BrainStation
BrainStation is a global digital skills training and workforce transformation provider that offers bootcamps and courses in data, design, development, digital marketing, product, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and leadership both online and at state-of-the-art campuses in New York, London, Miami, Toronto, and Vancouver. Established in 2012, BrainStation has worked with over 500 instructors from the most innovative brands to develop cutting-edge, real-world digital education. Whether students are looking for career transformation or professional development, BrainStation has a learning option, with full-time diploma programs, part-time certificate courses, and specialized skills training.
BrainStation’s courses and bootcamps offer a collaborative, project-based learning experience, with regularly updated curriculum to ensure professionals gain the most relevant skills in their field. The class structure combines engaging, live instruction with interactive sessions and a hands-on, project-based curriculum. BrainStation also provides a variety of flexible learning options, including a proprietary online classroom and learning environment. This environment lets students attend live lectures, collaborate with fellow professionals, and receive immediate, real-time feedback from instructors – from anywhere in the world.
BrainStation has trained more than 30,000 alumni in over 100 countries across the world. BrainStation’s bootcamps offer personalized career services, including career coaching to help learners meet their career goals. Networking and career-oriented events are also available at BrainStation.
2,294 BrainStation Reviews
AnonymousGraduate • User Experience Design Course • VancouverAug 21, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/AGreat network of people!
I took an introductory UX design course with Brainstation and coming from a completely unrelated background (I work in finance) it was easy to follow and a lot of fun!
The course was in a small group setting and encouraged a lot of interaction between classmates. It was incredibly helpful to hear unique experiences and meet people from various backgrounds that I wouldn't have otherwise gotten the chance to meet. The content was valuable and gave me access to tools I wouldn't have ...I took an introductory UX design course with Brainstation and coming from a completely unrelated background (I work in finance) it was easy to follow and a lot of fun!
The course was in a small group setting and encouraged a lot of interaction between classmates. It was incredibly helpful to hear unique experiences and meet people from various backgrounds that I wouldn't have otherwise gotten the chance to meet. The content was valuable and gave me access to tools I wouldn't have otherwise discovered on my own. Although I took the course more for fun and wasn't considering a full on career change, I feel equipped with the right resources should I want to pursue something in UX/UI. Brainstation instructors were also great overall - they were friendly and always welcomed constructive, honest feedback.
Highly recommend!- AnonymousGraduate • User Experience Design Course Online • OnlineAug 21, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Pretty Average
Great little program to add to your resume but not if that’s what you want to do for your career. I knew that going in but a lot of students would take hours of class time just asking career questions and I felt time could have been used more appropriately to actually learn about the content at hand. I just feel like we could have learned more if time in class was used better. The structure wasn’t always clear at times either and could have been better. Prompt feedback on projects would ...Great little program to add to your resume but not if that’s what you want to do for your career. I knew that going in but a lot of students would take hours of class time just asking career questions and I felt time could have been used more appropriately to actually learn about the content at hand. I just feel like we could have learned more if time in class was used better. The structure wasn’t always clear at times either and could have been better. Prompt feedback on projects would have been nice too instead of waiting a week to find out that you have to redo everything you’ve been working on. I honestly feel like if the class size was smaller, it could have been a lot better. - AnonymousStudent • Full-Time Web Development Bootcamp Online • OnlineAug 06, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Do not enroll
Disorganized programs. Disorganized administration. TA's that don't have much knowledge of programming, but are highly opinionated about the industry when they have no experience in it. Instructors play favourites, and only help students that they like, and give one word answers or brush off completely the other ones. Save yourself the money and watch youtube videos to learn the same things or enrol in an actual college. There are claims in teaching "industry best practices" which is no...Disorganized programs. Disorganized administration. TA's that don't have much knowledge of programming, but are highly opinionated about the industry when they have no experience in it. Instructors play favourites, and only help students that they like, and give one word answers or brush off completely the other ones. Save yourself the money and watch youtube videos to learn the same things or enrol in an actual college. There are claims in teaching "industry best practices" which is not entirely true. The instructor's behaviour is discriminatory. Example: I told him one teammate took credit for work I did and didn't let me present it, and he didn't even response.
There were git commit history proving this. Now that person is hired as a TA. Which brings me back to my first point about TAs. They are the ones that are teacher's pets. But don't have actual knowledge, only repeat what they are told, and take credit on other people's work. DO NOT enrol in this program. You are better off enrolling in a college or university. Or even watching youtube tutorials. - AnonymousCivil Engineer • Graduate • Data Analytics Course Online • OnlineJul 24, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Data Analytics
Help to improve data analysis skills - AnonymousCommunications and Events Coordinator • Student • User Experience Design Course • TorontoJun 27, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Design Certificate Course
If you are already a designer and proficient with adobe products, I think this will be a good course for you. They mainly teach theory and UX ideas, and jumping in with your design skills will be perfect. If you are not a designer or proficient in adobe products, you might have a hard time, I suggest brushing up on your design skils first before taking this course. The instructors are also great and have the industry knowledge to share in class. - AnonymousDigital Marketing Freelance • Graduate • Digital Marketing Course • New York CityJun 25, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Excel with the Experienced
I would really recommend BrainStation. The best learning experience I have has to date. As an adult who is making a career change, I was introduced to BrainStation as an option to take courses online. I learnt more than I expected and our instructors were phenomenal. They allow you to learn cutting-edge techniques that the instructors have so much experience with while working in the field. You get to learn the most in-demand concepts, skills, and tools. You gain Hands-On Experienc...I would really recommend BrainStation. The best learning experience I have has to date. As an adult who is making a career change, I was introduced to BrainStation as an option to take courses online. I learnt more than I expected and our instructors were phenomenal. They allow you to learn cutting-edge techniques that the instructors have so much experience with while working in the field. You get to learn the most in-demand concepts, skills, and tools. You gain Hands-On Experience and work on projects in a collaborative setting (both online or in class sessions) to apply current concepts and techniques and develop your skills. The Digital Marketing course included topics like:
Brand Strategy
Social Media
Analytics
Search Marketing
Email Marketing
I would really recommend it for anyone who is busy with life, but still wants to learn something new or like many of my peers who took it as a refresher course. Things are always changing in Marketing so this is really an excellent opportunity for anyone.
- AnonymousStudentMay 15, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
UI Design
Here are my thoughts on the UI course at BrainStation
- Extremely thorough
- You get what you put it in: Even at a minimum you're walking away with a nicely designed, working prototype to add to your portfolio. At a maximum you've fully designed an app with interaction design.
- Instructors are well versed in the field and high-quality educators
- I encourage students to take more time brainstorming together -- everyone had such great ideas!
- I would ...Here are my thoughts on the UI course at BrainStation
- Extremely thorough
- You get what you put it in: Even at a minimum you're walking away with a nicely designed, working prototype to add to your portfolio. At a maximum you've fully designed an app with interaction design.
- Instructors are well versed in the field and high-quality educators
- I encourage students to take more time brainstorming together -- everyone had such great ideas!
- I would have liked there to be a little more design training (colours, ratios, fonts, etc. They do cover this, but I imagine there's so much more!
- Would definitely recommend as an extra tool for your professional belt. - AnonymousStudent • Data Analytics Course • TorontoApr 27, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Highly recommend this course
I started the course in-person at BrainStation before Covid-19 hit and the experience was great. I was worried it wasn't going to be the same online but it ended up being better than anticipated and I'd of actually preferred the whole course to be done online! The Instructors were always more than happy to help us over Zoom calls and kept in touch on Slack if we had any questions. Especially during this virus crisis, having an exceptional online course to take is extremely useful and I m...I started the course in-person at BrainStation before Covid-19 hit and the experience was great. I was worried it wasn't going to be the same online but it ended up being better than anticipated and I'd of actually preferred the whole course to be done online! The Instructors were always more than happy to help us over Zoom calls and kept in touch on Slack if we had any questions. Especially during this virus crisis, having an exceptional online course to take is extremely useful and I might even take one again soon from BrainStation. - AnonymousGraduate • Product Management Course • TorontoMar 26, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
Great but No grad help.
The class was twice a week for a month, weekdays from 6:30 - 9:30. Many days we went over as the teachers Khalid and Maliha were explaining concepts and answering questions, but never felt rushed.
Well composed and informative, however, fairly entry-level set of knowledge, which worked well for me as that's what I was looking for.
No support from Brainstation after completion for help with resume update or interview preparations. - AnonymousStudent • User Experience Design Course • New York CityMar 04, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
Part-time UX Design at Brain station in Vancouver
I took the part-time class for UX Design at Brain Station in Vancouver in February 2020. I really liked the class. The knowledge from the 2 teachers was priceless as they work currently in the industry. I would have loved to have more teaching of some softwares that are useful to complete the course (and to work in the industry in general), so it's best to learn some of the tools before hand like Sketch, etc... but I would not hesitate to take another class with Brainstation because of ...I took the part-time class for UX Design at Brain Station in Vancouver in February 2020. I really liked the class. The knowledge from the 2 teachers was priceless as they work currently in the industry. I would have loved to have more teaching of some softwares that are useful to complete the course (and to work in the industry in general), so it's best to learn some of the tools before hand like Sketch, etc... but I would not hesitate to take another class with Brainstation because of the wealth of information you get from the teachers. - AnonymousStudent • User Experience Design Course • New York CityFeb 28, 2020Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob AssistanceN/A
UX Design
Instructors were great, always available for help. I think it was even more helpful since they were both currently working in the field. - AnonymousUX product designer • Graduate • User Experience Design Bootcamp • TorontoDec 23, 2019Overall ExperienceInstructorsCurriculumJob Assistance
UX Design and Research
The instructors are amazing and are very informative. While there were struggles throughout the course, most came becuase creativity and design can be subjective. I feel like it was handled pretty well with the most often phrase uttered being " Embrace Ambiguity" which at first was very fustrating but over time became a rule to follow. While the lessons taught were simple enough, what BrainStation does diffrent is force you to immediatly apply those lessons which for me was amazing. On to...
The instructors are amazing and are very informative. While there were struggles throughout the course, most came becuase creativity and design can be subjective. I feel like it was handled pretty well with the most often phrase uttered being " Embrace Ambiguity" which at first was very fustrating but over time became a rule to follow. While the lessons taught were simple enough, what BrainStation does diffrent is force you to immediatly apply those lessons which for me was amazing. On top of that Brainstation Does an amazing job getting you actually experience. Things like brainstation 3d and a sprint that we ran with BMO was an awesome experince. While I wish more of the course had these moments where we did something similar to industry i was very content with the content. I think the worst part of this course is that fact that they dont teach html/css on top of sketch. Designers should learn to code, it makes them an asset.
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How much does BrainStation cost?
BrainStation costs around $16,500. On the lower end, some BrainStation courses like Social Media Marketing Course cost $2,450.
What courses does BrainStation teach?
BrainStation offers courses like Artificial Intelligence Course Online, Cybersecurity Bootcamp Online, Cybersecurity Course Online, Data Analytics Course and 29 more.
Where does BrainStation have campuses?
BrainStation has in-person campuses in London, Miami, New York City, Toronto, and Vancouver. BrainStation also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.
Is BrainStation worth it?
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Is BrainStation legit?
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Does BrainStation offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
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Is BrainStation accredited?
PBSS - New York, United States, CIE - Florida, United States, PCC - Ontario, Canada, PTIB - British Columbia, Canada