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BrainStation is a global digital skills provider empowering teams and professionals with industry-recognized certifications and world-class instruction across AI, Product Management, Product Design, Data, and Digital Marketing. We specialize in in-person learning experiences and corporate training programs, trusted by everyone from Fortune 500 companies to high-growth emerging companies. Established in 2012, BrainStation has worked with over 500 instructors from the most innovative brands to develop cutting-edge, real-world digital education. Whether students are looking for career transformation or professional development, BrainStation offers a range of learning options, including full-time and part-time diploma programs, part-time certificate courses, and specialized skills training.

BrainStation’s courses and bootcamps offer a collaborative, project-based learning experience, with a regularly updated curriculum to ensure professionals gain the most relevant skills in their field. The class structure combines engaging, live instruction with interactive sessions and a hands-on, project-based curriculum. BrainStation also provides a variety of flexible learning options, including a proprietary online classroom and learning environment. This environment lets students attend live lectures, collaborate with fellow professionals, and receive immediate, real-time feedback from instructors – from anywhere in the world.

BrainStation has trained more than 30,000 alumni in over 100 countries. BrainStation’s bootcamps offer personalized career services, including career coaching to help learners meet their career goals. Networking and career-oriented events are also available at BrainStation.

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  • Kaitlin Davidson
    Student • Search Engine Marketing Course • Online
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    Apr 06, 2020
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    Amazing Learning Experience

    I cannot say enough good things about BrainStation and all of their courses! I have most recently taken the Search Engine Marketing Course through their online platform and finished with 100x more marketing knowledge and resources than before. The instructor (Scott Gabdullin) was excellent. He is an SEM/SEO expert and provided many relevant industry examples for everything we learned. He also gave us a TON of helpful websites and resources for our own work. 

    As a freelance website...
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  • Parul Sahi
    Senior Product Manager • Graduate • Data Analytics Course Online • Online
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    Apr 06, 2020
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    Loved the experience!

    Being committed to continuous learning,  I like to do thorough research on available options to ensure I invest my time and money efficiently and I'm so glad I decided to take the Data Analytics course (online version) at Brainstation. 

    To be honest, I was a little hesitant in choosing the online class instead of in-person one, but all my doubts went away after the first class. The instructor, Mike Lake is a superb teacher. He's highly experienced, knowledgeable, engaging and pati...
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  • Octavio Avilés-Villaseñor
    Graduate • Digital Marketing Course • New York City
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    Apr 06, 2020
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    As relevant as you can get

    This course is for very busy professionals looking for what is worth to be learned in a very limited period of time.
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  • Maria Patino
    Graphic Designer • Applicant • User Interface Design • New York City
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    Apr 06, 2020
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    Great learning experience!

    At the end of last year, I took the decision of improving my digital skills and move forward to a new direction on my career path. While I was researching what would be the course that I wanted to take, where would be the place, and how I could be able to study while I was working full-time I had the best luck of founding Brainstation and I was not wrong on choosing them! My learning experience has been extraordinary, my instructors were not only great professionals in the industry but a...
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  • Cassandra
    Student • Data Science Course • Toronto
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    Apr 06, 2020
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    Learned so much in the Data Science Course

    I decided to enrol in the Data Science course because I am with a Digital Health Startup and we are starting to look at data models and interpreting a lot of the data that's available out there. I really enjoyed all the learnings and it was easy enough to take online (about 10 of us in the online class). It was even better that the instructors are all working in the industry and so could apply the ideas and concepts to real world examples of what's going on in finance and health. Within ...
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  • Peter Nguyen
    Graduate • User Experience Design Course Online • Online
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    Apr 06, 2020
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    UX Design Review

    I had a great time learning UX Design over a 10 week period at BrainStation. 

    As someone working on a startup project, my team and I recognized that our product needed to incorporate UX principles early on in order for us to do well with our target customers. By joining BrainStation, I was able to learn a variety of UX topics such as testing, rapid prototyping, and accessibility in-depth. Being able to learn & apply these concepts and getting frequent feedback from my peers an...
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  • Marko Krsmanovic
    Product Manager • Graduate • Data Analytics Course • New York City
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    Apr 05, 2020
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    Data Analytics course review

    I had an amazing experience during a 10 weeks long Data Analytics course at Brainstation. I decided to go with online learning, and it turned out to be a really good choice because their platform is so well organized that it makes learning and communication with the instructor very easy. And when talking about the instructor, I was extremely satisfied to know that I am learning from an expert in the field, who was able to provide a real-life examples from his work and show us how to use ...
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  • Ashley Dier
    Content Marketing Specialist • Graduate • Digital Marketing Course • Toronto
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    Apr 05, 2020
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    Digital Marketing

    I entered this course looking to level up my digital marketing skills, deepen my understanding of some key marketing levers and to (hopefully) make the transition from freelance to in-house. 

    I was a bit nervous looking over the course curriculum in Synapse on week one, but the instructors did an incredible job of using real-life working examples that brought the information to life making it easy to follow. The classes were held virtually via Zoom and were super easy to join and ...
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  • Darren Palma
    Recruitment Marketing and Brand Specialist • Graduate • Digital Marketing Course • Toronto
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    Apr 05, 2020
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    Learned a ton and had fun!

    The digital marketing course at Brainstation was great! It was all encompassing and the instructors had great industry examples to complement the course material. It felt like a lot in the beginning but it really came together in the final project.

    Seeing the final project come together and using all the knowledge we learned was a great experience - it really felt like I was creating a pitch deck for a digital agency. 

    The only thing that I felt could be improved was the gr...
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  • Kevin Huang
    Kevin Huang
    Student • Data Science Course • New York City
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    Apr 04, 2020
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    course was well laid-out

    Took the data science course. Class was engaging, instructor explained the material well and coding help was always on hand. Great for learning python as well
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  • Tara Giacomozzi
    Graduate • User Experience Design Course • Vancouver
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    Apr 02, 2020
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    Really Enjoyed this Course!

    The Bootcamp I took was in person and the class size was just right - about 15 students. I loved that it was a diverse group - not only in age and ethnicities - but all different career backgrounds! Some people had never done any type of work like this and by the time we got to the final projects absolutely everyone had a grasp on all of the concepts we went over in class and how to apply them to their project - it was very inspiring to see. The teachers, Jenna and Kirsten were always av...
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  • Clemence
    UX Designer • Student • User Interface Design Course Online • Online
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    Mar 30, 2020
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    My love story with Brainstation

    I have taken 2 courses at Brainstation:
    - the UX Design course (part time) on the Toronto campus
    - the UI Design course (part time) online.
    With only 30 hours of class each, these classes will give you enough knowledge and practice to learn how to learn everything on your own !

    The first course allowed me to do a complete career change, I switched to a UX role  right after the course and after 1 year, I was confident enough to quit my job and work as a...
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  • Max
    Regional Community Lead • Student • Digital Marketing Course Online • Online
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    Mar 29, 2020
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    Digital Marketing Online

    I recently completed BrainStation's online Digital Marketing Course. The instructor was awesome and by the end I was so excited to share my final presentation with the class. The skills we used were very applicable for my current work and helped me improve my resume.
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  • Tony Fedun
    Senior Director, Business Development, Digital Services • Student • Data Analytics Course Online • Online
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    Mar 29, 2020
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    Data Analytics - Online

    I love the process of lifetime learning.  Website design, marketing and now data analytics courses over the last few years have made me an alumnus at BrainStation. I never set out to be a specialist in any one of these certificates, however, as a generalist I knew I needed to keep learning, but with a full-time job, it was difficult to find the right kind of environment. BrainStation has fit the bill perfectly. Part-time classes made it easy to attend after work once a week. The Toronto ...
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  • Iman Bashir
    Student • Full Stack Web Development - Wyncode • Miami
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    Mar 27, 2020
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    Amazing Experience Doing the Full Stack Course

    I am so happy that I chose to do THIS course in Miami (coming from Canada)... What made my experience so amazing was the nonstop support where the staff didn't LET ME fall off my game. They keep you motivated and provide you so much more than just an amazing curriculum, they provide you with a coding community that doesn't just end after the course. The curriculum is amazing for people who struggle with traditional classes by incorporating code-alongs, tons of labs, games, weekend and nigh...

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  • Kiara P
    Kiara P
    Student • Full Stack Web Development - Wyncode • Miami
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    Mar 27, 2020
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    Full Stack Web Development Course

    Proud to have had the opportunity to be part of the Wynfam and develop the skills needed to be a Full Stack Developer. One of the core values they taught was to Never Stop Learning, which I will forever keep with me throughout my career in the tech industry. 
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  • Bonita
    Graduate • UX/UI Immersive - Wyncode • Miami
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    Mar 27, 2020
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    Worth it!

    Definitely recommend. I was very thorough in my research when I was looking into bootcamps although I was on the fence between which program I wanted to do I knew it was either web dev or UX/UI, I knew I wanted to attend one. I am so happy with the decision I made to go to wyncode. My instructor, Gessica is amazing and the whole wyn fam is so supportive through everything. 
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  • Sonia St. Remy
    Sonia St. Remy
    Graduate • Full Stack Web Development - Wyncode • Miami
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    Mar 27, 2020
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    Full Stack Web Development

    Coming into this course with little to no experience the staff helped in any way they could to make sure that I succeeded. Recommendations for the upcoming student don't stop at the pre - work learn as mush as you can to give yourself a leg up in the class. Make the TA's your best - friends they are always will to help and sign up for as many one - on -one as you can.
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  • Kasey Bayne
    Head of Marketing • Student • Product Management Course Online • Online
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    Mar 21, 2020
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    Product Management Online Live

    I am currently enrolled in the Product Management Online Live part-time course. With a background in startup marketing, I was excited to learn more about Product Management. Having worked remote before, making the move to a fully online course was easy. The course was well set-up to support those new to online collaboration - we used Zoom, with video, participation chats, as the breakout room project to work on group discussions. Using Slack also let us connect throughout the week. In te...
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  • Melissa Motyka
    Graduate • User Experience Design Course • Toronto
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    Feb 27, 2020
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    Best decision I've made for my UX education and career!

    I just completed the User Experience Design program at BrainStation TO, and I could not be happier with my experience with both the school and my instructor, Jonathan.

    I decided to do the online live course. Before my first class, I was a little worried about being in an online classroom setting. I wondered if I would be able to connect with my instructor and classmates in the same way, or if the communication would be as open as it would be in a physical classroom setting. It tur...
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BrainStation Alumni Reviews Summary

Based on 2,000+ BrainStation alumni reviews on Course Report, students often highlight the quality of the curriculum, experienced instructors, and effective career support services. Particularly, the Full-Time Software Engineering and Data Science Bootcamps are frequently commended. One reviewer says, "The program was challenging but extremely rewarding, offering real-world projects that truly enhanced my skills." However, some students noted the high cost of courses as a consideration.
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How much does BrainStation cost?

BrainStation costs around $3,950. On the lower end, some BrainStation courses like Python Programmer Certification (PPC™) (Online) cost $2,950.

Where does BrainStation have campuses?

BrainStation has in-person campuses in London, Miami, New York City, Toronto, and Vancouver. BrainStation also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.

Is BrainStation worth it?

BrainStation hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 2,339 BrainStation alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed BrainStation on Course Report - you should start there!

Is BrainStation legit?

We let alumni answer that question. 2,339 BrainStation alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed BrainStation and rate their overall experience a 4.66 out of 5.

Does BrainStation offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?

Right now, it doesn't look like BrainStation offers scholarships or accepts the GI Bill. We're always adding to the list of schools that do offer Exclusive Course Report Scholarships and a list of the bootcamps that accept the GI Bill.

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You can read 2,339 reviews of BrainStation on Course Report! BrainStation alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed BrainStation and rate their overall experience a 4.66 out of 5.

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