Tomorrow.. Egypt will host the International Programming Championship in Luxor with the participation of 2,500 young people from the world

The International Programming Championship competitions will start tomorrow, which will be held in Luxor Governorate until April 19 and organized by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport.

The President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghaffar, said that the current edition of the tournament witnesses for the first time the participation of 2,500 young people from the world, representing the best 300 teams chosen from among 20,000 teams.

He added that on the sidelines of the tournament, many recreational and cultural trips will be organized for the participants, in addition to organizing visits to various tourist attractions, which will result in promoting tourism in its various sectors.

The championship is considered the largest and most important event in the field of software for university students in the world, and it is one of the most important events organized in Egypt during the current period, as it brings together the world’s distinguished youth in the field of programming to compete for the championship title.

The International Programming Championship was established in 1977, and is headquartered in Texas, USA. It continued for more than four decades and succeeded in attracting the best and most skilled students from all over the world, and spreading globally as a platform for competition in the field of problem solving and programming.

Students from more than 111 countries from more than 3,450 universities around the world participate in it annually, in addition to members of various teams, coaches and volunteers numbering about 75,000 members.