Google Summer of Code 2014 by the numbers: Part three

In our third statistics post for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2014 we have a list of schools with the highest number of student participants. For the first time in seven years a new school has claimed the top spot—congratulations to International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad.

Rank	School	Country	# of Accepted Students 2014	# of Accepted Students 2013
1	International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad	India	69	29
2	University of Moratuwa	Sri Lanka	44	39
3	Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani	India	26	19
4	Birla Institute of Technology & Science - Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus	India	25	16
5	University POLITEHNICA Of Bucharest	Romania	17	25
6	Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay	India	15	9
7	National University of Singapore	Singapore	14	15
8	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	India	13	9
9	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Hungary	12	7
9	Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology	India	12	17
10	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee	India	11	10
10	International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar	India	11	0
10	Vienna University of Technology	Austria	11	13
10	University Of Waterloo	Canada	11	2

Student majors in 2014 were predominantly in Computer Science and other technical fields (as expected).  But this year we also had students studying Anthropology, Cartography, Evolutionary Biology, Linguistics and even Metallurgy. GSoC certainly attracts a diverse set of students year after year! For more stats from 2014, check out the other posts in this series.

We’d like to thank the schools and professors that help spread the word about GSoC to their students. But don’t forget that students from any university are encouraged to participate! Reviewing statistics each year from GSoC is exciting, but being in “first place” is certainly not the most important part of the program. Our goal since the inception of GSoC is to get students involved in the creation of free and open source software, and to encourage contributions to projects that have the potential to make a difference worldwide — no matter what university the student attends.

By Mary Radomile, Open Source Programs