Apply to our course

Our programme is designed for people who are serious about a career in web development, are comfortable with uncertainty, can take initiative, and believe strongly in the value of community and helping others.

Course dates

Cohort of Summer 2020

Application window
April 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Interview dates
May 4, 2020 - May 15, 2020
Course dates
June 29, 2020 - October 30, 2020
Cohort of Winter 2020

Application window
August 1, 2020 - August 31, 2020
Interview dates
September 7, 2020 - September 11, 2020
Course dates
October 26, 2020 - March 6, 2021
Cohort of Spring 2021

Application window
December 1, 2020 - January 2, 2021
Interview dates
January 4, 2021 - January 15, 2021
Course dates
March 1, 2021 - July 2, 2021

How do I apply?

Submit your expression of interest and join our online community

Please submit an expression of interest to get invited to our Slack workspace, events, workshops and meetups for prospective students.

Submit Expression of Interest

Introduce yourself in our Slack workspace where you can find the most up-to-date information on our programme, meetups, and ask us any questions you may have.
Start work on our course prerequisites

Before we can consider your application, you will need to complete our course prerequisites. We encourage applicants to take as much time as they need to work through the material and to support each other during the preparation process, both online and through our meetups.

Please read our course prerequisites carefully before planning when to apply.
Submit an application

Plan to spend about an hour completing the application form.

If you submit your application before the deadline, keep working on the prerequisites and tidying up your website. We will evaluate your progress as of the date the window closes.
The conversational interview

We invite a minimum of 24 people to interview (in person or remotely), and offer places to sixteen people per cohort. You’ll be interviewed by a panel of Founders and Coders staff and alumni.

Course prerequisites

Create a GitHub account

You will use this account to host your application website.

freeCodeCamp

Complete the following sections:

Responsive Web Design Certification

JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification

Create a personal website

Create a one-page website in HTML and CSS (using some vanilla JavaScript if you’d like) and host it on GitHub Pages. Your commit history should tell a story, and your website must be written by you, and:

Show us with your code who you are
Demonstrate your learning from the prerequisites
Tell us about why you are applying for the programme
Contain a link back to the GitHub repo that contains the code for your site
Contain links to your freeCodeCamp (please make sure that your profile is public) and Codewars pages
Include an image carousel (the image carousel must be built into your website, a link to a separate page or CodePen will not be accepted)
Be hosted on GitHub
Not use a GitHub theme
Not use any JavaScript or CSS libraries like Bootstrap or jQuery or use an image carousel package like Flickity ⁠— we want to see your own code.