Swift Student Challenge 2025 – golden opportunity for young programmers to shine
Apple's Swift Student Challenge is a series of exciting activities, giving thousands of students the opportunity to express their creativity and build real-life skills. economics as a foundation for future and further careers. Since 2020, students participating in the challenge have joined the community of programmers using Swift – the programming language used by industry experts – globally to create waves. breakthrough applications.
This year, Swift Student Challenge 2025 is back and starting from February 3. This time, the activity promises to bring a new perspective to young programmers. When they register to participate, they will discover what makes a great app with Apple engineers, learn from award winners… or simply find inspiration to create their own. create a personal application playground.
How to participate in Swift Student Challenge 2025?
To reiterate, the Swift Student Challenge is designed for student developers who are honing their software development skills. To be eligible to participate in the Challenge, entrants must meet the following minimum requirements:
– Meet the minimum age requirements of the country or region:
+ Ages 14 and up in Austria, Bulgaria, Mainland China, Cyprus, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, South Korea and Spain.
+ Ages 15 and up in the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Peru and Slovenia.
+ 16 years of age or older in Brazil, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore and Slovakia.
+ Ages 13 and up in all other countries and regions.
– Get registered with Apple for free as an Apple developer or as a member of the Apple Developer Program; and
– Meet one of the following requirements:
+ Be enrolled in an accredited academic institution or officially equivalent home-study program;
+ Be enrolled in an educational program of a STEM organization;
+ Be enrolled in the Apple Developer Academy; or have graduated from high school or equivalent within the past 6 months and are awaiting acceptance or have been accepted into an accredited academic institution.
It is known that Apple will select 350 Swift Student Challenge winners whose entries demonstrate excellence in innovation, creativity, and positive impact on society. From here, Apple will continue to name 50 Distinguished Winners with truly special works and send invitations to participate in the Apple in Cupertino event. All winners will receive a 1-year offer, membership in the Apple Developer Program, a special gift from Apple, and more.
Anyone can claim the Swift Student Challenge award up to four times and can only be selected as an Outstanding Winner once.
To better prepare, students and educators can participate in an online sharing session hosted by Apple. In this session, they will learn more about participating in the Swift Student Challenge, explore what makes a great app with an Apple engineer, and learn from experienced users. won the award, and was inspired to create an app playground of my own. In addition, updated Develop in Swift Tutorials are available to help students master programming fundamentals and explore innovative applications on the Apple platform.
