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World-class Education Reimagined

How was your traditional education experience? We believe that it did not prepare you for the demands of today’s and tomorrow’s world. And our tuition-free, peer-to-peer, project-based model does.

Curious? Join our Open Day!

This is how we do it

With an emphasis on hands-on collaboration and problem-solving you will gain essential technical skills by coding extensively and working closely with your peers.

Watch the video where Lotte explains how it works!

Admission proces

Take these steps to apply for Codam and write your future!

Play the game.
1.
Create account

Create an account in the 42-application portal

2.
Play Game

Play our two-part online game. No coding is required – only logic

3.
Introduction

Learn more about the educational model and our curriculum

4.
ID check

We like to know who you are and check to see if you are 18+

5.
Choose Piscine

Make sure you have a month off before you pick a Piscine date

6.
Join Piscine

This immersive 4-week training will give you a taste of the way we work

7.
Get selected

No prior coding skills required – you just need to be open and ready for hard work

8.
Start @ Codam

Welcome! This is the beginning of your new future

Our Values

Going Beyond & Above

Making a Difference

Nurturing Diversity & Inclusion

Providing Equitable Chances

Learning to Learn

Our Values

Going Beyond & Above

Making a Difference

Nurturing Diversity & Inclusion

Providing Equitable Chances

Learning to Learn

The building blocks of our education

What makes Codam different? It’s our unique mix of a top-notch curriculum, motivated students, and a diverse, collaborative community!

Peer-to-Peer Learning

Our model removes the teacher in favor of collaborative learning between students.
Through collaboration, students have to seek and share knowledge, solve real-world problems and reach goals – together.

Outstanding Curriculum

We offer the best IT training at a personalized pace with a curriculum in 2 main parts
Our Curriculum facilitates outstanding learning and also builds social capital.

Hands-on problemsolving

Like any other craft, you learn coding by doing.
You get increasingly difficult programming challenges to solve in teams.

Project based

Learn signing, developing and constructing solutions to a programming 'problem'.
Master different skills, complete quests and achievements.

Learning to learn

You learn to look for the theory and tools you need.
Ultimately, you learn how to learn.

Failing means learning

Don’t just move on after a failure, but stop to dig in and discover the wisdom contained in it.
The wisdom of learning from failure is incontrovertible
Learn more about our Curriculum.

Internships

Our education prepares you for a future job. That’s why an internship or professional experience is mandatory.

74% gets a job offer during their internship

You can found your own startup as internship

€ 1.200,- average internship compensation

"A tuition-free 'college' that's endorsed by Jack Dorsey and Evan Spiegel"
"A computer academy that defies conventional wisdom"
"Still Solving for the Skills Gap"

Discover Your Future with Codam

Can't wait to start your software engineering studies at Codam? Take the first step and play the game!
Apply now.