May 24, Colombo: The University of Moratuwa recently announced that 24 student projects have been accepted for the Google Summer of Code program this year, making it the number one university worldwide in the number of accepted projects.

Google, the Internet search engine giant, hosts an annual worldwide competition on free and open software development projects, commonly known as the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program.

This program, now in its fourth year, entices students to submit their idea to Google-approved mentor organizations and contribute to open source projects. Once selected and on successful completion of their tasks, Google grants the student a reward of $4500. This year Google accepted 1125 applications by students worldwide to work on free and open source software projects during this summer.