Unihack 2025 is this weekend and will showcase local ingenuity
This weekend, the 12th year of Unihack kicks off, with over 600 students from around Australia taking part, showing off their techpertise. Over an intense 48-hour hybrid event, teams will design, build, and pitch a working prototype—whether it be a website, mobile app, video game, or hardware solution. The only rule? It must work when presented.
“Unihack is a non-profit organisation driven entirely by dedicated volunteers. Each year, we welcome tertiary students from across ANZ to take part in the competition, providing them with a dynamic and supportive environment to explore their potential alongside their peers”
The opening ceremonies will kick off at 6pm on Friday March 14th, with the bulk of the events taking place over the weekend, here is the complete schedule.
Friday March 14
6:00 pm Opening Ceremony - Live on Twitch
6:15 pm Hacking Begins!
6:30 pm Discord: Team Matchmaking
7:00 pm Hacking continues.„
9:00 pm Team Registration & Checkpoint #1 Due
Saturday March 15
10:30 am Extended Mentoring Sessions begin
3:00 pm Checkpoint #2
9:00 pm Checkpoint #3
Sunday March 16
10:30 am Extended Mentoring Sessions begin
5:00 pm Hacking Ends!
5:30 pm Closing Ceremony - Live on Twitch
While the main events wrap up on the Sunday, the winners won’t be revealed until the 24th of March. But the fun won’t end there as on Monday March 17, Logitech will host a Logitech MX Workshop on 17 March 2025, offering students a hands-on experience with the Logitech MX Series—a range of premium tools designed for professionals seeking both productivity and comfort. All registered students will get the chance to explore cutting-edge hardware solutions that can elevate their creative and technical projects.
“Logitech is committed to identifying and supporting future industry leaders. Through Unihack, we can engage with some of the brightest minds and provide them with the tools they need to turn their ideas into reality”
All of this sounds like a fun event right, it gets even better. Not only have past winners gone on to work for companies like Canva, AWS, and Google, but there are prizes to be won. You can view the prizes here, along with the criteria for what the judges will be looking for.
The action is taking place at Monash University down in Melbourne and at UNSW Kensington, so there are more chances to take part.
