confirm the details on the official site before entering: organisers sometimes change dates and eligibility. CodingChamp is not affiliated with any of these events. Know an event we should add? Tell us.
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