Education

With GitHub Education,
your work will speak for itself.

Build your portfolio, grow your network, and level up your skills.

GitHub Student Developer Pack

Get the best developer tools

There's no substitute for hands-on experience, but for most students, real-world tools can be cost prohibitive. That's why we created the Pack with some of our partners and friends, like:

See what's in the Pack →

See the Pack in action

GitHub Campus Expert

Grow your leadership skills

Build the tech community at your school with training and support from GitHub.

Campus Experts learn public speaking, technical writing, community leadership, and software development skills that will help you improve your campus.

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Hackathons

Throw a hackathon at your school

Hackathons are creative events where students learn, build, and share technical projects in just a few days. For first-time hackathons, GitHub will help you ship your first event with a $1,000 grant through our friends at Major League Hacking.

Apply for a grant

At a hackathon?

We’ve got goodies to help you out this very minute.

Get some inspiration

Check out Collections for original ideas that might spur new projects.
See the most supportive open source communities who are looking for contributions.

Use GitHub for your project

Take a look at the GitHub API and the GitHub Developer Portal.
Build cross-platform desktop applications with Electron.

Get started quickly

Use the the Flask Hackathon Starter or the Node.js Hackathon Starter from GitHub and Major League Hacking to get your application up and running faster.

The easiest way to give a GitHub workshop at your event

Host an event that's smaller than a hackathon but just as fun. MLH Localhost provides content and support to help you organize academic events. Get started with a GitHub workshop.

Host a workshop

Join the team as a GitHub Intern

Every summer we welcome talented interns in engineering, marketing, sales, legal--even education. As a GitHub intern, you’ll work directly with Hubbers in our HQ in San Francisco, and get direct experience from GitHubbers on real projects.

Join the team →

With GitHub Education, your work will speak for itself.