Program

HackIllinois

Every year

Size: Nearly a thousand students source

Terms from the program's own pages

2026 terms

Current college students and recent graduates (within 1 year of graduation); no prior coding experience required. source
Audience: university students source
Solo founders welcome source

Not yet confirmed

2026
Priority deadline enters an iPad raffle; open date not stated. Interest form for 2027 is live at hackillinois.org (MLH 2027 season member); 2027 dates not published.
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Priority deadline Jan 4, 2026
Deadline Jan 27, 2026
Starts Feb 27, 2026
Ends Mar 1, 2026
2025
Page says 'February 28th to March 2nd' without printing the year; year from the 2025 subdomain.
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Starts Feb 28, 2025
Ends Mar 2, 2025
2024
Page says 'February 23rd to February 25th' without printing the year; year from the 2024 subdomain.
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Starts Feb 23, 2024
Ends Feb 25, 2024
2023
Page says 'February 24th to February 26th'; year from the 2023 subdomain. Application deadline extended to Wednesday, February 15th, 11:59 PM CST (year not printed). updated with application window. Extended deadline Wednesday Feb 15 11:59 PM CST; year not printed, taken from the 2023 subdomain (Feb 15 2023 was a Wednesday). Page mentions an earlier deadline without giving it; open date not stated.
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Deadline Feb 15, 2023
Starts Feb 24, 2023
Ends Feb 26, 2023