Coding Programs & Competitions for High School Students

Programs tagged “Coding” in our catalog. A topic tag helps you find them; it does not settle cost, eligibility, format, location, dates, who runs a program, or whether it is open.

Open an entry to read what it holds, then confirm the details on the official program page before acting.

48 published catalog entries match this page; the 30 most relevant are featured below; 11 can be done online.

Catalog entries

Browse 30 catalog programs:

• USA Computing Olympiad — Catalog organization: USA Computing Olympiad — Cost: Free
• FIRST Robotics Competition — Catalog organization: FIRST — Deadline: November 17, 2026
• New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge — Catalog organization: Supercomputing Challenge — Cost: $40
• Wolfram Middle School Summer Camp — Catalog organization: Wolfram Research — Cost: $500
• CompSciConnect — Catalog organization: Computing Catalyst at the University of Maryland — Cost: $400
• Luddy Precollege Summer STEM Camp — Catalog organization: Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering — Cost: $950
• Girls Make Games Summer Camps — Catalog organization: Girls Make Games (LearnDistrict Inc.) — Cost: $2,300
• DigiPen Academy Pre-College Summer Programs — Catalog organization: DigiPen Institute of Technology — Cost: $2,995–$3,195
• Code Club — Catalog organization: Raspberry Pi Foundation — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
• Black Girls Code Summer Camp — Catalog organization: Black Girls Code
• Hack Club Clubs and Teen Community — Catalog organization: Hack Club (The Hack Foundation) — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
• Summit Research Scholars (SRS) — Catalog organization: Summit Education — Cost: $2,900
• American Computer Science League (ACSL) All-Star Contest — Catalog organization: ACSL — Cost: $35
• Zero Robotics Programming Competition — Catalog organization: MIT/NASA
• FBLA Cybersecurity and Computer Problem Solving Competitive Events — Catalog organization: Future Business Leaders of America — Cost: Varies — see Cost and funding
• Processing and p5.js Creative Coding Resources — Catalog organization: Processing Foundation — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
• Penn Experimental Physics Research Academy — Catalog organization: University of Pennsylvania College of Liberal and Professional Studies — Cost: $10,050
• Carnegie Mellon CS Scholars — Catalog organization: Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Programs — Cost: Free · Deadline: February 1, 2027
• National High School Game Academy (NHSGA) — Catalog organization: Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Programs
• Google Code Next Labs — Catalog organization: Google Code Next — Cost: Free
• NASA App Development Challenge — Catalog organization: NASA Next Gen STEM, Johnson Space Center
• Lockheed Martin Code Quest — Catalog organization: Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Apple Swift Student Challenge — Catalog organization: Apple Inc. — Cost: Varies — see Cost and funding
• RoboMaster University Championship (RMUC) — Catalog organization: RoboMaster Organizing Committee — Cost: Varies — see Cost and funding
• Project Euler — Catalog organization: Project Euler — Cost: Free
• PennApps Hackathon — Catalog organization: University of Pennsylvania
• Kaggle Competitions Platform — Catalog organization: Kaggle — Deadline: Rolling applications
• NASA International Space Apps Challenge — Catalog organization: NASA Science Mission Directorate and Space Agency Partners
• CodeCombat Championship (legacy format; current identity unconfirmed) — Catalog organization: CodeCombat
• MIT Battlecode — Catalog organization: MIT Battlecode

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