The course design is cumulative, meaning that each day requires knowledge from the previous day. Thus, missing any days of the course makes it difficult to keep up. If you know you will miss some of the course, it would be best to apply next year instead. In case of emergencies, students can miss up to 2 days and still receive a certificate. All of the content is freely available online, so students missing just a few hours of the course may be able to catch up by viewing the lectures and lessons out of sync with their pod.

Review the full Course Attendance Policy.

In exceptional circumstances, individuals who cannot afford the reduced fee may apply for an additional hardship discount through the payment portal. This will take place after acceptance at the time of enrollment. All students will have to cover the processing fee, this fee is scaled to your local cost of living, just as the course fee is.

Please email nma@neuromatch.io and ask us to delete that application. You’ll be able to resubmit your application!

Yes. We define an undergraduate degree as a ~4-year program where all academic requirements for graduation are completed. In some fields and/or regions—such as medicine or engineering—degrees may be conferred only after mandatory industry internships, national licensing exams, or additional basic training periods, which serve as professional rather than academic requirements in most cases. If you’ve finished your coursework but are awaiting such steps, you’re still eligible to apply as a TA.

We’ve created a guide that walks TAs through accepting their offer and the several tax and payment forms they need to fill out. See our Teaching Assistant Payment Instructions.

We hire and commit to paying teaching assistants based on the number of students signed up for each course and are therefore not able to grant refunds to any students after matching occurs, usually in early June. You can read more about our refund policy here. If you have an emergency situation that you feel grants you exemption from this policy, you may complete this form for consideration. Decisions about refunds are made on a case-by-case basis and can’t be guaranteed past the deadline above.

The nonrefundable processing fee portion is not refundable.

No, you will need to reapply.

Yes, you can submit applications for both roles, but you will only be accepted for one.

No, students are not graded and we cannot supply grades.

That is up for your advisors at your university to determine. Many university graduate programs DO offer credit for these courses by demonstrating your certificate and showing the curriculum to them.

Available payment options differ by country, but Debit Card, Credit Card and Direct Bank Transfer are available in nearly all countries. Additional options include Google Pay, Apple Pay, WeChat Pay. We do not accept purchase orders or invoices from universities due to the complexity of university invoicing the relatively small amount of money for these transactions.

We offer 5 time slots to accommodate participants globally. You can see which time slot is best for you here. After you’ve been matched to your pod, you’ll be able to see your pods time slot in the portal.

The main language of instruction will be English, and all materials will be in English. In addition, many of our students will be grouped into pods where the TA and students all share another language. Language pods are subject to availability and cannot be guaranteed.

We use an algorithm [1, 2, 3] to place people in complementary groups based on common interests, time availability, seniority, and in many cases shared language. This will allow students to meet online at a time and context that is most convenient for them.

Nope!

Yes! Iranian residents can apply to be either a student or a TA. Since the founding of our courses in 2020, we have prioritized global inclusion and have received a sanctions exceptions for all our courses that allows us to run our course in Iran.

You have to complete your Profile in the upper right before you begin. There is also an email verification that you need to complete before your account is active.

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Yes, both students and TAs will receive a certificate of completion. Students must comply with our Attendance Policy. Certificates are in the Profile page of Portal, under Documents. Students and TAs must complete the end of course survey to access their certificate. If you choose to connect your Portal account to your ORCiD account, you can publish your certificate via ORCiD.