"Code40 Summer School" is an academic initiative that takes place under the auspices of the Romanian National Commission for UNESCO, supported by Maxcode & Code40, in partnership with the Technical University of Delft - Holland, the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Microsoft Netherlands and Microsoft Romania.

Around 20 students from the Iasi Faculty of Computer Science are invited to work 40 days in a real IT system for a real client, under the guidance of a senior developer of Code40. The purpose is program is to fill the gap between the academic and business environment.

This year, "Code40 Summer School" has been nominated at Identity: Best of the best 2010 | World brand design contest/ С7 – Corporate Identity (Non-Commerce Organization) category and is now on the short-list.