Your questions, answered

No to both. Our bootcamps are built specifically for career switchers with no computer-science background, and we assume you have never written a line of code on day one. If you are an absolute beginner, our Track Finder may suggest starting with the four-week Coding Foundations short course first, but plenty of people go straight into a bootcamp with no prior experience and do brilliantly.

A bootcamp is faster, more practical and built around getting hired rather than passing exams. A degree takes years and is broad; self-study is cheap but lonely and easy to abandon. Bytecraft gives you a structured path, live teaching from working practitioners, mentor code reviews, a cohort going through it with you, and career support aimed squarely at a job — in months, not years. It is the difference between learning to code and becoming employable.

The curriculum, capstone and career support are identical — only the pace differs. The full-time immersive runs Monday to Friday and is the fastest route, suited to people who can step away from work for a few months. The part-time bootcamp runs over two evenings and a Saturday across about seven months, so you keep your salary while you switch. Most Singapore career switchers choose part-time for exactly that reason.

Short courses start at S$650 and bootcamps from S$8,900, with the exact fee shown on each track page. We make the fee clearable: eligible Singaporeans can use SkillsFuture Credit, everyone can spread tuition over interest-free instalments, eligible career switchers can defer part of the bootcamp fee until they are hired, and many learners are sponsored by their employer. Our admissions team will walk you through which options apply to you.

Career support is the point, not an afterthought. Throughout your programme you get mock technical and behavioural interviews, portfolio reviews, salary coaching and demo days where you present your capstone to our Singapore hiring partners. We measure ourselves on graduates getting hired, not on certificates issued — though you get one of those too.

It is hybrid. Live classes run online so you can join from anywhere, while our Tanjong Pagar and one-north hubs host in-person labs, mentor sessions, study time and hiring days. You get the flexibility of online with the accountability and connection of being in a room with your cohort. Most learners use both.

Use the Bootcamp Track Finder on this site — tell it your background, your goal and whether you want full-time or part-time, and it recommends a track with an indicative duration and fee. Or book a call with admissions and we will talk it through honestly, including telling you if now is not the right time. We would rather place you in the right programme than simply sell you one.

Full-time bootcamps run roughly 10 to 14 weeks and are genuinely full-on — treat it like a job. Part-time bootcamps cover the same ground over about 24 to 28 weeks at two evenings plus a Saturday a week. Short courses are four to six weeks at around six hours a week. Whichever you pick, the people who get the most out of it are the ones who commit fully to the time they have chosen.

Your details and application information stay confidential and are processed under Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). We use them solely to assess your enquiry, application and enrolment and to support you through the programme — and are never resold or handed to outside parties without your consent.