opensource.google.com

Menu

Google Summer of Code Full of Stats: Part 2

Monday, July 15, 2013


Drumroll please... below is a list of schools with the highest number of student participants for 2013 Google Summer of Code.  For the 7th consecutive year, University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka has claimed the top spot!

Rank
School
Country
# of Accepted Students in 2013
# of Students in  2012
1
University of Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
39
29
2
International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad
India
29
16
3
Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Romania
25
21
4
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani)
India
19
12
5
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
India
17
17
6
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Goa Campus / BITS - Pilani - K.K. Birla Goa Campus
India
16
14
7
National University of Singapore
Singapore
15
21
8
Vienna University of Technology
Austria
13
10
9
Beijing (Peking) University
China
12
8
10
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
India
11
10

Student majors in 2013 were predominantly in Computer Science and other technical fields (as expected).  But this year we do have students studying Geography, Linguistics, Marketing, Music, and Political Science. Google Summer of Code certainly attracts a diverse set of students!

Although reviewing statistics each year from Google Summer of Code is fun, we want to stress that being first place is not the point of the program. Our goal is to get more and more students involved in creating free and open source software, and to encourage contribution to projects that have the potential to make a difference worldwide.

By Mary Radomile, Open Source Programs
.