4 weeks of coding

This is not another bootcamp. The student selection to Hive lasts four weeks, including weekends. You’ll learn to code with other candidates, all hoping to earn the same prize: to enroll as a full-time student at Hive.

No experience required

We only ask that you can use a mouse and a keyboard. Everyone, regardless of background, will get hands-on tasks from day one, face the exact same challenges at the same time, and collaborate with each other. At Hive, you can't succeed alone.

It’s not a competition

Collaboration is essential to thrive in the real world and so it is in Hive. The selection process is not a competition. Instead, you work together and cooperate with other applicants. If everyone succeeds, we take everyone in. Statistically, about 1/3 of applicants make it to Hive.

How it works

Applying to Hive Helsinki is quite different compared to other schools. In summary, it goes like this:

Try our online game.
Attend a check-in event to learn more about Hive and the application process.
Participate in our free boot camp, learn C coding fundamentals, and get selected to Hive!

The best part? Applying to Hive is not a competition. Instead, you work together with other applicants to learn the basics of programming.

Selection bootcamps 2024 are organized at Hive Helsinki campus in Kallio, Helsinki.
You need to be a EU-citizen or have a valid residence permit to study at Hive.

Coming up next:

CHECK-IN

  • Wed 12.3. at 14:00-16:30 (on-site)
  • Wed 16.4. at 14:00-16:30 (online)
  • Wed 14.5. at 16:00-17:30 (on-site)

PISCINE REGISTRATION

  • Registration for the 2025 Summer Piscines (August&September) will be on Mon 9.6.2025 at 12:00-13:00

PISCINE

  • 13.1.-7.2.2025 (January Piscine, FULL)
  • 17.2.-14.3.2025 (February Piscine, FULL)
  • 4.8.-29.8.2025 (August Piscine)
  • 8.9.-3.10.2025 (September Piscine)

START OF STUDIES

  • Start date for cohort from 2025 Winter Piscines will be 14.4.2025
  • Start date for cohort from 2025 Summer Piscines will be 3.11.2025

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