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Swift Student Challenge applications are now open, here are the details

Apple has just opened applications for this year’s Swift Student Challenge. Here are the details on how to apply.

Swift Student Challenge submission deadline is February 28

If you want Apple to recognize your app development work, and even have the chance to get invited to WWDC 2026, the Swift Student Challenge is for you.

Apple has just opened applications for this year’s challenge. The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2026.

How can you win the challenge? Here’s Apple’s guidance:

Swift Student Challenge winners will be selected based on submissions that demonstrate excellence in innovation, creativity, social impact, or inclusivity. From this esteemed group, we’ll name Distinguished Winners whose submissions are truly exceptional and invite them to join us at Apple in Cupertino for three incredible days.

You can read several previous winners’ stories here, and Apple has assembled a list of resources and tools for participants here.

If you’re interested in applying, be sure to read Apple’s full list of eligibility requirements here. And if you’ve won a Swift Student Challenge award in the past, you can still participate this year.

Apple says: “You can receive a Swift Student Challenge award up to three times. You may be selected as a Distinguished Winner one time only.”

Do you plan to participate in this year’s Swift Student Challenge? Let us know in the comments.

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Ryan got his start in journalism as an Editor at MacStories, where he worked for four years covering Apple news, writing app reviews, and more. For two years he co-hosted the Adapt podcast on Relay FM, which focused entirely on the iPad. As a result, it should come as no surprise that his favorite Apple device is the iPad Pro.