The Simonyi International Hackathon 2025 was successfully held on 12–13 November, jointly organised by Simonyi BEDC and the Centre for Applied Learning (CAL).
The two-day course brought together both Hungarian and international students from several faculties of the University of Pécs, as well as students from Osijek, to work together on this year’s challenge: “Harmony of Generations” – promoting cooperation and knowledge-sharing between different age groups.
The participant teams developed diverse and valuable solutions, which they presented with confidence and conviction in front of a professional jury. Based on the evaluation, the following results were achieved:
Awarded teams (based on jury scores)
1st place: Team 3 – Mentor: Dr Zsolt Bedő
Prize: HUF 100,000 offered by KTK
2nd place: Team 2 – Mentor: Dr Máté Deák
Prize: HUF 80,000 offered by KTK
3rd place: Team 16 – Mentor: Tihana Koprivnjak Popovic, PhD
Prize: HUF 50,000 supported by Splendex Kft.
Special awards courtesy of our partners
Team 3 – Mentor: Dr Zsolt Bedő
Prize: HUF 50,000 offered by SocialWings
Prize: Career counselling offered by German Solutions, Hackathon gift package
Team 7 – Mentor: Dr Norbert Sipos
Prize: Dinner voucher offered by Prohuman, Hackathon gift package
Prize: Career counselling offered by German Solutions, Hackathon consulting
Team 12 – Mentor: Dr Ferenc Kruzslicz
Prize: Dinner voucher offered by British American Tobacco (BAT)
The success of the event was greatly supported by the professional jury, lecturers and mentors, who guided the teams with expert feedback throughout the development of their ideas. In addition, the contributions of our partners provided an inspiring and motivating background, recognising the students’ outstanding performance.
Congratulations to all participants and awardees for their dedicated work, creative thinking and international collaboration!
