UKIEPC 2025
Saturday 18th October
The 2025 event is confirmed for Saturday 18th October.
Expected Schedule on the Day
Time (BST) | Description | |
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10:00 AM | Recommended Arrival time | Get setup, settled, logged in etc |
10:30 AM | Introduction on Youtube | |
11:00 AM | Contest starts | |
15:00 PM | Scoreboard freezes | You can see who has submitted, but not whether they were successful. |
16:00 PM | Contest ends | |
~16:10 PM | Solutions and Results |
Programming Languages
The following languages will be used for the 2025 event (TBC)
- Python 3.9.18 (PyPy 7.3.15, with GCC 13.2.0)
- Java 21 (javac 21.0.4)
- C++20 (Ubuntu g++ 13.2.0)
- C17 (Ubuntu gcc 13.2.0)
LLMs, ChatGPT, and Co-Pilot
These tools are not allowed for use during the contest.
We received a number of queries about this. All forms of code generating AI are not allowed in the contest, including offline LLMs and plugins like co-pilot.
Contest Locations
Participating Universities
Last updated 14/08/2025

- Aberdeen
Miles Everett

- Bath
James Davenport

- Bristol
John Lapinskas

- Brunel
Alina Miron

- Cambridge
Markus Kuhn & Viktor Mirjanic

- Edinburgh
Michio Honda

- Hull
David Parker

- Imperial
Konstantinos Gkoutzis

- Leeds
Samuel Wilson & Archie Simpson

- Recraft AI (London)
Sofia Tekhazheva

- Nottingham
Max L. Wilson

- Portsmouth
Mani Ghahremani & Tamer Elboghdadly

- Southampton
Shoaib Jameel

- Warwick
Christian Ikenmeyer