Registration is open for the 2018 Intercollegiate Programming Competition, and St. Petersburg College students are signing up for a fun-filled afternoon of programming!

Intercollegiate Programming Competition Details

Students from colleges across the state will be participating in this programming competition, in which contestants will be given a series of computer programming problems to solve. The problems will include a set of requirements, input test data, and expected output information.

The competition is open to any student who has a minimum of six credit hours completed and is registered for at least one class during the Spring 2018 semester. Students in bachelor’s degree programs are not eligible to compete.

The Intercollegiate Programming Competition is scheduled for April 14 from 1-4 p.m. in ES-205 at the SPC Clearwater Campus. The competition wraps up at 4:45 p.m. with a virtual award ceremony. Contestants will have the chance to win cash prizes and bragging rights for their school. Third prize is a cash award of $100. Second prize is a cash award of $250. First prize is a cash award of $500 and a trophy that the winning college will proudly showcase for a year.

Registration is open until April 11, no later than 4 p.m. Interested students may register as well as see problems from previous years at https://www.seminolestate.edu/computers/competition/.

If you have any questions, please feel contact Professor Dawn Ellis at ellis.dawn@spcollege.edu.

Interested in pursuing a degree in technology?

SPC offers many technology degrees, ranging from computer programming to computer networking.