42 (school)

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42 (school)
logo
motto Born2Code
founding 2013 in Paris, 2017 in Fremont
place Paris , France
Fremont (California) , USA
management Xavier Niel , Nicolas Sadirac
Students Paris, France:
2,550
Fremont, California:
10,000
Website 42.fr
42.us.org

42 is a private, non-profit and free IT school founded and funded by the French entrepreneur Xavier Niel and other partners.

The name 42 pays homage to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by British author Douglas Adams . In addition to the two official locations in Paris and Fremont (California) , the school model was adopted in Lyon as well as in Romania , South Africa , Ukraine , Bulgaria , Moldova , Belgium , Russia , Morocco and Finland .

opening

School founder: Xavier Niel

Officially announced in March 2013, the school first opened its doors in July 2013.

Xavier Niel introduced 42 in an editorial , referring to the education system in France .

" Today, the French system doesn't work. It is stuck between the first place University, which provides training that is not fitting with what the business world needs but is free and accessible to the largest number. Public universities on the other hand are highly selective and admit only people with scientific or techno-logic training / experience and finally Private universities are expensive and have a qualitative formation but do not encourage a number of different talents. "

(" The French system does not work (anymore) today. It depends on the universities that offer training that does not meet the requirements of the business world, but is free and accessible to most. Public universities, on the other hand, are very selective and only let people with scientific or technological training or experience and private universities are too expensive and (despite) a qualitative education do not promote the various talents. ")

Application process

Anyone between the ages of 18 and 30 can register as an applicant after completing a test on the website.

The selection process begins with some attention and logic tests designed to assess a person's ability to learn programming .

This is followed by a second selection called "Piscine" ("swimming pool"): A four-week preliminary course in the C programming language .

Lesson design & course of training

After the "Piscine", the IT training lasts at least three years. The didactics is inspired by modern teaching methods, peer-to-peer - education , project-based learning and help themselves include. In this way, the pupils and students should support each other in learning. Another special feature is the form of teaching organized in projects and the all-day use of the training rooms. During school time, students must complete internships. To qualify for an internship, a student must have completed a certain number of projects and passed five exams.

At the beginning of the training, the focus is on Unix and the C language . So is working on the implementation of an engine .

Then, among other things, PHP , C ++ , O CAML are used . For some projects the language can be freely selected. The training also focuses on artificial intelligence and computer security or hack . The school also has partnerships with other schools (e.g. design and business schools ) and the Hackathon event . In this way, students can enter into cooperation with members of other schools.

Funding, visits and lectures

Charles F. Bolden of NASA at 42

The school has received financial support from many entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley - and some give lectures at the schools:

This is a selection of people who have lectured at 42:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Camille Gévaudan: "42", v'là les geeks! ( fr ) 2013 ..
  2. ↑ French educational model to gamify IT education in Ukraine , Kyiv Post , May 19, 2016
  3. ↑ FAQ. In: Hive Helsinki. Retrieved February 27, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ L'édito de Xavier Niel ( Fri. ), 2013. Archived from the original on July 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ 42 Silicon Valley Admissions .