🎯 Goals of the Qualifying Stage
The Qualifying Stage is designed for students who are motivated to build a career in IT and are interested in pathways that may lead to opportunities at EPAM. Its purpose is to confirm your technical foundation (Markdown, HTML/CSS, TypeScript/JavaScript/Git) and readiness for advanced training. Successful participants will move on to the Short Track (~3.5 months), which provides React or Angular practice, team project experience, and prepares you to be considered for recommendations to EPAM and other companies. More than 1000 RS School graduates have started their careers at EPAM, and around 24% of RS School mentors are EPAM employees.
Learning Pathway
1. Qualifying Stage Path
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Start: September 22, 2025.
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Duration: 8 weeks (7 weeks of assignments, ~1 week for interview preparation, then interviews).
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Content includes:
- Markdown
- HTML/CSS (layout)
- TypeScript/JavaScript/Git (combined block)
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Language: English only (assignments, communication, and interviews).
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Workload: 20+ hours per week.
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Communication happens in a separate Discord server: Qualifying Stage Discord.
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Eligibility: students must reside in Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Poland, Lithuania, or Turkey. At the moment, we do not automatically verify location, but interviews may require in-person attendance.
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After successful completion, students continue into the Short Track.
2. Short Track (after Qualifying Stage)
- Duration: ~3.5 months.
- Includes deeper TypeScript, introduction to React or Angular, and team assignments.
- Students can choose the framework (React or Angular), except that in Poland, Angular is the default option.
- By the end of February–March 2026, students will have RS School certificates and portfolio projects.
- Our community helps graduates strengthen their portfolio and, in many cases, provides recommendations to EPAM and other companies (around 24% of RS School mentors are EPAM employees).
