Product Design Fundamentals
Research, screens and a handover an engineer can build from.
Beginner · Online · Self-paced
₦150,000
Build skills you can prove to employers
Meridian prepares you for work in software, data, design and digital marketing through practical study around your job. Review the next intake and apply.
Practical training with accountable assessment
We teach people who are building a career while they work. Our instructors combine practical experience with structured teaching, and every programme produces assessed work you can show.
You see the criteria before you begin. A named assessor reviews your work against the published rubric and records the competencies it demonstrates, with evidence attached.
Founded in 2019, Meridian began as a Saturday class in Yaba for working adults changing direction. We still design learning around real schedules, with weekend cohort sessions, self-paced study and lessons that can be saved for offline reading.
When your work needs improvement, you receive feedback on each criterion and another opportunity to submit it. The assessment decision is explained and carries the assessor's name.
Choose the programme that fits your next step
Study software, data, design or digital marketing through a self-paced course or a taught cohort.
Digital Marketing Foundations
Free, self-paced, and enough to run a small campaign properly.
Beginner · Online · Self-paced
Free
Data Analytics with SQL and Power BI
Take a messy spreadsheet and turn it into an answer somebody will act on. Study at your own pace.
Beginner · Online · Self-paced
₦180,000
Full-Stack Software Engineering
Twelve weeks of evenings and Saturdays, building and shipping a web application you can show an employer.
Intermediate · Blended · Cohort-paced
₦382,500, was ₦450,000
A structured week that fits around work
Cohort learners meet on Saturday mornings in our Yaba studio or online from outside Lagos. Each session combines a focused demonstration with practical work, instructor support and a clear task to complete between sessions.
Apply for the next intake
Cohort places are limited and applications are reviewed before enrolment.
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Apply by 24 Oct, 10:00 am
₦382,500, was ₦450,000
Assessment you can inspect before you begin
Every project is marked by a named assessor against criteria published with the brief. You receive a mark and written reasons for each criterion, with further attempts available when the work is not yet at the required standard.
Experienced people teach and assess your work
Our instructors, assessors and mentors bring experience from engineering, data, design and learner support. Every assessment is signed by the person who made it.
Iyabo Ogundimu
Director
Founded Meridian in 2019 after a decade leading engineering teams. Runs the institute and approves self-paced project work.
Nnamdi Okonkwo
Head of Programmes and Admissions
Reads every application and keeps the calendar. Questions about a place, a fee or a start date come to Nnamdi.
Ozavize Adama
Lead Instructor, Software Engineering
Leads the Saturday sessions and the full-stack cohort, after six years building payment systems.
Ememobong Udo
Assessor, Software and Design
Marks project work against the published rubrics and writes the feedback you get on every criterion.
Suleiman Bala
Assessor, Data Analytics
Marks the SQL and Power BI projects, after eight years as an analyst in retail and logistics.
Hauwa Danjuma
Learner Mentor
Checks in with learners who fall behind, before it becomes a problem, and runs the catch-up clinics.
Evidence of learner outcomes
Our published outcomes are based on graduate follow-up and programme records, with each figure accompanied by its basis and period of measurement.
- In paid work within six months
- 78%
- 2025 graduates, 184 of 236 followed up
- Complete the programme they start
- 92%
- Across all cohort programmes in 2025
- Median starting salary
- ₦480k
- Self-reported, first role after completion
- Credentials earned with us
- 2
- Learners who finished a programme
- 2
- Competencies shown in assessed work
- 10
Where Meridian graduates and teams work
Employers that have hired Meridian graduates or sent their teams to train with us.
What learners and employers say
Learners describe how assessed work, practical feedback and flexible study changed what they could demonstrate at work.
I had been teaching myself for two years and could not tell an employer what I actually knew. The assessed projects gave me something to show.
Chiamaka NwosuFront-end developer, 2025 cohort
The Saturday sessions meant I never had to leave my job. My assessor's feedback on the second project changed how I write SQL entirely.
Bashir LawalData analyst, 2025 cohort
My Skills Passport link went into my applications. Two interviewers opened it while I was sitting there.
Ovie AkpobomeDigital marketing, self-paced
The feedback on my research write-up was the most useful thing anyone has said about my work. I put my passport link in every application, and interviews started from my portfolio instead of my CV.
Tobi AdewaleProduct designer, self-paced
We booked the two-day cloud workshop for our engineering team. Each person's work was marked against a rubric we agreed in advance, so we knew exactly what the team could do afterwards.
Adaobi NnajiPeople lead, Okra Systems
See learning in practice
A look at studio sessions, critiques, demonstrations and the wider Meridian community.
Develop capability your team can demonstrate
We deliver short, assessed workshops for engineering, data and marketing teams at your office or in our studio. Agree the rubric with us in advance and see what each participant can do.
Questions before you apply
Do I need a degree or prior experience?
No. The application asks what you have done and why you want the place, and we review both. Some programmes recommend a starting point; the relevant programme page explains this.
How much time will I need each week?
Cohort programmes meet once a week on Saturday for ten weeks, with three-hour sessions and project work between them. Self-paced programmes have no fixed timetable, and each lesson indicates its usual duration.
What are the fees and how can I pay?
Each programme page shows its fee. Places are settled with one payment; instalments are not available. Some programmes are free.
What will I receive when I finish?
You receive a credential with a verification page and a Skills Passport you can publish and share. Both record the competencies you demonstrated and the work that provided the evidence.
What support is available if I fall behind?
Your instructor can review your progress and a learner mentor will contact you. Where the assignment uses a rubric, you can submit assessed work up to three times.
Can my employer pay for my place?
Yes. An employer can sponsor an individual place or book training for a whole team. Tell us who is paying when you apply and we will invoice them directly.
Can I study on my phone without using data?
Lessons can be saved in the app for offline reading. Videos are not stored on the phone, so watch them when you have Wi-Fi.
What is the refund policy?
Paid bootcamps have a full refund window of 14 days from payment. Paid self-paced programmes have a 30-day window, while free programmes have no payment to refund. Partial refunds are not available.
Where do the Saturday sessions take place?
They take place in our studio in Yaba, Lagos, from 10am to 1pm. Learners outside Lagos join the same session online.
Still have a question? Get in touch
Take the next step towards a verified skill set
Review the available intake and submit your application. The process takes about fifteen minutes, and you will hear back within a week.
Speak with admissions
Contact our admissions team with questions about a programme, payment or an application in progress.