Bertelsmann Awards 50,000 Scholarships to Udacity Online Academy

Under the motto #50000Chances, Bertelsmann is giving away a total of 50,000 scholarships over a period of three years, for Udacity courses in the areas of Cloud, Data and Artificial Intelligence. The goal: to empower as many people as possible to be successful in the digital world. The Udacity Technology Scholarship Program launched in 2019 with the first 15,000 scholarships; the application period for the 15,000 scholarships of the second round ended in November 2020.

Press Release from 09/21/2020

Bertelsmann Once Again Promotes the #50000Chances Scholarship Initiative: “You Are the Digital Future”

TV Spot

50,000 chances: “You are the digital future!”

The new TV spot for the scholarship initiative celebrates students from different countries and continents who have already successfully completed their Udacity courses.

Udacity Technology Scholarship Program

Applications Now Open for Round Two

Anyone interested in digital upskilling can apply for another Bertelsmann scholarship at Udacity and choose one of three main focus areas: Cloud (internet-based IT infrastructures), Data (analysis and interpretation of large volumes of data), or Artificial Intelligence (machine learning and intelligent algorithms).

About Udacity

Udacity, regarded as Silicon Valley’s own university, is a global lifelong learning platform. The company partners with leading tech companies to develop online training courses in an array of subjects from self-driving cars and AI to data science and digital marketing. Students can systematically prepare for jobs in the tech sector by acquiring job-specific certifications (“Nanodegrees”).

Podcast

Bertelsmann's Business Podcast - Creativity & Entrepreneurship: Episode 9 with Sebastian Thrun

A conversation about artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, and the Bertelsmann digital education initiative #50000Chances. Isabelle Körner speaks with Sebastian Thrun in episode nine of the Bertelsmann Business Podcast.

TV Spots 2019

TV spot with Thomas Rabe and Sebastian Thrun

TV spot with Thomas Rabe and Laura Weil