StudyWithYou
Vocational registry
ISO 29993:2017 alignedOpen syllabus · 100 modulesSHA-256 cryptographic registryECTS-articulated outcomes60+ country nodesABET / IEEE outcome mappingWilmington, DE · Helsinki, FIVerified learner credentialsISO 29993:2017 alignedOpen syllabus · 100 modulesSHA-256 cryptographic registryECTS-articulated outcomes60+ country nodesABET / IEEE outcome mappingWilmington, DE · Helsinki, FIVerified learner credentials
Open registry · 60+ countries

Vocational learning, articulated to credit and careers.

StudyWithYou is an open vocational registry. Verified learning travels with the learner — into university credit and employer pipelines.

60+
Country nodes
100
Modules
10
Disciplines
Vocational learners in a bright atelier — welding, CNC, coding
Cohort 24 · Helsinki node
Mechatronics, Software & Civic Tech
Live
Standard
ISO 29993:2017 aligned
Registry
SHA-256 cryptographic ledger
Outcomes
ABET / IEEE mapped
Reach
60+ country nodes
Programs

Ten disciplines. One hundred modules. One open rubric.

Every module ships with a public capstone and transparent assessment. We don't list our internal catalogue here — the full module index lives inside the registry once you enroll.

  • Make
    Engineering & Manufacturing
    Mechatronics, CNC, robotics, materials, energy systems.
  • Code
    Software & Data
    Web, mobile, cloud, ML engineering, cybersecurity.
  • Care
    Health & Society
    Allied health, civic technology, education and care work.
  • Build
    Built Environment
    Construction tech, sustainable design, urban systems.
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Architect's notebook with hand-drawn module diagrams
Curriculum

Twelve disciplines. One hundred and twenty modules.

Ten technical disciplines and two pedagogic tracks. Each module runs sixty hours across nine months and ends in a public capstone. Aligned with ABET / IEEE learning outcomes.

Duration
9 months
Intensity
60 hours per module
Credential
Professional Certificate
Depth
BSc-level

Technical track

10 disciplines · 100 modules

Pedagogic track

2 disciplines · 20 modules · for educators

Honesty note: SWY issues a Professional Certificate aligned with ABET / IEEE learning outcomes. Where students wish to convert completed work into formal academic credit, articulation is handled on a case-by-case basis through partner institutions listed at /partners/universities.

Teacher Training · UNESCO ICT-CFT · TPACK · ISTE · CSTA

Professional BSc Certificate in Teaching ICT.

A teacher-education programme built on the TPACK model — Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge held in equal mastery — and benchmarked against the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers, the ISTE Standards for Educators and the CSTA K–12 Computer Science Standards. Five mastery modules give the student-teacher subject depth far beyond the secondary curriculum, the pedagogic craft to teach it, and the technological fluency to lead a digital classroom — in any country, in any language, in any school system.

Level
Level 6
Duration
9 months
Credits
45 ECTS
Volume
680 h · 94 lessons

Built on the TPACK model — Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge held in equal mastery. Student-teachers acquire subject depth beyond the secondary curriculum, the pedagogic craft to teach it, and the technological fluency to lead a digital classroom anywhere in the world.

01

Computing Systems & Components

Months 1–2
Anchor: UNESCO ICT-CFT · Hardware & OS strand · 76 baseline hoursMastery: Expanded to 140 hours

Understand hardware architecture, OS internals and software classification at engineering depth — to troubleshoot labs and explain abstract concepts concretely.

02

Impacting Society with Digital Technology

Months 3–4
Anchor: UNESCO ICT-CFT · Digital Citizenship strand · 80 baseline hoursMastery: Expanded to 140 hours

Master information systems, AI, robotics and ethics to guide students through the societal role of IT.

03

Building ICT Systems

Months 5–6
Anchor: CSTA K–12 · Computing Systems & Networks · 116 baseline hoursMastery: Expanded to 160 hours

Become a proficient programmer and database designer to teach coding, algorithms and the SDLC effectively.

04

Communication, Networking & Security

Months 7–8
Anchor: CSTA K–12 · Networks & Cybersecurity · 77 baseline hoursMastery: Expanded to 140 hours

Configure networks, troubleshoot connectivity and secure systems — well enough to teach networking with confidence.

05

Practical Problem Solving & Capstone

Month 9
Anchor: ISTE Educator · Designer & Facilitator strand · 77 baseline hoursMastery: Expanded to 100 hours

Integrate all skills to solve complex real-world problems and manage ICT projects end-to-end.

Articulation note: this programme is benchmarked to UNESCO ICT-CFT (Knowledge Acquisition + Knowledge Deepening tiers), the TPACK framework, ISTE Educator Standards and CSTA K–12 Computer Science Standards, and is credited at Level 6 (45 ECTS) by SWY. Conversion into a national teaching diploma or BSc Ed. (ICT) is handled case-by-case with partner ministries and universities.

Industry capstone

12 weeks. Real sponsor. Public defence.

The BSc-depth track ends with a 12-week industry-sponsored project — replacing the old 100-hour capstone. Every learner ships a real system to a real sponsor and defends it before an external panel.

Duration
12 weeks
Sponsor type
SME · NGO · gov
Panel
3 assessors
Output
Shipped system
For sponsors: you get a vetted learner, an SWY tutor, and a working artefact at no cost beyond your time. In exchange you commit to weekly review calls and an honest acceptance review.
  1. Weeks 1–2

    Sponsor brief & scoping

    Learner is matched to an industry sponsor (start-up, NGO, public agency or SME). Joint scoping document signed by sponsor, learner and SWY tutor.

  2. Weeks 3–4

    Discovery & architecture

    User research, data audit, system architecture proposal. Architecture review with the sponsor's CTO or designated technical lead.

  3. Weeks 5–9

    Build sprints

    Three two-week sprints with public sprint reviews. Code shipped to a sponsor-controlled repository. Weekly demo to the cohort circle.

  4. Weeks 10–11

    Hardening & handover

    Security review, performance testing, documentation, runbooks. Sponsor sign-off on acceptance criteria.

  5. Week 12

    Public defence

    Defence before a panel of one academic, one industry and one SWY assessor. Public artefacts published to the learner's registry portfolio.

Required deliverables

  • Working system in a sponsor repo with > 70% test coverage
  • Architecture decision record (ADR) set
  • Security & data-protection review document
  • User manual and operational runbook
  • Sponsor letter of acceptance (template provided)
  • Public portfolio entry anchored to the SWY registry hash
Graduate · Spiral curriculum

Master’s in ICT Pedagogy & CS Leadership.

A 12-month spiral that revisits each core CSC topic at greater depth — technical theory, curriculum design, and educational research — culminating in a thesis and a public portfolio.

Level
Level 7
Duration
12 months (6-month taught spiral + 6-month Capstone Research Project)
Credits
60 ECTS
Volume
11 cycles · 29 units

Spiral curriculum. Each core CSC topic is revisited at greater depth across technical theory, curriculum design, and educational research — moving the student from 'how to do it' to 'why it works, how to research it, and how to teach it'.

BSc-depth
BSc — learns how to do it. Technical skill.
Master’s
M.Ed. — learns why it works, how to research it, and how to design it for others. Pedagogical and research leadership.
Capstone Research Project6 months · Months 7 → 12

Honest framing: a Master's-level research project, not a doctoral thesis. Six months of dedicated research with mid-project review, public defence and an external assessor.

Month 1

Spiral of CSC 1 & 2 — Applications, Software & Society

From 'using software' to 'analysing software ethics & system architecture'.

Month 2

Spiral of CSC 4 — Data Structures & Algorithms

From 'writing loops' to 'algorithmic complexity & computational theory'.

Month 3

Spiral of CSC 5 & 11 — Programming & Software Dev II

From 'coding in C/Pascal' to 'compiler design & software-engineering research'.

Month 4

Spiral of CSC 8 — Computer Organisation & Architecture

From 'logic gates' to 'processor design & parallel computing'.

Month 5

Spiral of CSC 9 — Networks & Security

From 'setting up LANs' to 'protocol analysis & cybersecurity forensics'.

Month 6

Spiral of CSC 10 — Database Systems

From 'MS Access tables' to 'big data, NoSQL & database administration'.

Month 7

Research methods & proposal scoping

Open the 6-month Capstone Research Project. Choose method, scope question, secure ethics approval.

Month 8

Literature review & curriculum-design artefact

Build the theoretical scaffolding. Produce a publishable design artefact alongside the research.

Months 9–10

Fieldwork & data collection

Run the study. Collect, code and clean the evidence base.

Month 11

Analysis & writing

Turn the dataset into a defensible thesis chapter set.

Month 12

Defence & professional portfolio

Public defence and registry-anchored portfolio.

Honesty note: SWY confers a Master’s-level professional credential (60 ECTS, Level 7 EQF-aligned). National recognition as a state Master’s degree is handled case-by-case with partner universities through the articulation registry.

Delivery model

The human layer behind the registry.

A great syllabus only works if real people are reachable, often. Here is the mentorship density and cohort architecture you get with every SWY cohort — published, not promised in a sales call.

Mentor-to-learner ratio
1 : 12
Industry-practising mentors
Cohort size (max)
24
Small enough for real feedback
Live office hours
6 h / wk
Twice weekly, two time zones
1:1 sessions / month
2
30-min career + technical reviews

Cohort circles

Six-learner circles meet weekly to peer-review code, lesson plans and capstone progress. Facilitated by a senior alum.

Mentor studios

Open async forum + weekly live studio with practising engineers, teachers and researchers. Mentors commit a minimum of 4 hours per cohort week.

Defence panels

Capstones and theses are defended before a panel that always includes one external assessor (university, ministry or industry).

Alumni network

Graduates remain in the registry; mentees can be matched to alumni working in their target country or sector.

Mentor hours and cohort sizes are contractually committed per cohort and audited at graduation. If a cohort fails to receive its committed hours, learners receive partial fee credit toward the next program.

Public rubrics

How we grade. In public.

Every SWY credential is assessed against the rubric below before it is anchored in the registry. Weights are fixed; level descriptors are public; defence panels apply them on the record.

Scope: 12-week sponsor-validated build (assessed at public defence).

Technical execution

Weight 30%

Architecture quality, code quality, test coverage, performance.

Level 1
Builds, but no tests; brittle architecture.
Level 2
Working system with partial tests and obvious bottlenecks.
Level 3
Tested (≥70% coverage), reviewed architecture, performant.
Level 4
Production-grade: tested, documented, observable, secure.

Sponsor outcome

Weight 25%

Did the sponsor sign acceptance? Was the brief delivered?

Level 1
Sponsor did not accept.
Level 2
Partial acceptance with major caveats.
Level 3
Acceptance with minor caveats.
Level 4
Full acceptance and explicit recommendation.

Engineering process

Weight 20%

Sprints, ADRs, code review, security review.

Level 1
Ad-hoc; no records.
Level 2
Some records; inconsistent reviews.
Level 3
Full sprint cadence with reviews and ADRs.
Level 4
Exemplary process; could be reused as a teaching artefact.

Defence quality

Weight 15%

Clarity, response to challenge, technical depth.

Level 1
Could not defend core decisions.
Level 2
Defended most decisions; gaps under questioning.
Level 3
Defended all decisions; coherent narrative.
Level 4
Distinction-level: led the panel through trade-offs.

Documentation & handover

Weight 10%

Runbook, user manual, ADRs, security review.

Level 1
Missing.
Level 2
Sparse.
Level 3
Complete and usable.
Level 4
Publishable as reference documentation.
Pass threshold is a weighted average of ≥ 2.5. Distinction is ≥ 3.5 with no criterion below 3. Every defence record is hashed and anchored in the registry.
Accreditation & honesty

We tell you exactly what our credentials mean.

Most online programs are vague about the line between alignment and accreditation. We publish ours. Read this before you enroll, sponsor a learner, or sign an articulation agreement.

What we are
  • An open vocational registry with cryptographically signed transcripts (SHA-256).
  • Mapped to ABET / IEEE / ACM 2020 outcomes and ECTS workload at the syllabus level.
  • Aligned with national frameworks where partners exist (MINESEC for Cameroon, with more to follow).
What we are not — yet
  • We are not regionally or nationally accredited as a degree-granting institution.
  • Our Master's and BSc-depth credentials are professional credentials, not state degrees.
  • ABET / IEEE alignment ≠ ABET accreditation. We do not claim accreditation we do not hold.
How recognition actually works
  • Articulation agreements with partner universities convert SWY credit to academic credit.
  • Each agreement publishes its conversion ratio and assessment mapping in the public registry.
  • Employer pathways are validated by the hiring partner, not asserted by us.
Verification: every SWY transcript carries a SHA-256 hash anchored in our public registry. Universities and employers can independently verify any credential without contacting us. Articulation agreements are listed by partner and effective date in the same registry.
Scholarship recipient holding a certificate in a bright hall
Scholarships

Subsidized cohorts, opened by node.

We coordinate subsidized intakes per country node. Status — Open, Cohort, Waitlist, Pilot — is published only to verified applicants so listings stay honest. Browse country availability inside the registry after you start.

Open
Cohort
Waitlist
Pilot
Partners

Universities and employers, kept in their own room.

External resources live on dedicated pages — not crowding the homepage. Each card opens a curated index with direct links to public admissions, careers, and apprenticeship portals.

Honesty note: external organizations are listed as public resources. We name an organization on those pages only when a verifiable partnership or articulation request exists.

Enrollment

Four steps from interest to articulation.

01
Discover

Browse programs and country nodes.

02
Apply

Submit identity and intent.

03
Place

We match you to a cohort and mentor.

04
Articulate

Verified outcome travels with you.

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Reserve a place in the next country cohort. We respond within five business days.