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HackBU 2027
A weekend to build something that didn’t exist on Friday.
HackBU is Binghamton University’s annual hackathon. Over about 24 hours, teams take an idea and turn it into a web app, a mobile app or a hardware project — whatever they can make in the time.
You don’t need any experience to come. Organizers are around the whole weekend to help when something breaks, and if you arrive without a team, there are chances at the event to find one.
When
Saturday and Sunday — about 24 hours of building.
Where
University Union
Binghamton University, Vestal, NY. Find it on the map
Who
College students
From Binghamton and across the Northeast. No experience required.
Teams
Up to four people
Bring friends, or meet other hackers there and form a team.
Sponsors
Our 2027 sponsors are coming soon.
HackBU is backed by companies that send engineers to mentor and judge, run tech talks and put up their own prize categories. We’ll list this year’s sponsors here as they’re confirmed.
Want your company here?
Meet Binghamton’s student developers, put your API in their hands for a weekend, and sponsor a prize category. The tiers, what each one includes, and how to request our sponsorship packet are on the Sponsors page.
Questions first? Email hello@hackbu.org.
Coming soon
HackBU 2027’s sponsors will be announced here.
Hackathon FAQ
Questions newcomers actually have.
A weekend of building. Teams get a set window — at HackBU, about 24 hours — to build a web app, a mobile app or a hardware project. You start from an idea and end with whatever you managed to make in the time. Almost nothing is finished by the end, and that’s the normal outcome.
In the University Union at Binghamton University — 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY 13850. HackBU 2027 runs . The map in this section shows where the building is on campus, or you can get directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab).
College students. HackBU brings students together from Binghamton and across the Northeast to build, network and compete for prizes, and you don’t need any experience to apply.
Registration isn’t open yet. We’ll announce it in the HackBU Discord (opens in a new tab) as soon as it is.
Come anyway — no experience is required. A lot of our members started with none. Before the hackathon we run sessions that help you get started, and organizers are around the whole weekend to help when something breaks.
Teams are up to four people. Bring friends if you have them — if you don’t, there will be chances at the event to meet other hackers and form a team.
Yes. Hackathon participants get HackBU swag, and there are prizes for the winning teams as well.
Yes — we’re glad to have help. Email hello@hackbu.org or ask on our Discord (opens in a new tab) and tell us you’d like to volunteer; we’ll point you at what’s open.
Email the organizers at hello@hackbu.org or ask in our Discord (opens in a new tab). It’s a small team of students, and no question is too basic to send.
Where it is
University Union, Binghamton University
4400 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY 13850