Start from zero, become a coding hero!

SHSG Summer School 2024

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis for the second round of applications until spots are filled up — first come, first served!

SHSG Summer School 2024:

Dates: 26.08.24 - 06.09.24 (Mo-Fr)

Place: In-Person and partly online

Contact: summerschool@shsg.ch

Attention: The number of participants is limited!

Our Corporate partners:

TBA

What you can expect

In a world where data is the new oil, new technologies are being integrated at an increasingly exponential rate in our daily lives. To become successful leaders of tomorrow, students of today need a profound understanding of the digital world.

The Summer Coding Bootcamp was developed to meet the high demand for technology courses at the HSG, and aims to give students a comprehensive introduction to topics of the field. Over the course of two intense weeks, students will immerse themselves into different aspects of current technology.

The course will teach you programming skills as well as how to build a real prototype.

For 2024, we will slightly revamp the content of the Summer School to take advantage of the newest and hottest stuff in the field (GenAI and more) - stay tuned!

Schedule of the SHSG Summer School 2024

Part I

During Part I you will receive daily learning videos and can schedule them as you wish. In the afternoon, the coached practice sessions will take place. These will be in person @theCO, and will last 4 hours at some point between 2-6pm. On Friday there will be a mock exam to prepare for the real exam in the following week.

Part II

Part II is especially based on the group projects, which will be introduced after the exam on Monday. This offers the opportunity to apply what you have learned in Part I. The coaches will be at your disposal a few hours during the day to help you. The Discovery (SQR) will be open from 8am-6pm for the groups to meet. There will also be a workshop on Tuesday and on Friday the groups will come together to present their projects.

Factsheet

Information for students:

You will get either 2 ECTS (Bachelor) or 3 ECTS (Master) for the SHSG Summer School and the grade consists of the following two parts:

  • an online written examination that will account for 60% of the final grade

  • a group project: your final code as well as a presentation of the results will be assessed. This will represent 40% of the final grade

Applications are open to all Bachelor and Master students, as well as Alumni of the University of St. Gallen.

Key details:

Dates:
Part I: 26.08.24 - 30.08.24
Part II: 02.09.24 - 06.09.24

Costs:
Students: 99 CHF
Alumni: 299 CHF

Includes:

  • Exciting Workshops & Learning Videos

  • A hackathon-like learning environment

  • Insights from Corporate Partners

  • Free goodies & drinks from our Sponsors

Insights in previous SHSG Summer Schools

“The amazing atmosphere during the SHSG Summerschool 2018 really kickstarted my motivation for coding and due to my learnings, I will be attending my first Hackathon this March! A huge thanks to the team for setting up this program and I can definitely recommend the Summer School to anybody that has interest in the world of coding.”

- Matthias Rossini, Bachelor Student

The Summer School 2018, 2019 and 2022 were a huge success: Besides learning the fundamentals of programming and having workshops in the areas IoT, Web Development, AI/ML and Blockchain, the students could deepen their knowledge in a 3-day Hack in a coached group project.

 Get involved

  • Interested in getting the Summer School set up?

    Send us an email at summerschool@shsg.ch