Students are trained through peer-to-peer pedagogy , and project-based learning. Announced on March 26, , 42 was opened in Paris on July 15, , for the selection phase called La Piscine the swimming-pool.
On May 17, , 42 announced plans to open a second campus in Fremont, California. As of , campuses have been opened in over 30 countries. No diploma is required for applicants over 18 years of age. This training has since been renewed each year.
The first selection is made using a series of logic and memory tests on the institution's website intended to assess the students' abilities to learn computer science.
Under the eye of the educational team who scrutinizes all their actions from the "jar" office of the educational team using surveillance-based big data: where are the students sitting? With whom are their usually pairing? There are no lectures or practical work supervised by professors.
Students are free to organize their days to carry out the projects proposed by the teaching team. The establishment is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The training provided is intended to be inspired by the changes brought about by the Internet with a pedagogy qualified as " peer-to-peer ". Depending on the course chosen by the student, it delivers an RNCP title of level 6 or 7: a certificate recognized by the French State, but no diploma.
