Wild Code School has opened for business in Dublin with its inaugural five-month web development bootcamp available to students. Wild Code School is a European wide coding educator and plans to expand to Galway and Cork.

Founded in France in 2014, Wild Code School operates campuses in 24 locations across Europe, all offering five-month coding bootcamps aimed at meeting skills gaps in the tech sector.

It has trained over 2,000 developers across Europe to date, with two main courses offered: web development and data analysis.

Ninety per cent of graduates are working in the tech industry within six months of completing their Wild Code School course, according to stats from WCS.

The organisation’s international founder Anna Stépanoff said Dublin was selected as the location for the newest campus because of the ongoing growth in demand for skilled tech employees in Ireland.

The new Dublin campus is located in The Digital Hub in the Liberties area of Dublin.

“This year, our aim is to train 45 students in web development and data analysis.

“In the coming years, we plan to increase our offering to Cork and Galway, with the aim of training 300 students every year from 2025 and widening our course offering to include cybersecurity.

“As part of our expansion, we also plan to create 14 full-time jobs with Wild Code School in Ireland,” Dublin campus manager Marek Wystepek said.

Wild Code School teamed up with the Dress for Success Dublin charity in late 2019 to offer five full scholarships to women interested in becoming coders. The scholarships are worth €7,800 each. The five successful applicants will start their Wild Code School course this January.

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