Programme

1337 Coding School, admission and the Piscine

1337 (42 Network, OCP Group)

Open. No closing date published. No fee to apply Last checked 14 Oct

At a glance

Deadline: Open. No closing date published.
Fee: No fee to apply
Who may apply: aged 18 to 30 inclusive on 1 November of the year you start
Where: Morocco, on campus

A software engineering school in Morocco that takes people with no diploma and no programming background. Admission is by online logic and memory tests, then a four week full time coding immersion called the Piscine. There are no tuition fees at any point.

The facts

What you get: Free. No tuition fees during the course.
Where: Morocco, on campus
How long: Piscine is 4 weeks full time; the course that follows runs longer

Where you stand

This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.

What they ask for

aged 18 to 30 inclusive on 1 November of the year you start
you must attend a check-in in person at a 1337 campus in Morocco, and the Piscine is full time on campus for four weeks including weekends
the online tests need a desktop computer, and the school works in French

Get ready to apply

Built only from what this listing states. Tick as you go; the ticks stay on your phone and are not sent anywhere.

A long application, by our reading.

1. What to get ready

Certificates or degree copiesScan or photograph them clearly, in good light, flat.

In their words: “An email address to register on candidature.1337.ma. No diploma is asked for.”

2. Dates

No closing date is stated.
Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
On the date, the listing says: Admission may run in sessions. A third-party site says check-in slots are added through the year and you then pick a Piscine session. The official site did not load for us, so this is not confirmed.

Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp

The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.

No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.

Tips for applying for a programme

General advice from us, the same for every programme. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.

Check the dates and the time it needs. Programmes often need you at set times, and missing sessions can mean losing your place.
Say plainly what you want from it and what you will do with it after.
If it asks about a project or business, describe what exists today, not only what you hope for.

If there is an interview or a test

Expect to be asked why now, and what you will do if you are not chosen.
Be ready to describe your project in two minutes, in plain words.

All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.

How to apply

You apply on 1337 (42 Network, OCP Group)'s own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.

Go to the application

How we checked this

This was opened and verified at 1337 (42 Network, OCP Group)'s own website on 14 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.