Unlock your future in tech with our coding scholarship program

The App It x Code for Tomorrow HK Scholarship will select 10 candidates who will receive a 50% scholarship (worth HKD$20,000) to enroll in Rocket Academy's Coding Bootcamp.

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Make the biggest switch of your career and become a full-stack software engineer. Bootcamp is our flagship 4-month full-time career conversion course. Focusing on coding concepts, Bootcamp has 4 modules: frontend, backend, full-stack, and algorithms.

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Launched together with our friends from App It, successful recipients will also benefit from:

- App It hosting the candidates for an afternoon to meet their team
- App It offering an internship for chosen candidates

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‍Beyond technical excellence, Bootcamp gets you job-ready with unlimited interview prep and high-value networking with experienced software engineers, alumni, and instructors.

‍Landing a job in software engineering starts here! Apply now.

This scholarship is open for application to anyone who meets the following criteria:

• Hong Kong citizens and residents with valid HKID
• Basic proficiency in coding necessary (e.g graduated from our Coding Fundamentals course)
• Able to commit to either our (i) 4-month full-time or (ii)8-month part-time Coding Bootcamp
• Has a strong intention to switch careers to become a software engineer or build their own tech start-up
• No previous formal education in computer science/engineering
• No previous work experience as a software engineer

Yes, you will need to have basic coding knowledge to apply!

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If you do not have any background in coding, please first enroll in our Fundamentals course first.

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Our Coding Fundamentals course will provide you with the foundational competence needed to excel in our Bootcamp. As you are about to approach the end of the Fundamentals course, that will be the perfect time to follow up on your scholarship application with us!

If you meet the eligibility criteria listed above, please sign up for our scholarship via this application link: https://rocketacademy.typeform.com/HKScholarship

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We will reach out to you to arrange for an online interview and admission screening test. Once you are ready to be enrolled, we will send you an invoice for 50% of our Bootcamp course fees (HKD$20,000).

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If you do not have any background, please start by applying and enrolling for our Coding Fundamentals course before applying for our scholarship.

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If you have more specific questions related to this, please reach out to us at hello@rocketacademy.co

50% of our Bootcamp course fees will be subsidized by the scholarship. If awarded, you will be required to pay HKD$20,000 for the Bootcamp.

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If the full conditions of the scholarship programme is not met or adhered to by the applicant, Rocket reserves the right to remove them from the course or charge the applicant for any remaining course fees.

If you are interested in our App It x Code for Tomorrow Scholarship and already have a strong foundation in coding, you may apply for any of our upcoming Coding Bootcamp cohorts.

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Click here to find out more about our Coding Bootcamp course and our course dates.

It depends on the cohort which you would like to apply to join and how much coding experience you already have!

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Write in to us at hello@rocketacademy.co if you're unsure where and how to get started.