Learning, innovated.
During 2 intensive years, you’ll learn the development skills of tomorrow, immerse yourself in a creative, collaborative environment and discover what it takes to change the game. Completely for free!
01 Piscine
April 2024 or May 2024The Piscine is an intensive 4-week introductory period that will offer you the chance to get your first taste of the world of development and creative collaboration. During this phase, you’ll participate in a total of 10 quests, 3 exams, 3 raids and 1 hackathon designed to help you really get a feel for the way grit:lab works.
After the Piscine, you’ll have gained solid knowledge of working with the command line interface as well as the programming language Go. The Piscine is the last step in the selection process and will define who will ultimately enroll at grit:lab.
02 Global Curriculum
September 2024The Global Curriculum is the foundational phase of your studies at grit:lab. This is where you will get down to the nitty-gritty of development by deep diving into our three main programming languages (Go, JavaScript, Rust or Java) as well as completing over 50 projects. As working on the projects, you will explore not only the three main languages but also C, C++, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python, and many more.
You’ll go from programming newbie to full-stack developer at a junior/mid level and fully prepare yourself for the next and final phase.
03 Specialization
2026The last, and maybe the most exciting part of your grit:lab journey, is the 6-month Specialization phase during which you’ll choose a specific branch of development to focus on and gain more skills within.
Pick one of the branches: Video Games, Blockchain & Crypto, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Mobile Development, Cyber Security and DevOps – each branch lasts 6 months and becomes available after the first 18 months of the Global Curriculum phase.
After completing the program, you’ll receive a Further vocational qualification in Information and Communication Technology.
What you’ll learn.
Databases & Data
Learn how the storage analysis of data, as well as its application are the foundation and future of technology.
Information security
Defend your systems, networks and workstations to ensure the safety of your servers, data and users.
Web
Create new experiences, recreate existing platforms, sites and applications to better understand them.
Graphics
Light up those pixels and use mathematics to create simulations, visualizations and games.
Unix
Learn about the operating systems behind the majority of servers in production today.
Network & system admin
Build and maintain systems and create the connections between hardware, software, and other things.
Technology integration
Create new solutions for a diversity of real-world problems by bending technology to your will and applying it.
Work experience
Gain skills from partner’s projects and share your new found knowledge with the community.
Adaption & Creativity
Challenge your imagination and develop your own unique problem- solving skills.
Collaboration
Learn to work in a team. Identify your strengths and those of others to create the best outcome.
Organization
Gather and share ideas with others and create manageable environments for the future.
Parallel computing
Light up those pixels and use mathematics to create simulations, visualizations and games.
Object oriented
Discover abstraction, programming with actions and data and how to simplify and make code efficient.
Functional
Where mathematics and programming meet to create functions for advanced computation.
Imperative
Discover the paradigm of statements and the “how” behind programs.
Algorithms and AI
Take command with calculations, patterns and rules to conquer unsolved problems.
After grit:lab
At grit:lab, you’re studying for a career that’s ahead of the game. The grit:lab program leads to a Further Vocational Qualification in Information and Communication Technology that’s up-to-date and relevant for today’s tech industry. There are a number of routes you can take after your studies – but during the program, you’ll pick a branch of development to focus on and build a career network with the help of our partner network.
| Web and app development |
| Software engineering |
| Artificial Intelligence |
| Graphics and design |
| Video games |
| Hardware engineering |
| Data engineering |