Code+ Program

Code+ Program

Code+ 2020

Putting Theory into Practice

Go beyond the classroom and build on your academic foundation with a Code+ summer experience at Duke’s Office of Information Technology. This program is in collaboration with Data+ and CS+.

Update March 30: Code+ will run as scheduled, from Tuesday, May 26 to Friday, July 31, 2020. We are currently taking steps to transition the program to a virtual setting. If you're a Code+ participant, the Code+ team will be in touch with you directly about plans to participate from wherever you're located. If you have questions or concerns, contact us at codeplus@duke.edu.

Program Details

Build your future with the Code+ Program!

What is Code+?

Code+ is a 10-week project-based summer program for Duke undergraduate students. The program offers students the opportunity to participate on a small project team where everyone works towards a common goal while sharing their knowledge and learning from IT professionals and faculty. The program emulates the successful Data+ program established in 2015 by iiD (the Information Initiative at Duke). A Code+ internship 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+ participants get hands-on experience with professional IT staff and work closely with Duke faculty from computer science, engineering, and other departments. As a Code+ team member, you'll develop technical skills and gain project management experience. Code+ students participate in defining the project and designing and developing a product or solution, all while learning and working with leading-edge innovative technologies and tools. Skills you may acquire include:

  • Mobile app development
  • Machine learning
  • Information integration
  • Natural language processing
  • User experience design
  • Front-end and back-end web app development

“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

Innovative Research

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Professional Development

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Latest Technologies

logos of various tools code+ interns may use

Summer 2018 Highlight: Park Duke App

The inaugural Code+ program put student interns in the driver's seat of a mobile application project. Six DTech Scholars built the prototype Park Duke app from scratch – taking it from concept to reality, while collaborating with experienced IT professionals. 

The 2018 Code+ program was a collaboration with Duke DTech Scholars, which sponsored the six Duke undergrads participation.