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BrainStation

Average Rating 4.66
2,338 Reviews • 10 Courses

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. BrainStation specializes 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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2,338 reviews of BrainStation

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  • Anonymous
    Communications and Events Coordinator · User Experience Design Course · Graduation year 2020

    UX Design Certificate Course

    If you are already a designer and proficient with adobe products, I think this will be a good course for you. They mainly teach theory and UX ideas, and jumping in with your design skills will be perfect. If you are not a designer or proficient in adobe products, you might have a hard time, I suggest brushing up on your design skils first before taking this course. The instructors are also great and have the industry knowledge to share in class.
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    3.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted June 27, 2020
  • Anonymous
    Digital Marketing Freelance · Digital Marketing Course · Graduated 2020

    Excel with the Experienced

    I would really recommend BrainStation.  The best learning experience I have has to date.  As an adult who is making a career change, I was introduced to BrainStation as an option to take courses online.  I learnt more than I expected and our instructors were phenomenal.  They allow you to learn cutting-edge techniques that the instructors have so much experience with while working in the field.  You get to learn the most in-demand concepts, skills, and tools.  You gain Hands-On Experience and work on projects in a collaborative setting (both online or in class sessions) to apply current concepts and techniques and develop your skills.  The Digital Marketing course included topics like:
    Brand Strategy
    Social Media
    Analytics
    Search Marketing
    Email Marketing
    I would really recommend it for anyone who is busy with life, but still wants to learn something new or like many of my peers who took it as a refresher course.  Things are always changing in Marketing so this is really an excellent opportunity for anyone.









    Overall
    4.0
    Curriculum
    4.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    4.0
    Flag Submitted June 25, 2020
  • Anonymous
    Student · Graduation year 2020

    UI Design

    Here are my thoughts on the UI course at BrainStation

    - Extremely thorough

    - You get what you put it in: Even at a minimum you're walking away with a nicely designed, working prototype to add to your portfolio. At a maximum you've fully designed an app with interaction design. 

    - Instructors are well versed in the field and high-quality educators

    - I encourage students to take more time brainstorming together -- everyone had such great ideas!

    - I would have liked there to be a little more design training (colours, ratios, fonts, etc. They do cover this, but I imagine there's so much more! 

    - Would definitely recommend as an extra tool for your professional belt.
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted May 15, 2020
  • Anonymous
    Student · Data Analytics Course · Graduation year 2020

    Highly recommend this course

    I started the course in-person at BrainStation before Covid-19 hit and the experience was great. I was worried it wasn't going to be the same online but it ended up being better than anticipated and I'd of actually preferred the whole course to be done online! The Instructors were always more than happy to help us over Zoom calls and kept in touch on Slack if we had any questions. Especially during this virus crisis, having an exceptional online course to take is extremely useful and I might even take one again soon from BrainStation.
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    4.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted April 27, 2020
  • Anonymous
    Graduate · Product Management Course · Graduated 2020

    Great but No grad help.

    The class was twice a week for a month, weekdays from 6:30 - 9:30. Many days we went over as the teachers Khalid and Maliha were explaining concepts and answering questions, but never felt rushed.
    Well composed and informative, however, fairly entry-level set of knowledge, which worked well for me as that's what I was looking for.
    No support from Brainstation after completion for help with resume update or interview preparations.
    Overall
    3.0
    Curriculum
    4.0
    Job support
    1.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted March 25, 2020
  • Anonymous
    Student · User Experience Design Course · Graduation year 2020

    Part-time UX Design at Brain station in Vancouver

    I took the part-time class for UX Design at Brain Station in Vancouver in February 2020. I really liked the class.  The knowledge from the 2 teachers was priceless as they work currently in the industry. I would have loved to have more teaching of some softwares that are useful to complete the course (and to work in the industry in general), so it's best to learn some of the tools before hand like Sketch, etc... but I would not hesitate to take another class with Brainstation because of the wealth of information you get from the teachers.
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    4.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted March 4, 2020
  • Anonymous
    Student · User Experience Design Course

    UX Design

    Instructors were great, always available for help. I think it was even more helpful since they were both currently working in the field. 
    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted February 28, 2020
  • Anonymous
    UX product designer · User Experience Design Bootcamp · Graduated 2019

    UX Design and Research

    The instructors are amazing and are very informative. While there were struggles throughout the course, most came becuase creativity and design can be subjective.  I feel like it was handled pretty well with the most often phrase uttered being " Embrace Ambiguity" which at first was very fustrating but over time became a rule to follow. While the lessons taught were simple enough, what BrainStation does diffrent is force you to immediatly apply those lessons which for me was amazing. On top of that Brainstation Does an amazing job getting you actually experience. Things like brainstation 3d and a sprint that we ran with BMO was an awesome experince. While I wish more of the course had these moments where we did something similar to industry i was very content with the content. I think the worst part of this course is that fact that they dont teach html/css on top of sketch. Designers should learn to code, it makes them an asset. 

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    4.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted December 22, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Associate Product Manager · Front End Web Development - Wyncode · Graduated 2019

    Front-end Web Development Review

    Wyncode is a very postivie learning environment with an abundance of resources. You definitely feel the "never stop learning" mentality while at Wyn-base. The overall culture is very supportive. Additionally, the UI/UX course and web development course team up together in order to get a better feel of what working in a real product environment would feel like. 

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted December 6, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Graduate · Full Stack Web Development - Wyncode · Graduated 2019

    Five Stars

    Five Stars for Wyncode

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted December 6, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Student · Full Stack Web Development - Wyncode · Graduation year 2019

    Amazing!!

    This is the place to do your bootcamp program. I fell in love with this place and for many of us it was our second home. You will not find better instructors anywher else. 

     

     

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted December 6, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Student · Full Stack Web Development - Wyncode · Graduation year 2019

    Went through bootcamp

    Amazing bootcamp with great instructors. A lot of support when tackling any challenges. Great curriculum and lectures.  

     

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    4.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted August 23, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Student · Full Stack Web Development - Wyncode · Graduation year 2019

    Full-Stack Web Development

    Full-Stack Web Development program learning HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, REACT, and Ruby on Rails. 

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    4.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    4.0
    Flag Submitted August 23, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Full Stack Web Development - Wyncode · Graduation year 2019

    great experience

    It was really challenging, very stressful, but amazing experience and huge learn curve in coding.

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted August 23, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Student · Front End Web Development - Wyncode · Graduation year 2019

    Web Developer

    The resources provided, and the environment built was essential to feeling confident in the tech bubble. I would recommend anyone and everyone thinking about going into tech to apply. 

    Overall
    4.0
    Curriculum
    4.0
    Job support
    4.0
    Instructors
    4.0
    Flag Submitted August 9, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Graduate · Front End Web Development - Wyncode · Graduated 2019

    Graduate

    I'm very grateful to Wyncode! If it weren't for the WIT cohort, I wouldn't have realized that I'm front-end development oriented. I never dreamt before the WIT cohort that I would be involved in something like that, pioneering and everything. I feel like I have a bright future ahead if I keep up with Mr. Mikkola's and Wyncode's advice on the job search and staying motivated. I'm grateful to my teacher, to the program manager for the WIT cohort, and everybody else who made it possible. 

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted August 9, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Graduate · Data Science Bootcamp · Graduated 2019

    Data Science - Full time

    I was a bit hesitant about investing that much money in a Bootcamp, but now after this 3 months have passed, I can say it was definitely worth it. It was intense, fast-paced and challenging, everything you should expect from this sort of program. Overall the curriculum is great and the atmosphere is amazing.  

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    5.0
    Instructors
    4.0
    Flag Submitted June 20, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Graduate · Data Science Course · Graduated 2019

    12 Week Full Time Data Science

    Great program to transition into a Data Science career. Was very happy with the knowledgeable and helpful instructors. They are great resource but they only make part of the whole experience. The whole BrainStation team works around the clock to give relevant and up to date material. From career development workshops, projects, cross program workshops and more this program really encompasses more than I expected. Would 100% recommend. You definitely get out what you put in.

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted June 19, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Graduate · Full Stack Web Development - Wyncode · Graduated 2019

    Full Stack Web Developer

    You won't regret joining the Wynfam. It's an intense 10 weeks but you sure get out of it what you put in. Once you commit to putting in long days you will grasp the concepts. At the end you will have learned A LOT but you will also know that you have A LOT MORE to learn. Highly recommend. The teachers and TA's are so supportive and the co-founers get so involved in the journey, they're very inspiring. 

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    4.0
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted June 14, 2019
  • Anonymous
    Machine Learning · Graduation year 2019

    Machine Learning

    I really like the course, it wasn't too deep and it wasn't too top level, I learned so many things, but if you want to be successful in this course, you should know how to programming in python, it doesn't mean that you must know to advanced programming in python, but you should know how to develop a simple app in python. 

    The instructor of the course knows enough and can help you learn more industrial ML instead of academical ML.

    I really really recommend this course to everyone that wants to learn ML.

    Overall
    5.0
    Curriculum
    5.0
    Job support
    N/A
    Instructors
    5.0
    Flag Submitted June 10, 2019
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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. 2,338 BrainStation alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed BrainStation on Course Report — you should start there!

How much does BrainStation cost?

BrainStation courses cost up to $3,750 for AI Data Analytics Certification (DAC™) (In-Person).

Where does BrainStation have campuses?

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

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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We let alumni answer that question. 2,338 BrainStation alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed BrainStation and shared their experiences. Their overall rating is 4.66 out of 5.

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