GSoC 2015 Stats Part 2: Universities

For the second statistics post for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2015 we focus on the universities that our accepted students attend. With this being the 11th year of GSoC we have listed the top 11 schools with the highest number of accepted students for 2015. You’ll notice many familiar names on the list with a couple of new additions to the list. Congratulations to the International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad for claiming the top spot for the second consecutive year.

University	Country	# of Accepted Students in 2014	# of Accepted Students in 2015
International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad	India	69	62
University of Moratuwa	Sri Lanka	44	44
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani)	India	26	18
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, K.K.Birla Goa Campus	India	25	15
Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Hungary	12	14
University POLITEHNICA Of Bucharest	Romania	17	14
Bejing (Peking) University	China	5	13
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay	India	15	13
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	India	13	12
National University of Singapore	Singapore	14	11
University of Buea	Cameroon	3	10

As no surprise, the majority of this year’s students are enrolled in Computer Science, IT and other technical degree programs. GSoC is by no means only for those pursuing CS degrees though — in 2015 we have students pursuing degrees in fields including Astronomy, Geomatics, Law, Music, Oceanography and Philosophy.

A big thank you to all of the professors, schools and alumni who support the Google Summer of Code program. The goal of GSoC is to get students excited about open source development, help build their coding skills and gain real world experience working with open source software projects. We hope that the experience will help them in their careers regardless of the university they attend.

For more statistics on this year’s program check out our country post and be on the lookout for more GSoC 2015 statistics posts in the coming weeks.

By Stephanie Taylor, Open Source Programs