Make education accessible

The mission of OpenClassrooms is to make education accessible. We are a 100% online school helping thousands of learners all over the world develop their skills and progress in their careers.

OpenClassrooms has been a mission-driven company since 2018, in accordance with the French PACTE law, and earned B Corp certification in 2021.

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100% online, 100% job-ready

OpenClassrooms offers 600 free, open-access online courses to help you build future-ready skills (cybersecurity, data, design, systems and networks, and more).

It also offers over 50 training programs leading to high-demand careers, including more than 15 based in the United States, in areas such as data, AI, cybersecurity, low-code development, business, human resources, and early childhood education.

Our educational model is built around one key goal: helping students achieve employment by adapting to employer needs and real-world professional contexts:

  • Each student is supported by a mentor who is an expert in their field, helping them navigate all their scenario-based projects.

  • More than 2,000 mentors support our students, with 150 based in the United States.

  • Each student is also trained to use AI and becomes job-ready through real-world projects from the very first weeks.

Most OpenClassrooms programs lead to officially recognized credentials:

  • In the United States, accredited by WASC (Senior College and University Commission). Discover more about WASC accreditation.

  • In France, certified under the RNCP (Répertoire national des certifications professionnelles), the national registry of professional certifications.

  • In several African countries, recognized by CAMES (African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education), exclusively for the Ingénieur Responsable Pédagogique program.

OpenClassrooms creates and produces all of its educational content thanks to a team of instructional designers, industry experts, and a multimedia studio based in Paris equipped with cutting-edge technology.

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OpenClassrooms’ commitment

Pierre Dubuc and Mathieu Nebra

OpenClassrooms co-founders

“OpenClassrooms’ priority is employability. Our goal, and the measure of success we have set for ourselves, is to help 500,000 students each year find a job or advance in their careers.”

Our mission journey

  • 2026

  • 2025

  • 2024

    • B Corp certification renewed for three additional years, with a score of 117,4.
    • Publication of the fifth mission report.

  • 2023

  • 2022

    • Officially became a registered apprenticeship provider in the United States.
    • Publication of the 3rd Mission Report.

  • 2021

  • 2020

    • Amended bylaws to formally become a mission-driven company.
    • Programs became eligible for the French public training fund CPF (Compte personnel de formation)
    • Publication of the first mission report.

  • 2018

    • Became the first fully online apprenticeship training center in France.
    • Series B fundraising: $60M.

  • 2013

    • Two co-founders turned their first entrepreneurial project into OpenClassrooms, a 100% online school built on one mission: to make education accessible to all.

  • 1999

    • Pierre Dubuc and Mathieu Nebra met in 1999, sharing a passion for accessible education. They went on to found Site du Zéro, one of the first French forums dedicated to web development, which quickly grew into a reference community on the French web.

B Corp-certified company

As a B Corp-certified company️ since 2021, OpenClassrooms is proud to be part of a community of companies making a positive impact. It has been recognized for its governance and positive impact on its students.

OpenClassrooms went through its recertification process in 2024 with a remarkable impact score of 117.4, up 16% since its last certification in 2021, making it the highest-ranking education company of its size. View our B Corp certification

This commitment also reflects our approach to responsible innovation, privacy, and ethical AI.

B Corp is an international movement of 5,000 companies that have passed a rigorous certification process to demonstrate their positive impact on all their stakeholders.

117.4B Corp-certified companyOpenClassrooms’ scoreQualifies for B Corp certificationMedian score for ordinary businesses117.4

Our commitments to the environment

Any economic activity has an impact on the planet. In the traditional in-person learning system, a student emits an average of 1 tCO₂e per year. Read the study.

At OpenClassrooms, it’s 32 kg CO₂e, and we’re working on reducing that number.

Our carbon strategy is based on two key areas:

  • Measurement: We’ve implemented a monthly report of our emissions to treat the topic not as a retrospective picture of our past emissions but as something we budget and plan for, with a realistic and controlled approach.

  • Reduction: We currently have several initiatives within the company that will help us reduce our emissions. HR policies favoring sustainable transportation, website optimization, and lowering the resolution of some of our videos, to name a few.

Our commitments to diversity and inclusion

OpenClassrooms' mission is to make education accessible to everyone. One obstacle to accessibility is a lack of diversity, which creates cultural, economic, and social barriers to education and professional inclusion.

This is why we are committed to measuring the diversity of all our stakeholders and improving our practices to create an inclusive environment, for our employees, students, and mentors alike.

In 2022, we conducted two surveys on diversity and inclusion among our employees and 3,000 students, in order to improve the learning and working experience for everyone. Discover the results of these surveys.

Being accessible also means having a platform designed for everyone, including people with disabilities. We partially comply with WCAG 2.2 Level AA accessibility standards.
Discover our commitments to accessibility and inclusion.