HackYourFuture Belgium

What Is HackYourFuture?

Refugees often experience challenges in finding a suitable job to apply and further develop their skills. Yet, the number of unfilled vacancies in the IT sector is increasing at a fast pace.

HackYourFuture was founded in 2015 in Amsterdam, with the aim to enable refugees to build digital skills for a career in web development, facilitate the integration of newcomers, and address the shortage of qualified workforce in the IT sector. Since 2015, HackYourFuture coding schools have also opened in Copenhagen and Toronto;.

On 20 May 2018, HackYourFuture Belgium launched its first class in Belgium with 13 highly motivated students at BeCentral, the digital campus in Brussels. Next classes, 11 & 12, will start on 20 September 2020. Do you want to apply for classes in 2021? Keep an eye on our social media channels. That's where we announce calls for applications.

Our Mission

Empower refugees by teaching them the necessary skills for a career in software development.

Our Programme

Our 7 months course is divided into modules of 3 weeks each, with the exception of the final project which takes 6 weeks.

Our Training

Every Sunday volunteer-coaches and students meet at BeCentral in Brussels for in-person classes. Students are supported online with their homework during the week.

WANT TO HIRE ONE OF OUR GRADUATES?

The students are trained to perform well as junior web developers in a modern IT team, write clean code, and think like problem solvers.
Our graduates are eager to start their career as developers. Drop us an email at contact@hackyourfuture.be and tell us about your hiring needs.

WHAT DO WE TEACH?

Our six months course is divided into different modules which cover programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node, Databasing in MySQL/MongoDB and React. However, what we value most is that our students learn how to think as a programmer, how to solve problems, and how to manage a project. This fundamental knowledge prepares our students for their first job as a web developer.

HTML

CSS

Command-line interface

JavaScript

Node.js

React

Databases

Final project

WHO CAN APPLY?

We teach motivated refugees who want to start their career in web development. The course is open to anyone staying in Belgium. Women are strongly recommended to apply.

You have to be very motivated to start a career in programming.

You have to speak English at an intermediate level.

You have to study a minimum of 25 hours per week to keep up with our program.

We accept students from all over Belgium and we cover transportation costs.

We provide laptops for students that don't have their own during the training.

Apply for HackYourFuture Belgium

Start the training at HackYourFuture Belgium

7 months programme duration

Graduate as software developer

Volunteer

Our volunteer coaches all have experience in the field of programming, are passionate about what they do and are eager to share their knowledge with our students. Our seven months course is divided in modules of 3 weeks. As volunteer coach, you commit to teach one specific module for 3 Sundays in a row.

Our volunteer mentors don't need to have technical skills. Expierence in HR is a plus. As a mentor for one of our students, you make sure that their CV & LinkedIn profiles are up to local standards, you prepare them for their first job interviews and share feedback.

Interested in becoming part of our community as a coach or mentor? Please complete the registration form below and we will get in touch with you soon.

Dries Van Ransbeeck

Founder HackYourFuture Belgium

“Thanks to organizing Open Summer of Code every year with Open Knowledge Belgium, Hack Your Future has access to an extensive pool of social impact coaches”

Gijs Corstens

Founder HackYourFuture

“However, what we value most is that our students learn how to think like a programmer, how to solve problems, and how to manage a project”

OUR TEAM

Manon Brulard

Project Coordinator

Lien Arits

Community & Communications Manager

Evan Cole

Educational Coordinator

HackYourFuture Belgium Partners

That's a world we believe in. A goal we're aiming for. Open Knowledge Belgium is a grass roots organisation that consists of people, ..

BeCentral is all about closing the digital skills gap and accelerating Belgium's digital transformation.

Close the Gap is an international non-profit organisation that aims to bridge the digital divide...

Brussels-Capital Region supports HackYourFuture!

PrintSimple is your one-stop print partner for a wide variety of print products and promotional items at a fair price...

The Foundation is, in Belgium and in Europe, an actor of change and innovation serving the general interest and social cohesion.

Kunstenpunt is an interface of the arts from Flanders and Brussels. The organization is known as Flanders Arts Institute among international target groups.

Arteveldehogeschool, University of Applied Science, has an educational program Human Resources Management. The Artevelde HRM students, as part of their curriculum, coach our HackYourFuture graduates towards finding an internship or job

Op Uw Bakkes designed mouthmasks for HackYourFuture students. We keep safe during covid19-crisis.

Support us

Support the developers of tomorrow

Help refugees build digital skills for a career in web development. We're a nonprofit that relies on support from people like you. Thanks to your support we can keep our programme free of charge for students.

By supporting HackYourFuture Belgium you’re helping every year:

150 newcomers get an introduction to web development
90 students participate in our intensive 6-months programme
45 graduates find a job in the IT sector

Get in touch

Email

contact@hackyourfuture.be

Address

BeCentral, Cantersteen 12, 1000 Bruxelles

Application Email

applications@hackyourfuture.be