Q-Hackathon

⚠️ Important: Participation is limited to accepted applicants of Q-Hack 2026.

To participate, you must first apply via our official website.

Only accepted participants will receive access to Discord and will be eligible to submit projects on Devpost.

About Q-Hack

Q-Hack is part of Q-Summit, Germany’s largest student-run entrepreneurship conference, bringing together 150 highly selected tech talents from across Germany and Europe.

Participants come from leading universities such as TUM, ETH Zurich, RWTH Aachen, KIT, and many more. Out of 500+ applicants, only the most motivated builders are selected.

The Concept

During the hackathon, you will work on real-world challenges provided by leading companies such as Picnic, Exxeta, Spherecast (YC S24), Cloover and other, supported by infrastructure partners like OpenAI, Anthropic, and ElevenLabs.

Over the course of 24 hours, teams will:

- Build innovative prototypes from scratch

- Collaborate closely with company mentors

- Compete in front of experienced judges

This is a fast-paced, highly practical, and impact-driven hackathon. The goal is not just to build something cool, but something that could realistically be taken further after the event.

We encourage teams to think like founders, combining strong technical execution with real-world business impact.

Key Information

📍 Location: University of Mannheim (Schloss)

📅 Date: April 8–9, 2026

👥 Participants: 150 selected hackers

Schedule Overview

Day 1 (April 8)

- 07:45 Check-in & onboarding

- 08:45 Opening ceremony

- 10:00 Workshops

- 11:00 Challenge Deepdive

- 12:00 Hacking starts

- 13:00 Lunch

- 19:00 Dinner

- 24:00 Midnight Snack

Day 2 (April 9)

- 08:00 Breakfast

- 12:00 Final submission

- 13:30 First pitching round

- 15:00 Finalists announcement

- 17:00 Pitch battle

- 19:30 Q-Summit

As a special benefit, all Q-Hack participants are invited to attend the full Q-Summit conference free of charge.