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# 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="https://391714784-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M9y2LWjPOOPJQwTgOhp%2F-MHKC8VkIiQC9bSGhFDr%2F-MHKW9U-4dntTDhNCii4%2F1200px-GSoC-icon.svg.png?alt=media&amp;token=63614014-d142-4cbb-90f8-aa4181dabb6b" 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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