Code+ Program

Code+ Program

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Code+ 2023

Putting Theory Into Practice

Go beyond the classroom and build on your academic foundation with a Code+ summer coding experience at Duke’s Office of Information Technology. Code+ is one of Duke's "+Programs," along with Data+, CS+, and Climate+. For a taste of what Code+ offers, watch this video from the pilot year, 2018, and read this Duke Today article about the 2023 cohort.

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Code+ 2023 Recap

The Code+ 2023 cohort of 58 students participated on ten project teams throughout the 10-week program, building products and solutions to meet real-world challenges at Duke and in Durham. They presented their projects to stakeholders, sponsors, and other guests at the end of the program. Watch the videos of their presentations on YouTube.

Code+ could not succeed without the generous support of our industry partners. Read Transact's press release about their commitment to Code+.

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Fall 2023: Code+ 2022 FixIt Project Goes Live

A student team from the Code+ 2022 cohort undertook the FixIt project - an issue reporting app for Duke that consolidated issue reporting across campus. The product they built is going into production this fall (2023). Read the story.

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Coding Goes Global: How One Duke Student Took His Skills Home to Ghana

Read this Duke Today feature about how Code+ 2021 student Nathaniel Wullar used his experience and overcame many obstacles to create a coding program in his native Ghana!

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Project Highlight: Code+ 2020 Project Making an Impact at Duke

What started as a project idea for a Code+ 2020 student team -- to build an application to address food insecuriy at Duke -- went into production in November 2021. The "Donate Food Points  to Food-Insecure Students" team built the application from scratch, and launched "Feed Every Devil," which is already making an impact on Duke students. Read the Duke Today article.  

Build your future with the Code+ program!

What is Code+?

Code+ is a 10-week project-based summer program for Duke University undergraduate students. It provides students with project- and team-based learning to prepare them for coveted industry internships the following summer. The program is committed to increasing equity, inclusion, and diversity in the technology talent pipeline, and is interested in attracting students from underrepresented communities, including first-generation college students. Code+ offers students the opportunity to participate on a small project team, sharing their knowledge and learning from IT professionals with the goal of addressing a real-world issue or challenge at Duke or beyond. The program emulates the successful Data+ program established in 2015 by iiD (the Information Initiative at Duke). A Code+ experience involves:

  • Working in an environment that combines academics and a professional work culture 
  • Contributing to projects that have intellectual merit and real-world impact
  • Applying skills to projects that are strategically significant to Duke
  • Dynamic team-based research and development
  • Learning from industry professionals

Why Code+?

Code+ is a unique summer opportunity. Unlike a traditional company internship where you may be assigned to a project or effort already in progress, Code+ provides an end-to-end experience, from project definition to requirements gathering to development of a product. As a participant, you'll also gain experience interfacing with IT professionals and project stakeholders, learning how to manage a project, and developing your presentation skills. Other skills you may acquire include:

  • Front-end and back-end web app development
  • Mobile app development
  • User experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design
  • Information integration
  • Machine learning
  • Natural language processing

“Thanks to the Code+, I discovered what I want to do after college. I found that front-end development perfectly combines my interest in visual arts and computer science.”

Carolyn Blumberg
Junior, Duke Computer Science

“Code+ is awesome because I get to see the actual results of the work I did this summer since our project directly impacts Duke students’ lives.”

Teresa Mao
Junior, Duke Computer Science

“I loved the Code+ program because of how much independence I had in creating my own code. I felt like a real mobile developer!”

MacKenzie Simpson
Junior, Duke Computer Science & Global Health

Meaningful Experience

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Professional Development

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Latest Technologies

Code+ tech and tools: Git, GitHub, PostreSQL, Python, Ruby, Rails, Shibboleth, React, Jupyter, Voila, HTML, CSS, JavaScript