Welcome to //kood! Your entrance to the world of tech!
Viktor Veertee
Software Developer
Gregor Uusväli
Software Developer
Elena Khaletska
Junior Developer
Laura-Eliise Marrandi
Junior Software Engineer
Karme Bärg
Software Developer
Ekke Tristan Uibo
Graduate Software Engineer
Elina Tomson
Team Lead of Digitalization
Roman Markilov
Technical Project Manager
Kevin Kesküla
Software Developer
Mauno Tälli
Junior Developer
Olha Balahush
UI/UX Designer
Mart Kekišev
Game Designer
Johanna-Stina Idla
Software Engineer
This is the journey to an AI-Ready Product Engineer
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Any time before 12.01.2027
Play the logic game
30 minutes on your phone or computer. It tests how you think, so there’s nothing to prepare and no code in it. You get three attempts and see your result straight away. Once you start an attempt, you can’t pause it.
Play now -
7 or 14 December, online
Join an info session
An online session on how the Sprint works, costs and payment, accommodation and studies, with time for your questions. Everyone joins one before the Sprint. Can’t make it live? You can watch the recording.
More about info sessions -
18.01–5.02.2027
Do the Selection Sprint
Three weeks of real tasks with real people: two weeks on site in kood/Võru, kood/Jõhvi or kood/Järva in Paide, then one week remote. It’s the admission test, and your chance to find out if this way of learning suits you.
Where will you do it?
See your Sprint up close -
March 2027
Start studying
If you’re selected, you hear back within two weeks of the Sprint and get your study contract. Then you study at a 24/7 accessible learning centre, from home or both.
See what you will study
15 months later, in May 2028, you graduate as an AI-Ready Product Engineer.
Pick your learning centreYour Sprint in kood/Jõhvi
The two on-site Sprint weeks happen in kood/Võru, kood/Jõhvi or kood/Järva in Paide. Pick your learning centre to see what it’s like.
Great if you’re from southern Estonia or Tartu, or have relatives nearby to visit. You study on the restored top floor of a historic bank building in Võru, with dorm rooms in close proximity.
Best if you want to dedicate yourself to learning technology at its core. There’s a spacious kood/Jõhvi dorm, and it’s the most advanced tech hub in the easternmost corner of Europe.
Great if you’re from Tallinn or Harjumaa (less than an hour away), or from central or western Estonia. kood/Järva is in Paide, with accommodation nearby.
The three weeks
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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| 18 January, on site | 19, on site | 20, on site | 21, on site | 22, on site, exam | 23, weekend team task | 24, weekend team task |
| 25, on site | 26, on site | 27, on site | 28, on site | 29, on site, exam | 30, weekend team task | 31, weekend team task |
| 1 February, remote | 2, remote | 3, remote | 4, remote | 5, last day, project demonstration | 6, free | 7, free |
- On site, 10:00–16:00
- Weekend team task
- Remote team week
- Project demonstration
On Friday, 5 February, the Sprint ends with project demonstrations. Applications close on 12 January 2027.
Free to apply. No coding experience needed.
//kood5 – 5 years of tech education
In September 2021, //kood opened its doors in Ida-Virumaa as a technology school built on a simple and very bold idea: you can learn programming without lectures or grades.
What is //kood?
//kood offers a new type of tech education to Estonia
Learn by working on real projects with others, developing not just technical skills but also the judgment, communication, and ownership modern engineering demands.
You won’t just learn to code. You’ll learn how to think like an engineer, use AI as a tool instead of a shortcut or a crutch, and build products that solve real problems.
Our 15-month study programme is preparation for real work, not the classroom version of it.
- AI-Ready Curriculum
Built with industry leaders, with AI in every module
- No teachers, no classes
Students work collaboratively
- 100% practical
Projects of increasing difficulty
- Hybrid study
Study at the learning centers and/or remotely
- Pay tuition in installments
Invest in your education now and give back on flexible terms
- Studies in English
Universal working language of the IT world. International students
Alumni stories
Girogi – Career switch from ballet to IT
Rain – 11 years in the Navy. Now working in tech.
Karme – Left university mid-way. Now works as a developer
Collaborate
Find your next IT talent from //kood
Our students are equipped with practical skills that enable them to start working right away.
Support //kood
Liitu meie kasvava partnerite ja toetajate kogukonnaga ja loo mõju, mis loeb! Join our growing community of partners and supporters and create impact that matters!
Try //kood
Our short courses are designed for those who want to try coding in a gamified and practical way or further develop their programming skills
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