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Israel Tech Challenge
Founded in 2015

Israel Tech Challenge (ITC) opens the door for talented professionals from Israel and the Jewish
Diaspora to excel their careers in technology while focusing on the most in-demand skills in global
tech: Data Science, Computer Vision/NLP, Design Verification, Cyber Security and Web
Development. ITC offers its participants both training and job placement in top tech companies,
along with strong networking in the Israeli tech community. To date, the company has introduced
over 500 graduates to the Israeli hi-tech industry.

Vision & Mission
Israel Tech Challenge aspires to train masses of talented individuals from Israel and abroad in the
most needed tech specialties and place them in leading tech companies, in order to supply a long
term solution to the severe shortage of human capital in the Israeli hi-tech industry.
ITC is realizing this vision through two main training platforms: The flagship “Fellows” program which
is intended for excellent STEM graduates with previous experience in coding who aspire to elevate
their tech career, and the “Coding Bootcamp” program which is aimed at promising university
graduates without a technological background who wish to enter the tech world as junior
developers.
Through bringing hundreds of people each year to its campus in southern TLV, ITC strives to
become a hub of technology, education and innovation, where people from around the world can
create a strong network and community which will promote the Israeli tech ecosystem and
strengthen Israel’s status as the “Start-Up Nation”.

Programs
The 2017-2018 programs served over 100 carefully-selected participants from thousands of
applicants.
Over 80% of the participants in the main training programs chose to stay in Israel post-program and
work in the Israeli tech industry under long-term contracts.
Each program brings together highly-skilled participants (hand-chosen from leading universities in
Israel and from around the world such as MIT, Stanford, NYU, McGill, Cambridge, Sorbonne,
Technion and more) for professional development through tailored curriculum.
The careful formula that ITC uses empowers each alumnus to meaningfully impact the ecosystem,
accelerate the Israeli technology industry, and progress Israel’s international reputation from the
moment they begin their journey.
“Fellows” program: The flagship program of ITC is a heavily subsidized 10-month professional
opportunity for exceptional STEM graduates from leading universities. The participants who get
accepted to the program after a rigorous screening process are required to have a strong
mathematical background and previous experience in coding. The program, in cooperation with
Masa, focuses in the first 5 months on elite Data Science/Design Verification/Cyber Security training
and in the final 5 months includes a paid internship in leading high-tech and start-up companies
such as: Intel, CheckPoint, PayPal, Mobileye, IBM, Outbrain and more.
ITC Coding Bootcamp: An intensive program for tech savvy individuals who want to launch a new
career as programmers in Israel. The Bootcamp offers a 5-month training in full-stack web
development, which includes full day classroom training and an internship in a tech company.
Graduates work in the Israeli hi-tech industry in junior development positions, in leading companies
such as Taboola, Trax, Radiflow and more.
ITC Internship Program: A Summer Internship designed for top-of-the-class, excellent and driven
Computer Science/Software Engineering students in their 2nd or 3rd year of school.

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