This is not another bootcamp. The Piscine lasts four weeks, including weekends, day and sometimes, night. You’ll be coding your heart out with other candidates, all hoping to earn the same prize: to enroll as a full-time student at Hive.
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 be pushed to collaborate with each other.
Collaboration is essential to thrive in the real world and so it is in Hive. The Piscine 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 swimmers make it to Hive.
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 (general info session for the applicants) to learn more about Hive and the application process
→ Register for lottery to win a spot at our 4-week coding boot camp called the Piscine, which determines who gets selected to Hive
→ If you win the lottery, participate in the boot camp and see if you can make it 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.
Piscines 2023 are organized at Hive Helsinki campus in Kallio, Helsinki.
Learn more here!
Check-in Registration Date: Wednesday 01.03.2023 - 10:00-closing when all spots are filled
Check-in 1: Wednesday 08.03.2023 - 16:00-18:00
Place: Hive Helsinki campus
Check-in 2: Wednesday 22.03.2023 - 16:00-18:00
Place: Online
Check-in 3: Saturday 01.04.2023 - 13:00-15:00
Place: Hive Helsinki Campus
Check-in 4: Wednesday 3.05.2023 - 16:00-18:00
Place: Online
Lottery for the Piscines: Monday 22.05.2023 - 10:00-11:00
Place: Admission website
Lottery Results announced: Wednesday 24.05.2023 - 10:00
Place: Online
Confirm your spot at the July Piscine: Monday 12.06.2023 - 10:00-00:00
Place: Online
Confirm your spot at the August Piscine: Monday 24.07.2023 - 10:00-00:00
Place: Online
Piscine July: 26.06 - 21.07.2023
Place: Hive Helsinki campus
180 spots
Piscine August:07.08 - 01.09.2023
Place: Hive Helsinki campus
180 spots
Start of studies: Monday 23.10.2023
Read more about the application process here.