#50000Chances -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 provided for 15,000 scholarships in each of 2019 and 2020; the application period for the third and final round of 15,000 tech scholarships is now open through the end of November 2021. Each year, ten percent of participants receive scholarships for in-depth courses.

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Press Release | Gütersloh, 10/25/2021

‘Boost Your Digital Knowledge’: Bertelsmann Promotes #50000chances Scholarship Initiative Again

Press Release | Gütersloh, 10/05/2021

50,000 Tech Talents: Bertelsmann Scholarship Program Enters Final Round

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50,000 chances: “Boost Your Digital Knowledge.”

In a new TV commercial, Bertelsmann is once again promoting its #50000chances upskilling initiative, which aims to provide people around the world with knowledge in future technologies.

Udacity Technology Scholarship Program

Applications Now Open for Round Three

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”).

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TV Spot 2020

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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.

TV Spots 2019

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TV spot with Thomas Rabe and Sebastian Thrun

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TV spot with Thomas Rabe and Laura Weil