Were you born to code? Are you a final year student or a recent graduate in Computer Science?
Are you interested in working with startups or looking to solve real-world problems?
SU LaunchLab in partnership with SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking has launched a Techpreneurship Centre. The goal is to provide Stellenbosch University final year students and/or graduates with an opportunity to be part of a 6-week coding and entrepreneurship program and then be placed with a startup and/or industry partner in the form of a fixed-term internship to work on real-world problems and/or projects.
The Details:
Criteria
Final year students or graduates in BSc/Bcom/BEng in Computer Science/Information Systems/Data Science/Engineering or similar (NQF 7) who understand the fundamentals of object-oriented programming. These candidates need to complete our online application form and pass our coding challenge.
Entries
You should hear from us within 2 weeks after submitting the coding challenge. If you do not, please email info@launchlab.co.za.
Selection
Successful applicants will be invited to an interview for selection. Then there will be a 6-week program.
After the program, successful applicants will be placed with a startup or industry partner for a 6-month internship.
Important Dates
- Applications open: 01 Oct 2020
- Applications close: 15 Nov 2020
- Interviews: 19 Nov 2020
- Selection: 23 Nov 2020
- Program: 01 Feb 2021 – 12 Mar 2021
- Internship: 01 Apr 2021 – 30 Sep 2021
Sign-up now and complete the form here.
Partner with us
If you are a LaunchLab startup or industry partner looking to host one of our world-class student developers, please complete the following form here.
(If you are a prospective student developer, please do not submit this form.)