Creativity Thrives at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Campus

Every year, high school, college, and graduate students from around the world come together to help solve global problems at HackNYU. This hackathon for social good takes place simultaneously over 48 hours at the NYU School of Engineering campus in New York City, NYU Shanghai, and NYU Abu Dhabi.

Student teams compete in four tracks: sustainability, education, health, and financial empowerment. Their goal is to come up with practical solutions to global challenges through technology. At one HackNYU event, students created an app to help people with low financial literacy understand investment options. Another innovation was a tool that teaches users to code in a more natural language. NYU students are entirely in charge of managing the event.

The MakerSpace Lab is a creative workspace open to all NYU students. Here, you can build a prototype, meet like-minded peers, and find community. Students take advantage of 3D printers, laser cutters, printed circuitboards, and computers with the latest design software.

Most importantly, MakerSpace provides a collaborative place where you can form a team, get inspired, and have fun. Students attend events at MakerSpace throughout the year. They also train on the equipment, take design software workshops, and even find funding for their projects. Anyone with an idea can come to MakerSpace and bring their project to life.