HultDeveloper Program

CS for Business · Summer Pilot 2026

What is this program?

A six-week, for-credit pilot where you build real software on GitHub. Peers review your work; external users and maintainers judge the final sprint. Everything leaves a public trail employers can inspect.

Offered within the Hult Computer Science for Business undergraduate degree. Tuition and academic policies follow your degree enrollment—not a separate commercial cohort product.

Sixteen weeks at a glance

Week 1Onboarding

Tooling, GitHub workflow, first merged PR in the cohort repo.

Weeks 2–4Phase 1

Three platforms: PM, comms, showcase. Same build → review → vote loop each time.

Week 5Unification

Winning builds merge into one cohort stack.

Week 6Phase 2

Learning app, venture package, and open-source contribution in the final sprint.

Phase 1 repeats this loop

Three internal products (PM platform, comms, showcase). Each project uses the same cycle:

1

Build & deploy

Merge a submission PR with your production app.

2

Review every peer

File a GitHub issue on each repo; paste the link on the platform.

3

Private vote

After your written review, cast 👍 or 👎 (not public).

4

Operate the winner

Most 👍 runs the cohort platform; everyone else contributes via PRs.

What you need

  • You need both: register for the course through Hult, and complete platform onboarding (apply, take-home, staff approval) to unlock project pages and submissions.
  • Cursor and Claude Code are required from week 1 (~$400/month combined). Your work is public on GitHub.

Quick answers

How is it graded?
Pass/fail on published program criteria—no letter grades on the platform. See your course syllabus for credit.
Do I need GitHub experience?
You should be comfortable with repos and PRs by week 2. Week 1 onboarding covers cohort workflow.
Can I use the platform without registering for the course?
No. Dual enrollment: Hult course registration plus platform apply/admit.