Code Institute Reviews 4,847

Enrolling in Code Institute’s Full Stack Software Developer Diploma course was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. As a newcomer to coding, I’ve learned an incredible amount in a structured and supportive environment.

The curriculum is designed with a hands-on approach, allowing me to apply what I learn through practical projects, which has greatly accelerated my understanding. The combination of well-structured modules, interactive challenges, and a strong support network makes this program an excellent choice for anyone looking to break into software development. Highly recommended!

Hackathon is an excellent experience to boost skills and Confidence

It would be better, to make sure that the people who decided to join the Hakathon working and putting some effort with the group they joined, unfortunately , the last group i joined, only two team member were working out of six.
It would be better if the organizers choose the Scrum master according to his qualification and experience, the last Hakathon i joined, the scrum master has just disappeared before submission.

The hackathon was very well organised and people in my group were super supportive - as it was my first hackathon experience, I found it a bit challenging but everyone was really kind, encouraging, and understanding.

The content was delivered in small enough chunks to be challenging and also doable each day.

I recently completed the Full Stack Software Developer diploma with Code Institute, and I would not hesitate to recommend this for anybody whether you're already experienced with software development, or like me are brand new to the industry! The course content was very clear to follow, and the support offered by the tutor team, mentors and your fellow students via slack was amazing. I'm also a neurodivergent student, and Code Institute were beyond incredible in supporting me when my disability caused me to struggle. I'm honestly so happy I chose this course to start my journey as a Developer!

It's good experience for anyone looking to strengthen coding skills. Get a nice badge for LinkedIn. Also get to connect with other coders and wider your network.

I recently took part in a Love.exe themed hackathon last week for a few days. It was great fun and great to get real world experience working in a team! It is great that Code Institute put on hackathons every month!

Code Institute Review: Outdated, Overpriced, and Useless

If you’re considering Code Institute, don’t waste your time or money. My experience with this program was one of the biggest disappointments of my life. The course is outdated, the support is terrible, and the diploma is useless when it comes to finding a job.

Outdated Material That Causes More Problems Than It Solves

The course material is years old, using outdated technologies and versions that no longer work with current models. This leads to endless issues where code doesn’t function as expected, and I was left confused, wasting hours trying to figure out problems caused by obsolete lessons. Instead of updating their content, Code Institute continues to sell a broken program that sets students up for failure.

Little to No Real Support

When I encountered issues (which was often due to the outdated content), I turned to tutoring sessions for help—only to be met with rude and unhelpful tutors. Some of them couldn’t even fix the problems themselves, wasting my entire session before telling me to wait another week for new tutoring hours to reset. How is a beginner supposed to solve problems if even the tutors don’t have answers?

Mentorship was no better. My mentor’s advice? Compare my code to his old project from three years ago, even though our projects had nothing in common. When he still couldn’t figure out why my code wasn’t working, I was forced to delete everything and start over, with no explanation of what went wrong.

A Rigged Assessment Process That Forces You to Pay More

The way Code Institute runs its assessments feels intentionally designed to make students fail so they have to pay for resets also if you don’t agree with the results well to bad because you can’t contest it. They market themselves as a job-ready coding bootcamp, but the reality is that the course doesn’t prepare you for real-world work at all. When I finished, I realized that I still didn’t have the skills needed to land a job.

Code Institute Cares About Money, Not Students

This company is profit-driven, not education-focused. They prioritize making money over actually helping students succeed. I wouldn’t trust them as my experience was nothing as it was advertised to me.

Final Verdict: Don’t Fall for the Hype

If you value your time, money, and mental health, avoid Code Institute at all costs. There are much better learning options out there with fairer assessments, better support, and up-to-date material. This program was a massive waste of money, and I strongly advise others to look elsewhere.

I'm a university graduate in Cameroon and I'm here in Germany for three years. I did Praktikum in taking care of cows and Austrich in Germany Prenzlau 5 montha

My sincere recommendation is to NEVER buy this course! The videos were recorded many years ago with irrelevant information and using old versions of libraries, which only creates a lot of problems. The material on the platform is hard to understand. Slack with thousands of channels is just a waste of time. And if you want to get help from technical mentors, you always have to answer a few questions to a chatbot. And if the answer is not comprehensive, you will be denied help. Sessions with a mentor are absolutely useless, because they don't help you with your code, they just tell you to Google it. On the platform, important information is presented in gray text, which is difficult to read. So it's better to use another course, because this one doesn't really aim to give you knowledge, but only to rip you off and not do their part in return.

My experience at the Code Institute was unbeatable. The course is very demanding but you can progress through the course at your own pace as long as you meet the project deadlines. At the end of the course you leave with 5 projects ready to put in your portfolio and show your work to recruiters and future employers. You also have to work well on the projects as they are personal (not in a team) and this forces you to focus and move forward even though you have the help of the Slack community, mentors and tutor. Something unique and interesting about the Code Institute is the possibility to participate in hackathons and meet new people in the projects you have to work on for 5 days and practice working in a group with tools like Github or using Agile. The possibility of doing a specialisation is something that I really enjoyed because it allowed me to develop my final project in an area in which I wanted to develop my skills more and go deeper in this area.

Very wrong, too basic and rude staff

It’s good for teaching you WHAT you should learn for the most part but terrible at actually teaching you the subjects. Video based learning but the videos are very basic and lack most information. Also, student support are useless and can take days to get back to you so if you are on a tight timescale with a project and need assistance you are basically doomed. Your mentors aren’t allowed to mentor you, only guide. They can’t tell you how to do things so you can’t actually get any help from a human being. You have to google anything you need help with. I regret forking out the 7.5k for this course along with some of my fellow students who all feel the same way. It’s fine if you live in Ireland and can do the course for free but DO NOT pay for it. I spent £30 on a course focused on css and learnt much more in those 4 days then I did after 3 months learning through Code Institute.

It was okay. I did the full 16 week course. Not just the 5 day course that others have mentioned.
I managed to get on the course for free as a job seeker, and I'm glad I did as if I had paid for it I would have been very disappointed.
The HTML and CSS modules were a really good, comprehensive and easy to understand teaching method. So when I first started it had high hopes that I would do really well on the course. However, when JavaScript was introduced it was a different story. I found it quite difficult to learn and for some reason the way they taught it differed greatly from the HTML and CSS sections.
The videos and questions were a bit all over the place. There were times when they would tell you to go and look at a previous chapter to remind yourself, but the resources weren't there. Then they would crop up again later on in later chapters. It was like they took a year long course and shaved it down to a 16 week course.
Once you got your head around the basics of JavaScript you were thrust head long into Python. Likewise again the teaching was really poor and frustrating. I think we ended up doing 2 weeks on python, and then onto Django for our final project.
I understand that there is limited time, but I feel it just wasn't enough time to learn even the basics of what was required.
Very little support from the mentors. My mentor was very likeable, but I felt she lacked knowledge and we were often told she would "look into it" and never got back to you. You were constantly told to go and use outside free resources for answers to questions. This is my issue with the course. You can find everything the course offers on the internet for free. In my case watching YouTube was more enlightening than anything the tutors taught us. The sessions with the experts were watching them make something, which was not only boring but didn't teach us anything.
There were some very good bits, however. The careers advice was pretty good, and for someone like me who has very little experience applying for jobs this was a really good part of the course. I now feel more confident in the jobs market, even if I have decided that the tech world is not my calling.
Coming out of the course it became pretty clear that the tech jobs are none existent in my area of the country, and a lot were based in London and Newcastle (I don't live near either).
I also would have preferred it if the careers advice was a bit more generic, as a lot was about how to get a tech job, something I am clearly not going to get.
Overall I'm pleased I completed it, but I didn't learn anything I couldn't have probably accessed for free ether on the internet or in the community.
Please save your money, and if you are offered a place for free then take it, but don't expect miracles and 3 months later I am still unemployed, but at least I've had a few interview where I've been close to securing a job.

Great course: progressive, well set out, good time scale, well described, helpful coach support.

Code Institute is a good learning institution, but they will NOT find you a job. The majority of students who took the Full Stack Development course have not yet found any roles, and most of the vacancies are not related to the skills taught in the course. This course might be suitable for young students just starting their careers, but I definitely would not recommend it for career changers.

Do not waste your time or money with this company. Ignore the glowing reviews, as they are likely paid or solicited. This organization is focused on making money rather than genuinely supporting students.

Their assessment process is designed to ensure you fail, forcing you to pay for resets at every opportunity. You are given a maximum of three attempts per project, and each reset requires an additional payment. With five projects in total, you could end up paying for up to 15 resets if they keep failing you for minor issues.

Even if you follow the mentors' instructions perfectly—documenting your code, providing screenshots, and conducting thorough manual and automated testing—they will still fail you. I personally had a project that worked perfectly, was documented with all the necessary evidence, and passed initial criteria. Yet, they failed it after claiming a functionality issue that clearly didn’t exist at the time of submission. They completely ignore their own teachings, leaving you powerless to defend your work.

This company thrives on taking advantage of students’ time, effort, and money. Their assessors are disconnected from what the mentors teach, and they refuse to take responsibility for issues that arise outside your control, such as code-breaking during the long wait for assessment results.

If you value your time, money, and mental health, avoid this program. There are far better options out there with fairer assessment processes and actual student support.

The 5-day coding challenge is fine but for the main course all videos are of low quality and for some of them you can not understand the subject completely and there is no one to ask. If you ask anything from them they will just say search it on Google. I don't recommend taking this course and paying £7000. put £7000 in your pocket and learn everything from Google and Youtube.