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The CODE University of Applied Sciences (see: CODE; Code University) is a private-owned, certified University of Applied Sciences for digital product development in Berlin.[1]
History
The university was founded in 2017 by Thomas Bachem, Manuel Dolderer and Jonathan Rüth, along with 24 internet companies and start-up investors. It was officially accredited on July 14th, 2017 by the Berliner Senatskanzlei for science and research.[2][3]
Bachem stated that his personal experience learning that german universities’ computer science and coding studies were of an outdated didactic and theoretical nature sparked the idea for CODE. Being an autodidact coder at that time already, he saw no fitting institution for his kind.[4]
Supporters
Known supporters of CODE are Rolf Schrömgens (founder of Trivago), Benjamin Otto (heir of the Otto Group), Stephan Schambach, Patrick Adenauer, Ijad Madisch (founders of ResearchGate), Verena Pausder (founder of Fox and Sheep), Heiko Hubertz (founder of Bigpoint), Rafael Laguna (founder of Open-Xchange), Gabriele Pulvermüller (formerly Host Europe), Klaas Kersting (founder of Gameforge), Florian Heinemann (founder of Project A) and Christian Vollmann (a.o. founder of EDarling).[5][6][7]
CODE’s academic council consists of Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem, Prof. Michael Erlhoff, Prof. Dr. Birger Priddat and Prof. Dr. Stephan Stubner.
In 2017, the North Rhine-Westphalian state government’s coalition agreement stated that “excellent, experiential educational opportunities for software developers need to be further developed by following the example of the recently founded CODE University of Applied Sciences or, preferably, even in direct cooperation.”[8]
According to Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg, “CODE University is doing important work educating the next generation of students in advanced technological skills.” She is “(...)confident these students will go on to do incredible things – they’ll change our communities, our industries, and the world.”[9][10]
Curriculum
Courses
CODE University offers three english-speaking and internationally focussed Bachelor-majors, each being six semesters long:
- Software Engineering (B.A.)
- Interaction Design (B.A.)
- Product Management (B.A.)
All three courses are accredited by the state and matching the european Bologna process.
Didactics
CODE’s learning approach can be described as competency-orientated, self-regulated and problem-based, namely by using (among others) concepts such as Mastery Learning, Flipped Classroom and Peer Learning.[11]
Aside from the subject-specific competences, the CODE curriculum addresses topics like personal development and the ability to reflect oneself by implementation of a mentoring program.
Students
From the beginning, students are working project-based and self-regulated in interdisciplinary teams of software developers, interaction designers and product managers. Those projects are created and selected in close cooperation with a number of companies and organisations.[12]
All offered courses are grounded on a common competence profile. Upon start, each student receives an individual profile based on their already existing abilities to enhance in their course of studies.
The interdisciplinary Science, Technology & Society Program is meant to confront the students with basic issues regarding the link of their work and questions in science, technological progress and society.
Admission Process
All potential applicants have to go through a multi-level admission process in which classical measuring tools like school grades or certificates are completely irrelevant. The four-step admission process consists of a written online motivation letter, a video interview, an exemplary project "challenge" and finally joining an Assessment Day. According to CODE, out of 2000 applicants from over 25 countries, 80 students were finally chosen to join the very first winter semester of 2017.[13]
Tuition fees
CODE University is financed by tuition fees that can be paid via a socially responsible, subsequent income-adjusted tuition-fee model. This way, the entire bachelor stays free of charge for any student for the course of their studies. This reversed generation agreement is realized by Chancen eG, following the example of University Witten/Herdecke’s StudierendenGesellschaft. After finishing their studies, Students agree to repay the university a certain percentage of their income for several years. According to CODE, more than 80% of all their students are opting for this model.[14]
Campus
The university’s facilities are part of the Berlin-based start-up-campus and community space Factory Berlin. Its 14.0000 m² are located in Lohmühlenstraße, Alt-Treptow, next to Görlitzer Park. Due to a close collaboration, all students are free to use the overall 23.000 m² of Factory’s Berlin facilities as well as the included membership perks for free.[15][16]
Organisations & Engagement
Before becoming university founders, the CODE management team already created and financed the non-profit organisation Code+Design Initiative e.V.. Aiming to spark young people’s interest for digital technology and related professions, the organisation also heavily focuses on raising the percentage of female professionals in the industry. Therefore, it offers nationwide vacation coding camps for kids and teens. Also it co-releases a yearly magazine on studying- and job orientation in Design and Coding in association with the publishing house Ernst Klett Verlag.[17]
The university is a member of the following organisations: Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft,Verband der Privaten Hochschulen, Bundesverband Deutsche Startups as well as the Studierendenwerk Berlin. Additionally, chancellor Bachem is a senate member of the german academy of technological sciences (Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften).
Weblinks
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Private Hochschulen. berlin.de, abgerufen am 16. September 2017.
- ↑ Müller begrüßt Standortentscheidung der CODE University of Applied Sciences. Neue Hochschule für die Tech-Talente von morgen kommt nach Berlin. Berliner Senatskanzlei, abgerufen am 16. September 2017.
- ↑ Studieren mit Zukunft. Berliner Morgenpost, abgerufen am 16. September 2017.
- ↑ Nerds bevorzugt. Zeit Online, abgerufen am 16. September 2017.
- ↑ Ann-Kathrin Nezik: Nerds von morgen. In: Der Spiegel. Nr. 13/2017, 24. März 2017, S. 71 (magazin.spiegel.de).
- ↑ Michael O. R. Kröher: Master-Titel! Wozu? In: Manager Magazin. April 2017, 23. März 2017, S. 97 (heft.manager-magazin.de).
- ↑ Oliver Voß: Höhere Schule für Programmierer. In: Wirtschaftswoche. Nr. 8/2017, 17. Februar 2017 (wiwo.de).
- ↑ Koalitionsvertrag für Nordrhein-Westfalen 2017-2022. Koalition von CDU und FDP in Nordrhein-Westfalen, 16. Juni 2017, abgerufen am 16. September 2017.
- ↑ Sheryl Sandberg: Eintrag bei Facebook. Facebook, 14. September 2017, abgerufen am 16. September 2017.
- ↑ Facebook wird Partner der CODE. CODE, 15. September 2017, abgerufen am 16. September 2017.
- ↑ Miriam Schröder: Befähigen, nicht belehren. In: Handelsblatt. Nr. 135, 17. Juli 2017, S. 45 (handelsblatt.com).
- ↑ Inge Klöpfer: Informatik mal ganz anders. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. Nr. 35, 3. September 2017, S. 33 (faz.net).
- ↑ Angaben zum Bewerbungsprozess auf der offiziellen Hochschulwebseite. Abgerufen am 17. September 2017.
- ↑ Chancen eG: Code University – Gespräch mit dem Gründer Thomas Bachem. Abgerufen am 17. September 2017.
- ↑ Am Görlitzer Park entsteht einer der größten Start-up-Campusse Europas. Berliner Zeitung, abgerufen am 17. September 2017.
- ↑ Factory Berlin will größten Start-up-Campus Europas bauen. Horizont, abgerufen am 17. September 2017.
- ↑ Code+Design Camp für Jugendliche: Digitale Technologien als mächtiges Werkzeug begreifen. Mobilegeeks.de, abgerufen am 18. September 2017.
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