October16th - October18th
@ University of California, Irvine
Apps open in the Fall
Coming soon
- >ZOTHACKS
- ZotHacks introduces students to the world of hackathons and web development.
- >PROFICIENCY
- Beginner friendly! Built for students with minimal web development experience.
- >BENEFITS
- We provide free technical workshops, dedicated mentors for every team, and FREE FOOD!
- >DURATION
- 12-hours
- >APPLY NOW
- We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, including underrepresented minorities, majors, or genders to apply!
A hackathon is a creative marathon that lasts about 12-36 hours (a weekend) where you team up to build and present a programming-related project to judges for prizes. We give you the resources, training, mentorship, and food you need to build a full web application with a team, just bring your passion and a creative mind!
We don’t expect hackers to have any prior experience. We will be providing starter packs, workshops, and mentors to help new hackers get started on projects and learn new technologies. Teams will have access to their mentors for the entire event allowing them to ask questions and learn along the way.
A UCI Student who is a beginner at web development.
Accepted mentors who complete their shifts at ZotHacks will receive a guaranteed hacker spot at IrvineHacks 2027! Alongside that, you’ll have the opportunity to oversee a project from start to finish and help foster the next generation of passionate CS students. Mentoring also comes with free swag and food!
There will be prizes for all winners at ZotHacks 2026!
You will be building projects from scratch, although we will be offering starter packs to help you get started. You are encouraged to come up with ideas of what you want to build. All pre-built projects will be disqualified.
