Skip to content
careerpath
All opportunities
CompetitionPrizes / awardsOnline

Kaggle Competitions

Kaggle (Google)

Official website

Overview

Kaggle hosts competitions on real datasets, from beginner 'Getting Started' challenges to featured competitions with cash prizes. Public notebooks and rankings make it a strong portfolio builder.

Who it's for
High school, Undergraduate, Master's, PhD, Graduated / working
Fields
Data Science & AI, Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance & Accounting, Medicine & Health
Indicative — confirmSource: Kaggle(opens in a new tab)

Eligibility & requirements

  • 01Free Kaggle account; individual competitions may set extra rules

Summarised from the official programme pages. The official rules always take precedence.

Funding

Some competitions offer cash prizes; others award knowledge and rankings.

Deadline

Rolling

Competitions open and close throughout the year

Indicative — confirmSource: Kaggle(opens in a new tab)

Timing from previous cycles. Add this to your planner and enter the confirmed date once it's announced.

Location

Online

Application process

  1. 1Create a Kaggle account.
  2. 2Start with a 'Getting Started' competition and publish a notebook.
Apply on the official website

Careers this builds toward

Business & Strategy

Business Analyst

Turns business problems into clear requirements, data-backed insights and better processes.

Entry roles: Junior Business Analyst, Operations Analyst

Designs, builds and maintains the software products people use.

Entry roles: Junior Software Engineer, Software Engineering Intern

Technology

Product Manager

Decides what a product should do and guides a team to build it.

Entry roles: Associate Product Manager, Product Analyst

Similar competitions

Competition

Hult Prize

Hult Prize Foundation

PrizesHybrid
Location
Campus rounds worldwide; global final varies
Deadline
Campus programmes typically run from autumn to winter

Competition

CFA Institute Research Challenge

CFA Institute

PrizesIn person
Location
Local, regional and global rounds
Deadline
Typically autumn, through your local CFA society