| Fullstack Academy | |
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| Location | |
5 Hanover Square, Floor 25 New York ,NY 10004 | |
| Information | |
| School type | Immersive Coding Bootcamp |
| Established | 2013 |
| Founders | David Yang, Nimit Maru (co-founders) |
| Classes offered | Full-Time Immersive, Part-Time Immersive (Flex), JavaScript Jumpstart (beginner), Introduction to Front-End Development |
| Campus type | Urban |
Fullstack Academy is an immersivesoftware engineeringcoding bootcamp located inNew York City.[1] Students of the full-time flagship course learnfull stackJavaScript over the course of a 13-week, on-campus program. Fullstack Academy offers beginner courses in JavaScript (JavaScript Jumpstart)[2] and front-end development,[3] as well as a summer program forcollege-age students (Summer of Code), and a part-time version of their full-time curriculum (Flex).[4]
Fullstack Academy was founded in 2012 by David Yang (formerly ofYahoo!,Gilt)[5] and Wharton School alumnus Nimit Maru (formerly of Yahoo!, Bloomspot).[6] The company joined the Spring 2012 cohort ofY-Combinator.[7] The following year, Fullstack opened to students.[8] In 2019, Fullstack Academy was acquired byBridgepoint Education.[9] Founders David Yang and Nimit Maru left the company in 2021. As of 2021, Fullstack no longer offers an in-person bootcamp in Chicago.[1]
Fullstack's flagship immersive course begins with a four-week "foundations" course, to be completed remotely before arriving on-campus. The on-site component of the program involves thirteen weeks of intensive JavaScript education, incorporating a lecture-workshop format, as well as a team-based project phase.[10] Back-end languages taught includeNode.js/Express; front end languages includeReact.js/JavaScript MVC,HTML5, andCSS3; andData Structures taught includeMONGODB,NoSQL, andPostgres. Full-time students have access to career assistance following graduation. Tuition for the full-time immersive is $17,610.[4][11]
The Flex-Immersive is a part-time course covering the same content as Fullstack Academy's full-time program. The foundations course and career assistance programs are also available to Flex students.[12]
Summer of Code is an immersive course for college and graduate school students with computer science or technically equivalent experience, held each year between June and August.[4] The course is full-time and adheres to the same curriculum and structure as the flagship immersive program.[13]
Fullstack Academy's immersive courses (Full-Time, Flex-Immersive, & Summer of Code) use selective admissions procedures, admitting approximately 8% of applicants.[14]
Applicants for the Full-time Immersive, Flex, and Summer of Code programs must pass a fundamental-skills evaluation, technical interview, and in-person interview prior to program acceptance.[15]
Fullstack Academy was named BestCoding Bootcamp of 2015 by SkilledUp.com.[16] Fullstack, its co-founders, and former students have received media coverage fromForbes.com,[17]The Huffington Post,[18]Business Insider,[8]VentureBeat.com,[19] andFox5NY.[20]