FOR STUDENTS, GRADUATES & WORKING ENGINEERS

Become anCS & AI EngineerData & ML Engineer+ optional BCA or Masters degree →In 52 weeks.

7,000 already did. $10K–$85K+ salaries.

+ 50 more hire them.

Two tracks. 24 to 52 weeks. Core to Advanced. Only 30 students per track, globally. We screen every applicant.

$10K+
to $85K salary
7,000+
Alumni
98%
Employed
4.87/5
Course Report
Only 30 per track
Apply for Summer '26
30 seats per track globally. Screening required.
Summer '26 · 1st round closes May 30th
We only contact you about your application.
✓ Free to apply — no payment required
✓ 13 years · 7,000+ graduates · est. 2013
WHERE OUR ALUMNI WORK
GoogleGoogle
AmazonAmazon
MicrosoftMicrosoft
SalesforceSalesforce
MetaMeta
Goldman SachsGoldman Sachs
AccentureAccenture
MarsMars
ThoughtWorksThoughtWorks
DeloitteDeloitte
TCSTCS
InfosysInfosys
CognizantCognizant
EYEY
InstacartInstacart
HighLevelHighLevel
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SwiggySwiggy
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Lyzr AILyzr AI
RecykalRecykal
NgenuxNgenux
WebEngageWebEngage
SpringworksSpringworks
GoogleGoogle
AmazonAmazon
MicrosoftMicrosoft
SalesforceSalesforce
MetaMeta
Goldman SachsGoldman Sachs
AccentureAccenture
MarsMars
ThoughtWorksThoughtWorks
DeloitteDeloitte
TCSTCS
InfosysInfosys
CognizantCognizant
EYEY
InstacartInstacart
HighLevelHighLevel
FlipkartFlipkart
RazorpayRazorpay
SwiggySwiggy
Leonardo.AiLeonardo.Ai
Lyzr AILyzr AI
RecykalRecykal
NgenuxNgenux
WebEngageWebEngage
SpringworksSpringworks
WHERE OUR ALUMNI WORK
+ 50 more
Engineer differently.

We started The Hacking School in 2013 when nobody in India believed a bootcamp could produce real engineers. Thirteen years and 7,000+ graduates later, working at Google, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, startups across three continents, we know it can.


code.in is the next chapter. Same belief: anybody can code. But the world changed. AI changed everything. So we rebuilt the curriculum from scratch. Two specialized tracks, production-grade projects, live instruction every single day. Not a course. Not a certificate. A year of your life spent actually becoming an engineer.


We're not for everyone. We're for the 30 people per track, anywhere in the world, who are hungry enough to show up every day for 52 weeks. That's it. Thirty.

Engineer Differently \u2014 code.in
TRANSFORMATION STORIES

Before code.in after.

Non-tech grads, dropouts, career switchers. Here's what shipped them from there to here.

R
Rohan's Story
Career Transition — from non-tech to engineer
Bhuvaneswar Naidu G.

“From rack management to running full-stack tech.”

Data Centre EngineerHead of Technology
Country Chicken Co.
Atanu Sarkar

“From physics dropout to AI startup engineer.”

BSc Physics DropoutSoftware Engineer
Panaroma.ai
Adnan Ali Khan

“Hired before his own college could graduate him.”

Engineering StudentSoftware Developer
Bento Labs
Rida Mahveen

“From science graduate to building AI products.”

BSc GraduateProduct Fellow
Lyzr.AI
Aditya Shukla

“From trainee to SDE-3 at a global SaaS unicorn.”

Jr. Graduate TraineeSDE-3
HighLevel
Abdul Rahman Akbar

“From commerce degree to data engineer at Mars.”

BCom GraduateData Engineer
Mars
Asma Simreen

“From admin desk to engineering at Salesforce.”

School AdministratorSr. Salesforce Engineer
Salesforce
Kuldeep Singh

“From mechanical engineer to software at an AI startup.”

Mechanical EngineerSoftware Engineer
X0PA AI
Utsav Banerjee

“From BA English to senior manager at New Relic.”

BA English GraduateSr. Manager, Product
New Relic

4.87/5 on Course Report · 98% employment rate across 7,000+ graduates

Mentors.

Not TAs. Not recorded videos. Engineers and leaders who've built real products at real companies.

Farhan Nizam
Software Engineer III

SDE III at Google. Ex-Amazon, D.E. Shaw.

GoogleEx-Amazon
Google
Osama Sajid
VP of Engineering

VP of Engineering at HighRadius. Ex-Microsoft (Principal Group Engineering Manager). Ex-Paytm SVP Engineering.

Ex-MicrosoftEx-Paytm
HighRadius
Dharani
Software Engineer

Software Engineer at Google. IIT Madras alumna. Based in Hyderabad.

GoogleIIT Madras
Google
Mohammed Afzal
Lead Full Stack AI

Lead Full Stack AI & AI Innovation Engineer at Aramco. Digital Transformation and enterprise AI solutions. Based in Riyadh.

Full Stack AIEnterprise AI
Aramco
Haseem Isaac
Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer at HM Revenue & Customs, UK. Queen Mary University of London alumnus.

Senior SWEQueen Mary
HM Revenue & Customs
Syed Hakeemuddin
Sr Consultant

Senior Consultant at Wipro. Former NCR Corp engineer with deep enterprise experience.

EnterpriseEx NCR Corp
Wipro (Ex NCR Corp)
Imad Uddin
Subject Matter Expert

SME at Saudi Aramco. Building enterprise-scale data platforms and cloud infrastructure.

Data PlatformsCloud Infra
Aramco
Yashwanth J
CTO

Chief Technology Officer leading full-stack engineering and product development.

Full StackLeadership
Country Chicken Co
Varun Kashyap
Founder

Founder of Zithara.AI. Building AI-powered solutions. MarTech enthusiast with full-stack engineering expertise.

AIMarTech
Zithara.AI
Choudhary Abdullah
Founder

Founder of SuperDev Pro (acquired). Customers across Palestine, Bosnia, and 47 other countries. Shipped and scaled a global product.

FounderGlobal
SuperDev Pro
Mudassir Ahmed
Lead Software Engineer

Lead SWE at Bhanzu. Full-stack developer building seamless payments and user onboarding experiences.

Full StackPayments
Bhanzu
Saad Jamal
Founder & CEO

Founder & CEO of Serri AI. 200M+ users engaged. Eureka Winner. GITEX speaker. 2x KT 150 listmaker.

AIStartups
Serri AI
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The honest comparison.

We're not saying degrees are useless. We're saying there's a faster, cheaper path to the same jobs, and often better ones.

Traditional B.Techcode.in
DURATION4 years52 weeks
COST$10K-$24K (tuition + living)A fraction of that
DSA PROBLEMS0-50 (self-study)450+ (guided, timed, in Java)
PROJECTS SHIPPED1-2 academic12+ production (live URLs, Docker, AWS)
SYSTEM DESIGNNot taught8+ full designs (Twitter, Uber, Netflix...)
MOCK INTERVIEWSMaybe campus placement prep10+ rounds. Coding, LLD, HLD, behavioral
TEACHINGLectures, notes, exams660 live hours. Build daily. Ship weekly.
JOB OUTCOME~30% placement at Tier 2/398% employment across 7,000+ alumni
AI / MLElective, if offeredBaked into curriculum. Advanced tier = LLMs, RAG, agents
DEGREE?Yes, B.TechNo degree. But see below ↓

Want a degree too? You can have both.

For 12th pass: We've partnered with a recognized university for a 3-year online BCA that runs alongside code.in. Real engineering skills + a UGC-recognized degree, for less than what most private colleges charge for the degree alone.

For graduates: Optional Masters program with partner universities. Upgrade your credentials while you build real engineering skills.

Ask our admissions team about degree pathways on your screening call.

1 yr code.in → skills
3 yr online BCA → degree
Optional Masters → advanced degree
Combined cost < most private colleges

This is for you if.

We reject more applicants than we accept. No coding background needed, but we need to see hunger, aptitude, and the ability to commit.

12TH PASS
You just finished school and don't want to spend 4 years in a college that won't teach you to code. 52 weeks here. Start at 17. Working as an engineer by 18. Pair with an online BCA through our partner university if you want the degree too.
GRADUATE
You have a BTech/BSc/BCA but can't clear a single technical interview. Your college gave you theory. We give you 450+ DSA problems, 12 deployed projects, and 10+ mock interview rounds. The stuff that actually gets you hired. Want a Masters? We offer an optional Masters program with partner universities.
SWITCHER
You're in sales, banking, marketing, teaching, and you want into tech. 7,000+ people from every background have done exactly this with us. No prior coding needed. Core starts from zero.
STUCK
You can code a bit but you're stuck. Tutorial hell, can't crack DSA, no system design knowledge. This fills the gaps that YouTube and Udemy never will. Accountability, structure, real deadlines.

Two tracks. 30 seats each. Globally.

Not a MOOC with 10,000 enrollments. Not a certificate mill. Thirty people per track, hand-picked through a 5-step screening process. Every week has a deliverable. You build or you're out.

TRACK 1
CS & AI Engineering
Full-stack + DSA + system design + AI/ML. The classic software engineering path, rebuilt with AI baked in from day one.
JavaReactNode.jsAWSDockerSystem DesignML
52 wks
Duration
$10K-$72K
Salary range
30
Seats
TRACK 2
Data & ML Engineering
The most in-demand, least supplied engineering discipline. Build production data pipelines. Not dashboards. Infrastructure.
PythonSQLSparkAirflowKafkadbtCloud
52 wks
Duration
$10K-$85K
Salary range
30
Seats
WEEKS 1-22
Core
Build fundamentals. Ship projects. Get your first job.
EXPECTED SALARY
$4K-$10K
→
WEEKS 23-52
Pro
Advanced DSA, system design. Product company ready.
EXPECTED SALARY
$10K-$60K
→
+4-6 WEEKS
Advanced
LLMs, RAG, agents, MLOps. Rebuilt every cycle.
EXPECTED SALARY
$15K-$55K

What you actually walk out with.

Not a certificate. A portfolio, a skill set, and the ability to pass real engineering interviews.

450+
DSA Problems Solved
14 patterns. Two pointers to DP to backtracking. All timed. All in Java. The reason our grads clear interviews.
660
Live Hours
Not recorded. Not YouTube.
12+
Production Projects
Live URLs. Docker + CI/CD + AWS.
8+
System Designs
Twitter, Uber, WhatsApp, Netflix...
10+
Mock Interviews
Full loop. Coding, LLD, HLD, behavioral.
16
Design Patterns
Creational + Structural + Behavioral.
115+
OS / CN / DBMS Questions
40 OS + 35 Networking + 40 DBMS rapid-fire. Plus 55 SQL problems. The theory layer that interviews test.
Only 60 people get to do this.
30 per track. 1st round closes May 30th.
Apply Now →

How to get in.

Five steps. We're looking for hunger and thinking ability, not credentials or connections. Not everyone who applies gets in.

01
Apply on this page
30-second form. Name, phone, situation. Free. No coding needed.
02
Screening call
15-minute call with admissions. We learn about you, you ask us anything. No pressure, no hard sell.
03
Aptitude test
Online. Arithmetic, algebra, sequences, logic. Tests how you think, not what you already know.
04
Interview
30 minutes with an instructor. Mindset check. Are you coachable? Hungry? Can you commit?
05
You're in
Admission offer. Track + tier assignment. Enroll. Show up Day 1.

Questions.

No. Core starts from absolute zero. We've taken people who've never seen a terminal and turned them into working engineers. What we look for is aptitude and commitment, not existing skills.

Core (Weeks 1-22) builds your foundation, enough to land your first engineering job. Pro (Weeks 23-52) gets you to product company level. Advanced DSA, system design, the whole interview stack. Advanced is an optional specialist tier for AI/ML engineers. You earn each tier by passing assessments.

Live instructor-led sessions. 660 hours over 52 weeks. You show up, build things, get feedback from real engineers. It's not a MOOC. It's not YouTube at 2x speed. Talk to admissions for format details.

Yes. For 12th pass students, we offer a 3-year online BCA with a recognized partner university — real skills from code.in + a UGC-recognized degree, for less than most private colleges charge. For graduates, we offer an optional Masters program with partner universities. Ask admissions for details on the screening call.

We'll walk you through the full fee structure and payment options on the screening call. The application itself is completely free, no commitment to apply.

We've had people from sales, banking, teaching, MBA grads, army veterans, across 13 years and 7,000+ graduates. If you can commit to 52 weeks of hard work, your age and background don't matter.

The program is intense by design. We select carefully upfront because we want people who finish. If life happens, we'll work with you, but we won't sugarcoat it: this requires real commitment.

30 seats per track.
That's the entire batch.

We screen every applicant. The application itself takes 10 seconds and costs nothing.

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