Build something real. Defend it yourself.
The Industry Readiness Program asks you to build one evolving project over four weeks, and to defend and adapt it in front of a practitioner panel — not just submit it and move on.
Solve, submit, defend, adapt.
Each week you build on the same project — extract, validate and reconcile, integrate, then operationalise — and bring it to a panel where you defend your decisions and adapt your work live, under questioning.
You should be able to explain your own work.
You can use whatever tools you'd use professionally, AI included. What matters is that you understand what you built well enough to change it when asked. The panel is designed to surface that, not to catch you out on technicalities.
Direct time with practitioners, not staff alone.
Across the four weeks you get direct individual time with a practitioner panel — defending your work and adapting it live — plus practitioner-led comparison against your peers' approaches each week. See the full evaluation model →
A portfolio artefact and a record of how you were evaluated.
You leave with a real, evolved project you can talk about, and a record of structured feedback across five dimensions: technical understanding, problem solving, implementation quality, communication, and adaptability. IRP does not promise placement — it is designed to make you readier for the conversations that lead to one.
Ask your institution about the Industry Readiness Program.
IRP runs through institutions, not as an individual sign-up. If your college or university isn't running it yet, point them to the Academy.