Solana School: Fall Class Starts August 31 — Seven Weeks to Demo Day
Solana announces the Solana School Fall Class: a seven-week hands-on program with three sessions per week, guest lectures, and open DevRel office hours — from August 31 to October 16, with a demo day oriented toward Colosseum. Applications open.
What Happened
Solana has announced the Fall Class of Solana School: a seven-week hands-on program running August 31 to October 16, 2026. The rhythm: three sessions per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1.5 hours each), plus guest lectures, open office hours with the Foundation’s DevRel team, and programs shipped weekly. It closes with a demo day oriented toward the next Colosseum cycle. Applications are open.
What the Program Is
Solana School is the structured entry path into Solana development — hands-on rather than lecture-style: actual code ships every week. The demo day orientation makes the pipeline explicit: the class is meant to feed directly into the always-on Colosseum hackathon.
For builders in the DACH region, the format is accessible without relocation or visa — three fixed online sessions per week across seven weeks. For an even flatter entry: Solana Mobile recently published its Seeker dev guide without a device.
Note: This is reporting, not investment advice.
What to Watch
- How many participants get accepted and how selective applications are
- What the demo day produces — and how many projects carry over into the Colosseum cycle
Sources
- Solana Devs — Announcement on X
- SOLANA·HUB news: Colosseum Eternal · Seeker dev guide