# Google Summer of Code

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**NOTE:** Google Summer of Code is also written as GSoC in shot form
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## About Google Summer of Code <img src="/files/-MHKW9U-4dntTDhNCii4" alt="" data-size="line">&#x20;

Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development. Students work with an open-source organization on a 3-month programming project during their break from school.&#x20;

Google awards stipends to students who successfully complete a free and open-source software coding project during the summer. The program is open to university students aged 18 or over. The amount of the stipend depends on the [**purchasing power parity**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity) of the country where the student's university is located. Project ideas are listed by host organizations involved in open-source software development, though students can also propose their own project ideas.

**Official Website -** [**https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/**](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)

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**Source Citation:** [**GSoC official website**](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)**,** [**GSoC Wikipedia**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code)**,** [**Codeuino community for structure**](https://docs.codeuino.org/documentation/activities/gsoc2020)
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