General Assembly
General Assembly is a technical education provider that teaches students the skills, career advice and networking opportunities needed to make a career change into a tech role, in as little as three months. General Assembly offers bootcamps and courses in web and mobile development, product management, data science and more.
To help students land their first job in a tech role, the full time bootcamp experience is led by instructors who are expert practiti...
General Assembly is a technical education provider that teaches students the skills, career advice and networking opportunities needed to make a career change into a tech role, in as little as three months. General Assembly offers bootcamps and courses in web and mobile development, product management, data science and more.
To help students land their first job in a tech role, the full time bootcamp experience is led by instructors who are expert practitioners in their field, supported by career coaches from day one, and enhanced by a career services team that is constantly in talks with employers about their tech hiring needs. Students should expect to build a solid portfolio of real-life projects.
Since 2011, General Assembly has graduated more than 40,000 students worldwide from the full time & part time courses. To enroll at General Assembly, applicants should submit an online application to connect with a GA Admissions team member who will work with them to decide if a tech bootcamps is the right fit. The GA Admissions staff are also prepared to speak with applicants about the best tech role for them, learning styles at GA, expected outcomes after the bootcamp, options to finance the bootcamp, career services offered by GA, and more.
613 General Assembly Reviews
AnonymousJavaScript Development (10 week part-time) • SeattleJun 29, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/AOnline JavaScript Circuit
This was a class I took to learn the fundamentals of JavaScript so that I could apply it towards my work covering APIs. The course we set up for students to succeed with a lot of hand holding through each lesson. This is not a bad thing especially given that we were doing the course from home. By far the most valuable part was the 1:1 sessions with my mentor Sonyl. He was patient and prepared and almost always able to help me figure out the answers to my questions. Whenever we couldn't co...
This was a class I took to learn the fundamentals of JavaScript so that I could apply it towards my work covering APIs. The course we set up for students to succeed with a lot of hand holding through each lesson. This is not a bad thing especially given that we were doing the course from home. By far the most valuable part was the 1:1 sessions with my mentor Sonyl. He was patient and prepared and almost always able to help me figure out the answers to my questions. Whenever we couldn't come to an answer in the time allowed, he always made himself available by email and I sent him tons of questions that way. One of the few downsides to the course was that the in browser coding platform was very much tied to a particular answer. Often there would be multiple ways of correctly solving a problem but if you didn't do it the way the platform was expecting, you'd get error messages. That led to some frustration at times until I figured out that the error messages often pointed you in the expected direction.
- AnonymousGraduate • Product Management (Part-time) • New York CityJun 28, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Product Management
Product Management part-time 10-week course. Instructors were great and cirriuculum was informative. However, GA hasn't done to help graduates of that course (and many courses in general as I heard from others) with job opportunities.
- AnonymousGraduate • Web Development Immersive • LondonJun 25, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
A good decision...if you're willing to work for it
I decided on taking the course through Genera Assembly based on it's general reputation and the fact that I knew a few people who had completed the course, albiet in other cities, to much career success. Overall, I am quite pleased with my decision as I started my new job about 2 months after finishing the course and I really love what I do now. The curriculum was challenging and fast-paced, and there was always someone on-hand to help if I didn't understand a concept. I know the cohort af...
I decided on taking the course through Genera Assembly based on it's general reputation and the fact that I knew a few people who had completed the course, albiet in other cities, to much career success. Overall, I am quite pleased with my decision as I started my new job about 2 months after finishing the course and I really love what I do now. The curriculum was challenging and fast-paced, and there was always someone on-hand to help if I didn't understand a concept. I know the cohort after mine ran with an updated curriculum. This shows that the staff does take into account the needs of the industry and sets up its students to fill the present gaps. I found this slightly frustrating as I wish they had implemented these changes sooner. My instructor was super knowledgable and experienced. He always did a great job of explaining concepts, oftentimes having to present the same ideas in different ways to ensure that everyone understood what was going on. He encouraged a lot of questions and it was very rare to see him get frustrated with us students not understanding a lesson. The job assistance provided was also really helpful. The careers team did a great job helping us translate our past experience into something that sounded good to employers, though they did some overwhelmed by the sheer number of students they had to help.
Overall, as I said, I am quite pleased with this course. I learned a lot...or at least enough to help me secure a job in web development (there's so much to learn!). I think my biggest complaint is that I'm not sure it's a super selective program, and some of the student did not take the course as seriously as others. This put a strain on the instructors who were sometimes forced to cater to students who hadn't done their homework, or didn't pay as much attention in class, instead of the students who really wanted to learn and springboard their new careers. As I said, I was hired quite quickly post course so this idea didn't affect me too much, but I know a few studnets, along with myself, did feel quite frustrated by the stalling in class more than a few times throughout the course. I believe this feedback was given to the team and steps have been planned to rectify for future courses, however.
- AnonymousGraduate • Web Development Immersive • SeattleJun 20, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Web Development Immersive
Fast-paced, comprehensive program. I met a lot of really cool people in my class and, although it was challenging, it was also a lot of fun. GA gave me a good base of skills and taught us how to learn new tech quickly, which is vital for a career in this industry.
- AnonymousStudent • OnlineApr 27, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Product Management Remote
Remote experience was excellent and way better then I'd expected. We were still able to have group/partnered activities and engage with the instructor. The teacher, Aditi Joshi is a true master of her field and was a honest pleasure to learn from. The course was the perfect size and the content was dynamic. It felt as contemporary, new and ahead of the trend as possible. I really, really enjoyed it!
- AnonymousSales • Graduate • Data Science (Part-time) • New York CityApr 19, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Great Foundational Level Data Science Course
This course was really fast paced and difficult, but I learned more in a short period of time than I ever have in my life. We learned to use Python programming to apply statistics and predictive modeling techniques on real sets of data. If you've know Python or R and are interested in learning foundational level Data Science, this course is perfect for you.
- AnonymousStudent • New York CityApr 18, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Refreshing Graphic Update
For all of you who are looking for a first approach or a refresh of what's trending with Visual Design, this course is for you.
I loved how we went over all the basics in design and how we had time to have workshops.
Totally worth it!
- AnonymousGraduate • WashingtonMar 31, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
JavaScript
Passionate instructor, fun projects, great peers, real world skills. I've built two full stack JavaScript websites since taking the class, but I think this speaks to my interest in the subject matter more than GA. The class offers an excellent, supported introduction to JS.
- AnonymousStudent • Front-End Web Development (Part-time) • New York CityMar 30, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Director of Marketing
Over the last few years, I have taken TWO courses at General Assembly. I enrolled in both the Front End Web Development Course and the Business Fundamentals and Tactics course. Both were TOP NOTCH learning experiences.
When it came to the FEWD program, I had tried many times to learn to code on my own and had picked up on HTML and CSS quickly. The first part of the program was focused on HTML and CSS, which came more easily to me given my prior experience. When we beg...
Over the last few years, I have taken TWO courses at General Assembly. I enrolled in both the Front End Web Development Course and the Business Fundamentals and Tactics course. Both were TOP NOTCH learning experiences.
When it came to the FEWD program, I had tried many times to learn to code on my own and had picked up on HTML and CSS quickly. The first part of the program was focused on HTML and CSS, which came more easily to me given my prior experience. When we began to learn Javascript during the second half of the program, this is where I found the MOST value from the GA instructional team. Javascript was challenging and it was the time and attention from my TA and instructors that enabled me to truely understand this language.
The second course I took was Business Fundamentals and Tactics. This class was very stimulating. Both of my instrcturos were ex-McKinsy consultants, VERY bright. I thought it was a great mix of practical skills and soft skills -- we covered things like the business canvas model or deep excel work on how to build a financial model paired with stimulating conversastion around business case studies. During one of the sessions, we had a guest speaker come in from Inbev and he was talking about supply chain and operations of a beverage company, which was very fascinating.
- AnonymousProducer • Graduate • User Experience Design (Part-time) • Hong KongMar 30, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
UX Design Programme
With no background in UX design, I took the UXD part-time programme out of curiosity. It has given me a good foundation to UX design with practical elements incorporated into the 10-week programme. The instructor was excellent sharing with us numermous real-life examples. Really enjoyed the learning experience at GA!
- AnonymousCreative Director • Graduate • Web Development Immersive • MelbourneMar 30, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Web Development
Very prcatical learnings & engaging Instructors who know their stuff!
- AnonymousOperations Manager • Digital Marketing On-Demand • OnlineMar 30, 2017Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Digital Marketing Circuit, good for anyone and everyone!
I took the Digital Marketing Circuit simply to learn about the field, even though I am not a marketing professional. I found the course to be super interesting, and for an online course, they did a GREAT job of keeping me focused. Here's what I liked about it:
-There's a good split between slide presentations and videos
-Knowledge checks keep you honest
-The projects are fun
-The workload is manageable. Not too much, and broken ou...
I took the Digital Marketing Circuit simply to learn about the field, even though I am not a marketing professional. I found the course to be super interesting, and for an online course, they did a GREAT job of keeping me focused. Here's what I liked about it:
-There's a good split between slide presentations and videos
-Knowledge checks keep you honest
-The projects are fun
-The workload is manageable. Not too much, and broken out in sections.
Like I said, I think everyone should take this course. Marketing is such a key component of any business these days so I'm really happy I learned about it. If you're an entrepreneur who doesn't know much about building an audience, this is particularly a great class for you.
I highly recommend this course! Great way to learn. Thanks GA for the great experience!
General Assembly Alumni Outcomes
| Description | Percentage |
| Full Time, In-Field Employee | 92.3% |
| Full-time apprenticeship, internship or contract position | 0.0% |
| Short-term contract, part-time position, freelance | N/A |
| Employed out-of-field | N/A |
General Assembly Scholarships
$1500 Diversity Tuition Discount
Course Report is excited to offer an exclusive diversity discount for $1500 off tuition at General Assembly! To be eligible to receive $1,500 USD* toward your tuition for a full-time immersive course by General Assembly, you must meet the following criteria:
- You’re 18 or older.
- You self-identify as a woman, transgender person, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, or nonbinary person.
- Your current income is less than $40,000 USD (£28,000 GBP, 30,000€ EUR, $40,000 AUD, $40,000 SGD, or $40,000 CAD) per year.
- You’ve been admitted to one of the following courses: Software Engineering Immersive, Data Analytics Immersive, Data Science Immersive or UX Design Immersive.
- Ineligible for NY residents.
- Tuition discount can not be used in conjunction with any other General Assembly tuition discount or offer.
*$1,500 USD, £1,500 GBP, 1,500€ EUR, $1,500 AUD, $1,500 SGD, or $1,500 CAD
Eligibility
Qualifying Courses
- 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 4. Data Analytics Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
$1595 Military Tuition Discount
Course Report is excited to offer an exclusive military discount for $1595 off tuition at General Assembly! To be eligible to receive $1,595 USD* toward your tuition of a full-time immersive course by General Assembly, you must meet the following criteria:
- You’re 18 or older.
- You’ve been admitted to one of the following courses: Software Engineering Immersive, Data Analytics Immersive, Data Science Immersive or UX Design Immersive
- You are an active military member or veteran, or partner of a military member or partner of a veteran.
- Ineligible for NY residents.
- Tuition discount can not be used in conjunction with any other tuition discount.
*$1,595 USD, £1,500 GBP, 1,500€ EUR, $1,500 AUD or $1,500 CAD
Eligibility
Qualifying Courses
- 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
- 4. Data Analytics Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) (Online)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Course Report readers can receive an Exclusive Scholarship to General Assembly!
How much does General Assembly cost?
General Assembly costs around $16,450. On the lower end, some General Assembly courses like Digital Marketing On-Demand cost $950.
What courses does General Assembly teach?
General Assembly offers courses like 1. Data Science Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time), 2. Software Engineering Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time), 3. User Experience Design Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time), 4. Data Analytics Immersive Bootcamp (Full Time) and 15 more.
Where does General Assembly have campuses?
General Assembly has in-person campuses in London, New York City, Paris, Singapore and Sydney. General Assembly also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.