Participants of ICPC include such renowned universities as Stanford University, Harvard University, the California Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Saint Petersburg State University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, University of Warsaw, University of Waterloo and many others. Each year ICPC attracts an impressive number of participants, exceeding even the number of athletes competing in the Olympic Games. For example, in 2017 ICPC was attended by 46,381 participants from 103 countries, while 11,544 athletes took part in all stages of the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.