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[[File:ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest logo, Aug 2018.png|thumb|right|Logo of the contest]]

The '''ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest''', known as the '''ICPC''', is an annual multi-tiered [[competitive programming|comp]]<ref name="icpcpp" />[[competitive programming|etitive programming]] competition among the universities of the world. Directed by ICPC Executive Director and Baylor Professor Dr. William B. Poucher, the ICPC operates autonomous regional contests covering six continents culminating in a global World Finals every year. In 2018, ICPC participation included 52,709 students from 3,233 universities in 110 countries.

The ICPC operates under the auspices of the ICPC Foundation and operates under agreements with host universities and non-profits, all in accordance with the ICPC Policies and Procedures.<ref name="icpcpp">{{Cite web |url=https://icpc.global/compete/ICPC-Policies-and-Procedures.pdf |title=ICPC Policies and Procedures |access-date=2018-08-01 |archive-date=2017-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829081054/https://icpc.baylor.edu/compete/ICPC-Policies-and-Procedures.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1977 until 2017 ICPC was held under the auspices of [[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]] and was referred to as ACM-ICPC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://icpc.global/community/history/Factsheet-2017.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307093311/https://icpc.global/community/history/Factsheet-2017.pdf|archive-date=7 March 2022|title=ICPC Factsheet 2017}}</ref>