BrainStation
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BrainStation is a global digital skills training and workforce transformation provider that offers bootcamps and courses in data, design, development, digital marketing, product, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and leadership both online and at state-of-the-art campuses in New York, London, Miami, Toronto, and Vancouver. 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 has a learning option, with full-time diploma programs, part-time certificate courses, and specialized skills training.
BrainStation’s courses and bootcamps offer a collaborative, project-based learning experience, with 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 across the world. 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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- Lauren MarshallSales & Marketing Specialist • Graduate • Social Media Marketing Course • OnlineVerified by LinkedInNov 04, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Social Media Marketing Certification
Through my seven weeks completing the Social Media Marketing Certification with BrainStation, I had a great experience with taking the course and feel I was able to take my marketing skills to the next level. The course content is very well set up and developed, covering all the latest trends and topics going on in social media and my instructor was able to make each class engaging.
I took my course through their Online Live platform - which in 2020 is such a great way to still b...Through my seven weeks completing the Social Media Marketing Certification with BrainStation, I had a great experience with taking the course and feel I was able to take my marketing skills to the next level. The course content is very well set up and developed, covering all the latest trends and topics going on in social media and my instructor was able to make each class engaging.
I took my course through their Online Live platform - which in 2020 is such a great way to still be able to further your education while being in the comfort of your own home, and still connecting with classmates & the instructor through video. With having Slack and Synapse as resources, I always felt I was prepared on the course content and could reach out to my instructor or anyone on the BrainStation team if I had questions.
The best thing about BrainStation courses in my opinion (I have previously taken the Digital Marketing course as well) is the hands on approach they take to teaching the content and having industry professionals as their instructors. Having to apply the concepts throughout the course while learning about real life examples has really aided me in understanding the concepts and being able to put these into action. - Kyle SaliveTorontoVerified by LinkedInNov 03, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Design Thinking
BrainStation’s Design Thinking Training course is tailored to leaders who are looking to drive innovation and push creative boundaries within their organization. This training course will take students through the 4 stages of Design Thinking, including empathy, ideation, prototyping and crystallization. Students will also learn how to gather high-quality customer insights using a human-centric approach to create product concepts that fill users’ unmet needs. See the Syl...BrainStation’s Design Thinking Training course is tailored to leaders who are looking to drive innovation and push creative boundaries within their organization. This training course will take students through the 4 stages of Design Thinking, including empathy, ideation, prototyping and crystallization. Students will also learn how to gather high-quality customer insights using a human-centric approach to create product concepts that fill users’ unmet needs. See the Syllabus page for a detailed breakdown of units and topics covered within this course.
By the end of the course, students will take a product concept through 13 Design Thinking activities, including persona creation, rapid idea generation, and prototype creation. See the Project tab for more information about process activities and to submit your deliverables.
- Jasleen KaurGraduate • User Experience Design Course Online • OnlineVerified by LinkedInNov 03, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Highly recommend
Great course for anyone looking to understand the broad concepts of UX design - David TaStudent • Machine Learning • TorontoVerified by LinkedInNov 01, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Bridging the gap between online learning and real life experiences when it comes to Machine Learning
I had a great experience taking this 10-week Machine Learning course remotely at BrainStation. The class size was very small (~5 students) and was lead by a lead professor and an assistant professor whom are knowledegable machine learning practitioners with years of in-field experience.
This course was challenging if you're rusty at statistics or programming but the 10-week course allows you enough time to grasp each complex topic. Our weekly courses had a 3.5 hour lec...I had a great experience taking this 10-week Machine Learning course remotely at BrainStation. The class size was very small (~5 students) and was lead by a lead professor and an assistant professor whom are knowledegable machine learning practitioners with years of in-field experience.
This course was challenging if you're rusty at statistics or programming but the 10-week course allows you enough time to grasp each complex topic. Our weekly courses had a 3.5 hour lecture time with in class questions to help practice & reinforce ideas on what we learned in class. Our instructors had also set up a couple of minutes for closing thoughts, questions or potential 1:1 sessions. This provided an interactive session with the class rather than a full 3 hour lecture. Our class notes and assignments were already neatly packaged into jupyter notebooks, and are available in advance of each class; this allowed students to review class notes prior to the class. Our instructors also presented new technologies (GCP) and machine learning frameworks that are being utilized and how they are being utilized for their own work applications.
The final assignment was the only toughest challenge in the course, as it builds upon 10-weeks worth of content into final analytical project. Our class had the opportunity to work with medical drug treatment data and to understand it's complexity in features was a major struggle. However, when reflecting against real life experiences, often times data engineers or data scientists can be tasked with working with complex datasets that they may be unfamiliar with. And so this final project provided a glimpse into this ideology.
I’d recommend this course to data engineers, new graduates, or analysts looking to increase their analytical background, and stay on top of their competition.
- AmberUX Product Designer • Graduate • Web Development • New York CityVerified by LinkedInNov 01, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Great Intro to the Relevant Basics of Front End Web Dev
I took BrainStation's 10-week Web Development (virtual) course in August 2020-October 2020. I'm currently a UX Product Designer and thought it would be great to learn more about how my designs are actually coded and implemented by the team I work with. I had a high-level knowledge of HTML and CSS from my undergrad studies in some Web Design courses but it has been quite a while so many of the concepts while familiar I did feel like I was learning for the first time. I really liked the st...I took BrainStation's 10-week Web Development (virtual) course in August 2020-October 2020. I'm currently a UX Product Designer and thought it would be great to learn more about how my designs are actually coded and implemented by the team I work with. I had a high-level knowledge of HTML and CSS from my undergrad studies in some Web Design courses but it has been quite a while so many of the concepts while familiar I did feel like I was learning for the first time. I really liked the structure and pace of the course, since we would go over some of the course material but then dive right into coding simple components and working our way up. Both instructors were super knowledgeable and approachable in the online format, I frequently was able to get 1-1 time to answer questions or understand why my code was off. We also had the opportunity to learn about special types of code not included in the course. There was also a ton of flexibility around the final project and everyone in the class had something neat to present at the end. Overall I definitely recommend this course if you're working on digital product design in any capacity or to see if it's something you want to do full-time but don't want to commit to the full-time course just yet. - Fiorella C.Student • User Experience Design Course • TorontoVerified by LinkedInOct 28, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Great Experience
I took this course online, it was taken over a 10 week period and I opted to take it Monday evenings from 6:30PM - 9:30PM since I work full time M-F until 5:30-6:00PM most days. I have zero design background, and so was a complete newbie to UX Design. I found the course content really insightful and well-paced, and at the end of each module, they had additional links with extra resources to learn more, I recommend going through this to supplement your knowledge (as it is a lot to learn)....I took this course online, it was taken over a 10 week period and I opted to take it Monday evenings from 6:30PM - 9:30PM since I work full time M-F until 5:30-6:00PM most days. I have zero design background, and so was a complete newbie to UX Design. I found the course content really insightful and well-paced, and at the end of each module, they had additional links with extra resources to learn more, I recommend going through this to supplement your knowledge (as it is a lot to learn). I definitely recommend sticking to picking a project topic early, so that you can work on it during the class-work practices and get closer to completing your final project and practice at the same time. I really enjoyed the instructors: Christopher Miller and Andrew Noel, I felt they both complimented each other well and kept the class engaged and lifted up the energy whenever it was needed. I would def take another online course with Brainstation again, and would definitely recommend it to anyone who is a total newbie and curious or even someone who knows a bit and wants to get some feedback and better at what they do, they'll get to do that on the final project. Overall great experience!
Full disclosure: I was given complimentary access to this course in exchange for my honest opinions. - Tanya RiemannWebsite Strategist • Student • Design Thinking Online • OnlineVerified by LinkedInOct 25, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Enjoyed my learning experience
I have never done a true online learning course and I really enjoyed Design Thinking from BrainStation. It was a great deep dive into the topic along with a very practical assignment that carried through the entire 2 Sundays we were in class. I'm looking forward to brining this knowledge into my next job. - Monica MOperations Manager • Graduate • Product Management Course • TorontoVerified by LinkedInOct 23, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Product Management
The course content was rich, informative and very well structured for a fully remote learning program. The instructors brought professionalism and great industry insights, and I am grateful for their support and continuous feedback as we worked towards completing our individual projects. The instructors also have office hours that are flexible to the student's needs.
I would definitely recommend Brainstation to anyone interested in the trainings they offer. I would love to take ...The course content was rich, informative and very well structured for a fully remote learning program. The instructors brought professionalism and great industry insights, and I am grateful for their support and continuous feedback as we worked towards completing our individual projects. The instructors also have office hours that are flexible to the student's needs.
I would definitely recommend Brainstation to anyone interested in the trainings they offer. I would love to take another course in the future too!
- TanyaGIS Analyst • Graduate • Data Science Course • VancouverVerified by LinkedInOct 15, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Science short course
The course is very well planned and curated according to the current industry trends and needs. It covers all aspects of data science and builds a constructive logic and thinking mind working towards problem solving.
It does cover lot of concepts in a short span of time so lot of effort is also required from the studentso(new to data science) , to eagerly learn about new concepts and practice them.
For people who are already familiar with data science concepts, this course will be ...The course is very well planned and curated according to the current industry trends and needs. It covers all aspects of data science and builds a constructive logic and thinking mind working towards problem solving.
It does cover lot of concepts in a short span of time so lot of effort is also required from the studentso(new to data science) , to eagerly learn about new concepts and practice them.
For people who are already familiar with data science concepts, this course will be a good refresher to test your skills. - Salman HyderSystem Administrator / IT Manager at ACCE International • Student • Python • OnlineVerified by LinkedInOct 14, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Python Programming
Great course, learned a lot about Python that I can apply to real-life situations. I believe this course will prepare me for future endeavors. Saif and Sharon did a great job keeping the class engaged through such a tough time, a global pandemic. I am looking forward to the Data Science course next at BrainStation. - KanjoStudent • Data Analytics Course • TorontoVerified by LinkedInOct 07, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Analytics
I had an interesting experience with BrainStation while completing the Data Analytics course. The cohort was lively and always engaged with the instructors. The instructors themselves were very easy to approach and happy to provide feedback and were both clearly very excited about their students' learning experience.
As a full-time professional aiming to further my career I have had a lot of experience with online learning and so I feel confident in saying the experience at Brain...I had an interesting experience with BrainStation while completing the Data Analytics course. The cohort was lively and always engaged with the instructors. The instructors themselves were very easy to approach and happy to provide feedback and were both clearly very excited about their students' learning experience.
As a full-time professional aiming to further my career I have had a lot of experience with online learning and so I feel confident in saying the experience at BrainStation is unique. The program is geared towards getting the best out of the online sessions and making learning and the instructors as accessible as possible with instructors hours outside of the regular class session and a team of instructors who are always looking to help.
In addition, learning at BrainStation is also an opportunity to network with like-minded professionals and the occasional student looking to make a change in their careers. All in all it was definitely a positive experience which I would gladly recommend to friends and family. #BrainStation - Alex JordanProduct Manager • Data Science Course Online • OnlineVerified by LinkedInOct 03, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Great data science course for professionals looking to improve their skills
- Uncover New Insights From Data sets
- In this Data Science course, use leading methods, including categorization and regression, to analyze large data sets and generate information from disparate data.
- Make Data-Driven Predictions
- Learn data science fundamentals to build categorical and numerical models that can predict results before they happen.
- Generate Striking Data Visualization
- Effectively communicate the results of you...
- Uncover New Insights From Data sets
- In this Data Science course, use leading methods, including categorization and regression, to analyze large data sets and generate information from disparate data.
- Make Data-Driven Predictions
- Learn data science fundamentals to build categorical and numerical models that can predict results before they happen.
- Generate Striking Data Visualization
- Effectively communicate the results of your analysis by building powerful data science visualizations in Python Packages.
I took these from the course description because it is super accurate and reflects what I feel that I got out of the course. I wanted to upskill in an area of my job that is becoming more and more relevant in my professional career. - Uncover New Insights From Data sets
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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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FAQs
How much does BrainStation cost?
BrainStation costs around $16,500. On the lower end, some BrainStation courses like Social Media Marketing Course cost $2,450.
What courses does BrainStation teach?
BrainStation offers courses like Artificial Intelligence Course Online, Cybersecurity Bootcamp Online, Cybersecurity Course Online, Data Analytics Course and 29 more.
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. 2,281 BrainStation alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed BrainStation on Course Report - you should start there!
Is BrainStation legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 2,281 BrainStation alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed BrainStation and rate their overall experience a 4.67 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 2,281 reviews of BrainStation on Course Report! BrainStation alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed BrainStation and rate their overall experience a 4.67 out of 5.
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PBSS - New York, United States, CIE - Florida, United States, PCC - Ontario, Canada, PTIB - British Columbia, Canada