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Meet two Apple Swift Student Challenge champs building apps that solve real-world problems

Apple's Swift Student Challenge invites students around the globe, as young as 13, to embrace their coding skills and use Swift -- the coding language for all Apple platforms -- to create an app ... Read More

These Swift Student Challenge winners hope to change the world through code

From left, Marina Lee, Taiki Hamamoto, Luciana Ortiz Nolasco and Nahom Worku are four of this year’s Swift Student Challenge winners. Apple’s annual Swift Student Challenge coding competition ... Read More

Tim Cook surprises Swift Student Challenge winners at Apple Park [Interview]

I’m fortunate enough to be in Cupertino this week for WWDC. For me, things kicked off on Sunday, when I had the honor of visiting Apple Park to watch a selection of this year’s Swift Student Challenge ... Read More

Apple highlights four apps from award-winning student developers

Apple Newsroom has today spotlighted three former Swift Student Challenge winners as part of encouraging students to participate in the 2026 challenge. Brayden Gogis, who has a passion for games, has ... Read More

Apple gearing up for WWDC with profiles of four Swift Student Challenge winners

From preserving tradition to improving disaster response, four 2025 Swift Student Challenge Distinguished Winners used Apple's tools to build app playgrounds that educate, empower, and connect people ... Read More

Apple Announces Next Swift Student Challenge Ahead of WWDC 2026

Apple today announced it will accept submissions for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge from Friday, February 6 through Saturday, February 28. The annual Swift Student Challenge gives eligible student ... Read More

20-year-old IIT-ian earns global recognition at the WWDC 2025 Swift Student Challenge

Gaurav Kukreja doesn’t fit your typical profile of an app developer. The 20-year old Biological Sciences and Bioengineering student entering his final year at IIT Kanpur was one of the 50 top ... Read More

Massachusetts students win Apple coding challenge with fitness and art apps

Apple has selected 350 students worldwide for its prestigious coding competition, including two from Massachusetts universities who created innovative apps for art ... Read More

Apple announces 2026 Swift Student Challenge dates: When, how and where to apply

Apple has announced that applications for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge will open on February 6, giving student developers across the globe three weeks — until February 28 — to build and submit ... Read More

Previous winners talk about how to win Apple's Swift Student Challenge

Three previous winners of Apple's Swift Student Challenge reveal what got them started in programming, and how they won, as the company prepares to launch the next contest. Apple has once more ... Read More