We’re reopening registration for HackNU/25 - one of the largest student hackathons in Kazakhstan, organized by NU ACM SC!
📅 October 18–19, 2025
📍 Nazarbayev University, Astana

Challenge yourself, compete for a ₸4,400,000 prize pool, and network with leading professionals in the IT industry.

Registration deadline: October 12, 23:59
🔗 hacknu25.nuacm.kz

Dear HackNU/25 Participants,

We want to kindly ask you to send all of your questions and requests either in HackNU telegram chat (https://t.me/hacknu_chat), or to our mail acmsc@nu.edu.kz. Please do not send questions / requests to personal email's, telegram and whatsapp accounts of HackNU/25 org team members. All of such messages will be ignored

Also, we are trying our best to answer all of you in time, please be patient, because it is a bit challenging to handle such a large number of requests!

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! See you in all in just 3 days!🔥

Мы рады объявить одного из наших главных медиа партнеров - The Tech!

The Tech — медиаиздание о технологиях и IT-лидерах Центральной Азии.

Подписывайтесь на The Tech (https://www.instagram.com/thetech.media/), чтобы быть в курсе самых интересных IT-новостей и следить за успехами людей из Центральной Азии.

✅ HackNU/25 Check List
Что взять с собой?

🪪 ID / Удостоверение личности
For registration purposes.
💻 Laptop / Ноутбук
With all necessary software installed for programming.
🔌 Extension cords / Удлинители
Bring your own extension cords for your convenience.
🔋 Chargers / Зарядные устройства
And any cables or adapters you might need.
📝 Notebook & pen / Блокнот и ручка
For taking notes and jotting down ideas.
🎧 Additional equipment / Дополнительное оборудование
Such as a mouse, keyboard, or headphones.
💧Water bottle / Вода
Stay hydrated during the hackathon!

🚀 HackNU/25 is happening tomorrow!

Reminder: check-in starts at 9:00 AM ⏰

Aaaand... the first 100 participants who complete check-in will get our exclusive HackNU/25 merch! 🎉🔥

Dear Participants,

Before we start of HackNU/25, we want to inform you about several important rules:

1. If there is a valid reason (military, lessons, exams, travel tickets) why someone from your team cannot be present at the registration, please notice us by writing to our email. However, please note that your teammates do not show up until the evening, we reserve the right to disqualify the whole team, if you do not notify us that they will not be able to participate at all.

2. At the registration we will give you a badge, please do not lose it, because the entrance at coffee break will be granted only if the badge is present (бейджик). If you do not have a badge, we will assume that you are not a participant of HackNU/25 and reserve a right to not allow you to enter the coffee break zone (if you indeed lost it, please contact our tech managers).

3. At the registration every team member will be asked to provide a document that will prove that they are under (or are) 25 years old, and currently enrolled in the university as Undergraduate or Graduate Student (please do not try to falsify any of these documents, we will check if they are real or not). Otherwise, we reserve a right to disqualify the whole team.

4. In cases of: any form of harassment to anyone present at HackNU/25 and/or anyone from at the NU campus, any form of discrimination, physical abuse, breaking the law of Republic of Kazakhstan (as well breaking internal rules of Nazarbayev University) we reserve a right to disqualify the whole team and you will have to leave the territory of NU.

5. Generally, please be polite with other participants, also, please be polite with our tech managers, because all of us are students doing all of this for no personal benefit.

6. Be polite with sponsors and jury. They do not have to explain why any of the teams did not win.

7. In cases of serious breaks of the rules, we will disqualify the team and put into the blacklist with no chance of participating in any of ACM@NU student club events.

8. If you have any questions during the event, please do not hesitate to contact any of our tech managers and ask your question. They will be there 24/7 to help you out as they can!

9. The Code of Conduct is below, please read it carefully.

Thank you very much for your cooperation, see you tomorrow!🔥

Here is the video of how to find the registration spot!💫

After registration, please proceed to Orange Hall🌟

5-10 минут, выложим распределение

https://t.me/+anxdY84FhYZlNWQ6

Чат со спонсорами, подробности по кейсам выложат в соответствующие «темы» канала

Форма для выбор треков:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJ6dQIH4nhB-cGaKaFif8a8f6Q0pSJH5lk8yQoi_h31IQfww/viewform?usp=header

напоминаем, что команды могут выбрать только 1 трек
Дедлайн заполнения: 15:00

В целом, вы можете работать где вам удобно, если хотите можете работать в балрумах

Дорогие участники,

С 12:00 до 14:00 вы можете подходить к представителям компаний чтобы задать вопросы касательно треков или просто пообщаться

- Ballroom Right: Zaman Bank, DataArt
- Ballroom Left: MyCar, Higgsfield

Уважаемые участники,

Трек можно выбрать до 15:00

Так же у нас сейчас стоит фотобудка в ballroom right, можете сделать памятные фотографии с хакатона ✨

📸 Фотобудка будет до 15:00