What is 42 Madrid?
42 Madrid is a free innovation and talent campus for programming training where you are the protagonist.
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Who are we?
The 42 Madrid Fundación Telefónica programming campus opened its doors in November 2019. Located in the Innovation and Talent Hub, in the heart of Distrito Telefónica, it was the first 42 location in Spain.
The facilities cover an area of 5,000 m2 and can accommodate 900 students. They are equipped with 300 computers.
Funded by Fundación Telefónica, 42 Madrid is much more than a programming campus. It’s a training center focused on values, attitude, and the development of technical and soft skills. With a disruptive model of free, in-person training, it will equip you with the digital profiles most sought after by companies.
A unique experience
- An innovative, free learning method, open to people over 18 years of age and without the need for qualifications or prior technical knowledge.
- A philosophy centered on “learning to learn” and a methodology based on gamification and collaborative learning among its students – ‘peer to peer’ – there are no books, no schedules or lectures.
- A model aimed at developing technological skills, and at the same time transversal skills such as autonomy, resilience and adaptation to change, tolerance to frustration, creativity and, above all, teamwork, among many others.
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AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITHOUT LIMITS
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Frequently asked questions
Everyone is welcome at 42, but we don’t recommend training to students before they’re of legal age to prevent them from dropping out of secondary school.
This is the last step before you become a student at 42 and you reach it after you’ve passed the two previous online tests. This is an in-person challenge lasting 26 days in a row during which you’ll undertake daily projects giving you the chance to gain solid foundations in C language while you learn to work alongside the other candidates.
Up to a maximum of four and a half years on average, with the first part – the ‘Common Core’ – lasting between 12 and 18 months.
We don’t have any selection quotas at 42. There’s no fixed number of applicants for selection. However, we temporarily reserve 30% of the places to allow women to register throughout a longer period of time.
The training at 42 is intensive. It isn’t advisable to have a full-time job. Part-time work is more reasonable, but it requires a large degree of personal discipline.
No, it isn’t necessary either during the piscine or after you become a student. We have 300 iMacs, which are more than enough to cater for the candidates and students. Although you can use your own laptop, it’s advisable to use the ones on the campus, particularly during the Piscine.
No preparatory diploma or specialisation course is required to become a student at 42.
The Piscine is demanding and requires spending numerous hours programming and working with the other candidates throughout the 26 consecutive days that it lasts. Although it isn’t impossible to complete it while you work, we recommend making this period a priority.
42 does not offer official academic qualifications within the Spanish formal education system. However, students who complete certain specialisation projects can obtain RNCP certification — Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles —, a professional certificate officially recognised by the French Ministry of Labour and valid throughout Europe under the European Qualifications Framework.
Not getting through the Piscine stage means that 42 might not be for you, at least for the time being. The Piscine is designed to enable you and 42 to find out whether this educational model is right for both of us. You’ll have to wait for 300 days to re-apply for the Piscine if you don’t get through it the first time.
