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Upskill and land an internship with an
On Deck Company

Join the next generation of companies with incredible mentorship and opportunities to grow.

Learn the skills needed to land your first job at a startup

Enrolling from Universities for our coming cohorts.

Join the next generation of companies with incredible mentorship and opportunities to grow.

Learn the skills needed to land your first job at a startup

How it Works

For Students

Academy Members

Our students come from a wide range of different disciplines

Silicon Valley Program 2021

Preparing students during the winter to apply their skills during their spring and/or summer Silicon Valley internship experience.

Silicon Valley Program

Preparing students during the winter to apply their skills during their spring and/or summer Silicon Valley internship experience.

What is it?

The Silicon Valley Semester (SVS) is an off-campus study program for students interested in a semester-long experience in Silicon Valley, the global center for technological innovation and home to the most dynamic and exciting tech corporations and startups.  Our Fall and Spring experiences will focus primarily on these areas:

Part-Time Internship

Each student will take part in an experiential learning opportunity through a paid part-time, credit-bearing internship at a Bay Area company.

Silicon Valley-Based Courses

The program offers a unique course curriculum with a foundation in coursework well-aligned with Silicon Valley.

Networking and Career Development

SVS students will regularly meet ND alumni and industry leaders, attend career development workshops, and interact face-to-face with industry veterans and innovators who are eager to meet with our ambitious and top-tier student talent.

Subject Areas

Our students cover a broad range of topics that will help them develop the necessary skills for the workplace

Course Offerings

Our students take courses across, business, engineering and designing to upskill their learning and apply it on the job.
Take a look at the different tools and software students have learned to use in the past

Investing →

How to invest

Learn about the tips and tricks there is to investing

Development →

Front-end development

Learn Vercel, Next.js, react and node.js

Business →

Market Research

Analyze potential markets for developing startups

Design →

Illustrative & UI/UX Product Design

Design with Figma, Systemflow and TailwindCSS and use nocode tools such as Bubble and Adalo

Economics →

Business Unit Economics & Scale

Learn the business essentials of a company

Entrepeneurship →

Problem & Solution Hypothesis

Learn about scaling a startup

Testimonials

See what alumni say about their experience

As someone who is really passionate about coding and software, it was great to learn about the multiple tools that there are out there

Sebastian Gutierrez
Winter '20

Learning about the legal aspects of a Startup was very intriguing and interesting.

Jason Brown
Spring '21

I truly enjoyed learning about the multiple tools available to upscaling a Startup and apply them towards a real situation

Pablo Martinez-A
Spring '21

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