This is an exciting day for Udacity and our students. Today, we are
launching a job guarantee available to new enrollees of four of our
Nanodegree programs: Android Developer, iOS Developer, Machine Learning
Engineer, and Senior Web Developer. Our new “Nanodegree Plus” programs are
aimed squarely at finding you rewarding employment either in the tech
industry, or in a role that draws on your new-found technical skills. This
new program features enhanced services for job preparation and placement,
and our guarantee that you will either get a job within 6 months of
graduating, or receive a 100% tuition refund. We have done this to eliminate
cost as a blocker. Either we get you a job which makes you enough money to
get your tuition back, or we reimburse you.
So why are we doing this? At Udacity, we believe the ultimate objective of
your education is a job you love. By guaranteeing this, we hold ourselves to
the highest possible standard. You’ve made the commitment to advance your
career and improve your life. We will match this commitment step for step.
As you know, our curricula are already built by companies like Facebook,
Google, Amazon, AT&T, and many others. Now, we are prepared to guarantee
that the skills you learn will earn you a job.
Does this mean we will succeed? In the last year, we have quietly placed
students in new jobs. Some of our graduates work at companies including
Google, AT&T, Amazon, Nest, Goldman Sachs and others. Several of our
graduates work for us now as global mentors, graders, or contract engineers.
In addition, Google has invited our top graduates to their campus for an
all-expenses-paid summit, and AT&T has reserved 100 new jobs for Udacity
alumni. Based on our current placement data, we believe we can comfortably (
and proudly!) offer this sweeping new guarantee.
For the time being, this offer is limited to eligible students in the US,
although we hope to extend it to other countries and across other Nanodegree
programs in the near future. There is also some fine print here, like: you
have to help us find you a job. In order to make this guarantee, we have to
require certain things, but while certain terms and conditions do apply,
there are is no actual admissions process. If you want a job, and if you
have the determination to get a Nanodegree credential, then we will not rest
before we get you a great new job.