42 (school)

42 is a private, nonprofit and tuition-free computer science school created and funded by French billionaire Xavier Niel (founder of the telecommunication company Iliad) with several partners including Nicolas Sadirac (previous director-general of the Epitech school in France),[1] Kwame Yamgnane and Florian Bucher (former executives of Epitech).[2] The school was first opened in Paris in 2013.

42
42
42 Logo
Motto
Born2Code
TypePrivate
Nonprofit
Tuition-free
Established2013 (2013) (Paris)
2016 (2016) (Fremont)
2021 (2021) (Adelaide)
PresidentXavier Niel
DirectorSophie Viger
Administrative staff
Paris, France:
29
Fremont, California:
9
Adelaide, Australia:
7
StudentsParis, France:
2,550
Fremont, California:
500
Adelaide, Australia:
300
Location
Paris, France
Fremont, California, U.S.
Adelaide, Australia
TuitionFree, fully funded by the school
Colours    Code Blue, Success Green and Mistake Red
Website42.fr (Paris campus)
42.us.org (US campus)
42adel.org.au (Adelaide campus)
42barcelona.com (Barcelona campus)

42 is a future-proof computer science training to educate the next generation of software engineers.

Out of more than 80,000 candidates in France, 3,000[3] were selected to complete a four-week intensive computer programming bootcamp called piscine (swimming-pool). Any person older than 16 can register for the piscine after completing the logical reasoning tests on the website.

The school does not have any professors, and is open 24/7. The training includes peer-to-peer, pedagogy, and project-based learning. All the intellectual property belongs to the students.

42's name is a reference to the science fiction book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy written by British author Douglas Adams: in the book 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

In addition to the two official campuses in Paris, France, and Fremont, California, the school model was adopted in Lyon, Reims, and Mulhouse, France, as well as in Romania, South Africa, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Moldova,[4] Belgium, Russia, Morocco, the Netherlands, Indonesia, Finland,[5] Germany,[6] Adelaide, Australia, [7] the United Arab Emirates[8] and Quebec, Canada[9] with the help and support of 42.

History
French entrepreneur and businessman Xavier Niel who created and funded 42

Announced on March 26, 2013, 42 opened its doors on July 15, 2013 for the selection phase called La Piscine (the swimming-pool).

On May 17, 2016, 42 announced they will open a second campus in Fremont, California.[10] The first selection phase (The "Piscine") will start on July 11, 2016.

Students who passed the first Piscines started training in November 2016.

On January 27, 2022, 42 Network announced they opened 42 campuses across 25 countries. And +15000 students. [11]

Campus' Locations

France

Spain

Germany

Portugal

Italy

Russia

Belgium

Netherlands

Czech Republic
  • 42 Prague (Coming soon)

Armenia

Austria

Finland

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom
  • 42 London (Coming soon)

Morocco

Canada

United States

Brazil

United Arab Emirates

Thailand

Malaysia

South Korea

Japan

Jordan
  • 42 Amman (Coming soon)

Australia

References
  1. Camille Gévaudan (2013). ""42", v'là les geeks !". ecrans (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2014-06-24..
  2. Damien Leloup (2013). ""42", l'étrange école d'informatique de Xavier Niel". lemonde (in French)..
  3. "70 000 candidats au départ, 900 étudiants à l'arrivée". Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  4. French educational model to gamify IT education in Ukraine, Kyiv Post, May 19, 2016
  5. 1337, l'École qui veut former des génies du numérique, Le Monde, September 05, 2018
  6. "About 42 Wolfsburg | The radical new coding school, now in Germany. - Home". 42wolfsburg.de. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  7. Australia, Premier of South (2021-03-15). "42 to open first Australian campus in Adelaide". Premier of South Australia. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  8. "42 Abu Dhabi". 42 Abu Dhabi.
  9. Campus 42 Québec https://42quebec.com (French) Retrieved 10 August 2021
  10. "Press release" (PDF).
  11. "42 announced 42 campuses across 25 countries, +15000 students".
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