CTU Open Contest, 2026

Welcome to the web pages of CTU Open Contest 2026 - programming contest organised by the Czech Technical University in Prague. CTU Open 2026 was be held on 23. and 24. Oct 2026 in Prague, Brno, Pilsen, Ostrava, Bratislava, Žilina and Košice.

This contest is primarily intended for full-time university students, also others can participate in unofficial standing. Detailed information is written on the Registration page.

The best teams from this subregional contest can participate in Central European Regional Contest (CERC 2026), which will take place in Wroclaw in January, 2027. In this Regional Contest teams will be fighting for participation in the ICPC Europe Championship in Eindhoven and in the ICPC World Finals 2027.

The following programming languages are available: Java, C++, C, Python and Kotlin.
It is also advisable to read the technical rules. More information is available at the global web pages.

The rules for using the literature: Contestants may use any literature in paper form (books, manuals, printouts, dictionaries). Contestants are not allowed to use literature in electronic form or any other software or data.
To advance to the regional contest it is necessary to comply rules represented in The Eligibility Decision Tree.

The problems will be written in English, the events including problem set discussion will be in the Czech language.

Recommended study materials are Algorithms lectures on YouTube and this curriculum web page.

Contestants are invited to take part in a pre-contest workshop organized by this year's sponsor. It will give them an opportunity to learn from successful participants from international competitions, including world finalists.