42 Berlin

Aesthetics of 42 Berlin: quiet, calm, and much emptier than usual. Yet, the code keeps running, teamwork thrives, and evaluations continue. We’re amazed by the dedication of our students who choose to study even during the holidays🤍

Bringing you Christmas wishes straight from 42 Berlin with Kars and our very own honorary reindeer 🎄

Yesterday, our campus came alive with Winterfest❄️

We celebrated our transcended students who completed the core curriculum with a heartfelt graduation ceremony.

We also hosted our first annual award ceremony, where students voted by their peers were honored with Pink Duck prizes across a variety of categories.

The event was a true celebration of our unique community that makes 42 Berlin so special.

Future cyber defenders from all in one place.
The first cross-campus CyberSecurity Piscine was no small feat, but we’re glad to see it come together smoothly. A mix of teamwork, knowledge-sharing, and just a bit of controlled chaos.

🚀 Blockchain enthusiasts, unite 🌍

Join us for the Starknet Hackathon in Berlin from 29.11 to 01.12 at 42 Berlin🔥

👾 Who’s it for?

Rust or Rust-like (e.g., ink!) developers
Solidity programmers
Curious about provable programs
Interested in exploring L2s & ZK tech
Keen to learn Cairo, Starknet’s verifiable language

💡 Prepare with two workshops:
📅 19.11 & 28.11, led by the Exploration Team!
🎯 Win prizes, learn, and innovate for future grants!

🔗 Register now:
Workshop 1: https://lu.ma/6ggaa0xy
Workshop 2: https://lu.ma/llmmqti1
Hackathon: https://lu.ma/05zetk6a

🌟 Let’s build the future together!

More snapshots from the kickoff day with our new batch! 🦆 Duck Hunt teamwork and duck treasure prizes — can you spot yourself in the action?

A big welcome to our newest batch of 140 students who kicked off their journey on Monday!

With ages ranging from 18 to 49, representing 51 birth countries, 66% born abroad, and 37% non-male, this is a truly unique group ready to make an impact. We can’t wait to see the amazing things you’ll create at 42! 💻

193 coders have dived into the last piscine of the year, and they’re now halfway through their journey. 🌊💻

It’s been 2 intense weeks of problem-solving, late-night coding, and plenty of ‘why isn’t this compiling?’ moments. 😅

But just like a well-written loop, they’re pushing forward—one challenge at a time.

Got questions about their piscine experience? Leave them in the comments, and our future coders might just give you the inside scoop!

193 coders have dived into the last piscine of the year, and they’re now halfway through their journey. 🌊💻

It’s been 2 intense weeks of problem-solving, late-night coding, and plenty of ‘why isn’t this compiling?’ moments. 😅

But just like a well-written loop, they’re pushing forward—one challenge at a time.

Got questions about their piscine experience? Leave them in the comments, and our future coders might just give you the inside scoop!

Last weekend was a huge success for the 42 Berlin community, and we couldn’t be prouder of our students who brought home wins at the Hackathon!

The “Data Science Meets Biology” Hackathon hosted by the .berlin offered our students a unique opportunity to dive into the intersection of biology and data science.

Our teams rose to the challenge with some impressive projects:

• One team explored how machine learning models handle uncertainty in protein stability.
• Another team focused on early-stage drug discovery, enhancing phenotypical profiles for groundbreaking research.
• And finally, a third team applied AI and data science to analyze and optimize an innovative manufacturing process.

A big shoutout to our incredible winners: — we’re proud of each and every one of you!

A heartfelt thank you to the mentors and organizers for making this all possible. Our community keeps getting stronger thanks to your ongoing support!

Last week one of our OG staff members who co-built up the Pedagogy Team and then Career Strategy on our campus left the team to join his next challenge.

Thank you so much for these past 2+ years 🫶 you've helped us bulid a mesmerising place.

The best part about 42 is though that you never truly leave as there is always something more to learn. See you around on the Advanced Curriculum rollercoaster 🎢

What a month it was 🎉 We have a lot to celebrate as a bunch of our students showed their talent, entrepreneurship, extraordinary skills and won prizes on some of Berlin's top Hackathons.

1. Emilie, Mariia, Helen and Vanessa .hackathon.company's Herhackathon - 1st place
2. Teodor, Andreas, Kostiantyn, Nam Lap & Mattia - 3rd place at 's hackathon
3. Cosmo, Michael, Stefano, Mariia, Léonard, Simona a - 2nd place at TON Society Europe

You are all fabulous 🪨🫰

Thank you so much for the fabulous 2 years and see you soon Mia ❤️🦩

Your Monday evening read is in. 🗞

Maxime, former student and current education assistant, spends some time reflecting on his experience under the 42 methodology in our latest blog post.

His insights address questions like; What happens when failure becomes fundamental in a space of learning? What does holistic education look like? Can we truly democratise education?

Give the article a read. Thank you Maxime for being the latest contributor to our blog space. 💛

If you would like contribute, send us an email with your idea. 🫶

Aaaand here we go again! Welcome March Pisciners, we hope you're ready to hop aboard our spaceship of coding madness. 🛸 🥳

Our pisciners were warmly welcomed by the sunshine and it's safe to say the energy is high. We think this month is going to be a good one. 🫶

The word of last week was: CAKE. 🍰🎂🥮🍮🧁

Our first student cake competition saw our keen student bakers make everyone on campus very very happy, with a cake for every day of the week! Each baker presented their cake alongside its story and inspiration. 🫶

Congratulations to Lucilla, our lovely winner who made a cake that looked like a beautiful galaxy. See first pic 🪐

Thank you to all our bakers, what a treat - in every sense of the word. 🐷

Good Morning! Today we woke up with bagels, coffee & OJ. 🥯☕🍊

Thank you Kars for organising this breakfast, we are fueled up & ready to go. 🫶

Last week we bid farewell to our February Pisciners. 🥹

This post documents this fabulous bunch just before they went into their last exam, and slide to the right, and you'll see how they celebrated once they finished. 🥳🍻

Congratulations for reaching the end, we cannot to see many of your faces returning back to campus as official students!