Source: Google Summer of Code 2018 statistics part 2 from Open Source

Now that Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2018 is underway and students are wrapping up their first month of coding, we wanted to bring you some more statistics on the 2018 program. Lots and lots of numbers follow:

Organizations

Students are working with 206 organizations (the most we’ve ever had!), 41 of which are participating in GSoC for the first time.

Student Registrations

25,873 students from 147 countries registered for the program, which is a 25.3% increase over the previous high for the program back in 2017. There are 9 new countries with students registering for the first time: Angola, Bahamas, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Kosovo, Maldives, and Mali.

Project Proposals

5,199 students from 101 countries submitted a total of 7,209 project proposals. 70.5% of the students submitted 1 proposal, 18.1% submitted 2 proposals, and 11.4% submitted 3 proposals (the max allowed).

Gender Breakdown

11.63% of accepted students are women, a 0.25% increase from last year. We are always working toward making our programs and open source more inclusive, and we collaborate with organizations and communities that help us improve every year.

Universities

The 1,268 students accepted into the GSoC 2018 program hailed from 613 universities, of which 216 have students participating for the first time in GSoC.

Schools with the most accepted students for GSoC 2018:

University Country Students Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee India 35 International Institute of Information Technology – Hyderabad India 32 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) India 23 Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur India 22 Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Goa campus / BITS-Pilani – K.K.Birla Goa Campus India 18 Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur India 16 University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka 16 Indian Institute of Technology, Patna India 14 Amrita University India 13 Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi India 11 Indraprastha Institute of Information and Technology, New Dehli India 11 University of Buea Cameroon 11 BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus India 11

Another post with stats on our awesome GSoC mentors will be coming soon!

By Stephanie Taylor, Google Open Source