Coding and AI Classes for Adults, Netherlands

In short

Modern Age Coders teaches coding, data and AI live online to adults in the Netherlands. Most start with one of three goals: using AI tools and data confidently at work, automating repetitive tasks with Python, or moving into a technical career. Each learner is placed by what they can already do, in a group of five to ten at the same level or one to one, and every lesson is taught in English by a live teacher, in the evening or at the weekend. The first lesson is free; after that a group place is USD 100 a month and one-to-one lessons USD 150.

Start here

Three courses most Dutch adults begin with

One for the adult who does not code and wants to use data and AI well, one for the adult who wants to automate, one for the adult who wants to understand and build AI. Each opens its own page with syllabus, timetable and fee.

ADULT / 01

Data and AI Analytics for Non-Programmers

Spreadsheets, dashboards and AI assistants used with judgement, for adults who work with numbers but have never written code.

Open the syllabus →

Python Automation Course course thumbnail

ADULT / 02

Python and AI Automation

Scripts that take over the dull, repeated parts of a job: files, reports, web data and AI tools joined into something reliable.

Open the syllabus →

ADULT / 03

AI and Machine Learning Masterclass

The full machine learning route at an adult pace, for the learner who wants to know how these systems work and build them.

Open the syllabus →

AI at work

Four in ten Dutch workers use AI. Very few job adverts ask for it.

Both figures below come from the national statistics office, CBS. They measure different things, so they cannot be compared directly, but side by side they say something useful about where adult learning pays.

Adults, work and AI in the Netherlands, from two CBS publications
Measure	Figure	Source
Adults (18 and over) who used AI in the last three months, 2025	39 percent	CBS, 25 February 2026
People in paid work who use AI in their work, 2025	43 percent	CBS, 25 February 2026
Adults who used AI for education or training, 2025	10 percent	CBS, 25 February 2026
Online job adverts analysed, Q1 2018 to Q2 2024	7.5 million	CBS AI monitor, 27 February 2025
AI vacancies identified, after weighting	about 8,725	CBS AI monitor
AI vacancies as a share of all vacancies	between 0.05 and 0.13 percent	CBS AI monitor

The first three lines describe people. In 2025, 39 percent of Dutch adults had used AI in the previous three months, and 43 percent of people in paid work used it in their work. Only 10 percent of adults had used it for education or training.

The same survey recorded widespread unease: 62.5 percent worried about privacy risks, 69.5 percent about the spread of fake news, and 75.4 percent expected certain jobs to disappear. Using a tool while distrusting it is a strong argument for understanding it.

The last three lines describe job adverts. CBS analysed 7.5 million Dutch online adverts, supplied by Textkernel, and found about 8,725 asking for AI skills. Their number rose from 2018 to a peak at the start of 2022 and has since hovered around 430 a quarter. The most common roles were systems analysts, statistical and mathematical specialists and software developers, and the leading sectors were education, information and communication, and specialist business services.

Different measures, then, but the same direction: AI is entering ordinary work far faster than jobs that build it. For most adults the skills worth paying for are using AI with judgement, automating their own tasks and working with data. For the smaller group heading into technical work, the full route is below.

Sources: CBS, AI in de samenleving: ervaringen en opinies, 25 February 2026; CBS AI monitor 2024, chapter 6, 27 February 2025. Read 15 September 2026; figures quoted as published.

Who pays

Who pays when an adult learns to code in the Netherlands

Two public arrangements shape the answer for many adults here: a training budget that has ended, and a tax arrangement for international employees that is changing. Neither is ours to advise on, but both are worth knowing.

The STAP budget has closed

The STAP budget, a government subsidy that workers and job seekers could use for training, opened for the last time on Wednesday 15 November 2023, through the UWV portal. Its end was one of the cabinet's spending cuts that year, and the remaining money, more than 73 million euros, went to a new temporary scheme for individual training in sectors the government regards as crucial. For most adults learning to code, the cost is now their own or their employer's.

The 30 percent ruling is changing

Employers may pay qualifying employees from abroad up to 30 percent of their salary tax-free in 2024, 2025 and 2026. From 1 January 2027 that is expected to become at most 27 percent, and the salary norm rises from 46,107 euros to 50,436 euros, indexed each year; for employees under 30 with a master's degree, from 35,048 euros to 38,388 euros. We mention it because many of our adult learners are international professionals weighing their skills; we give no tax advice.

Employers often pay

With 43 percent of workers already using AI in their jobs, many employers are willing to fund training that makes that use safer and more productive. A short description of the course and its outcome is usually all a manager needs, and we can provide one after the free lesson.

For the adult paying personally, the numbers are simple: USD 100 a month for a group place, USD 150 for one to one, no contract for the year, and a free first lesson to find out whether it suits before anything is spent.

For the adult whose employer pays, the useful point is that the course can be aimed at a real task from work: the report that takes two days, the spreadsheet nobody trusts, the process that could be a script. That makes the case for funding easy to write.

Sources: Rijksoverheid, STAP-budget voor het laatst open, 13 November 2023; Ondernemersplein, vergoeding 30%-regeling expats wordt 27%. Read 15 September 2026. This is general information, not financial or tax advice.

What adults learn

Three paths, one starting lesson

Adults rarely want the same thing. The free lesson finds out which of these paths fits, and where on it to start.

Using AI and data well is the path most adults need first. It needs no programming: spreadsheets, dashboards and AI assistants, used with a clear sense of what each can be trusted with and what should never be typed into them. The page on AI classes for adults covers this ground in more detail.

Automating with Python comes next for many. A few months of Python is enough to turn a repeated weekly task into a script, and to understand what AI coding tools are doing when they write code for you.

Changing career is the longest path: Python, data, machine learning or software development, and a portfolio an employer can open. It is realistic at thirty, forty or fifty, and slower than advertisements suggest. AI and machine learning for working professionals and Java classes for adults go further into two of the routes.

The city academy pages, such as Amsterdam and The Hague, show how AI is being used and examined in Dutch workplaces and government.

The rungs for adults

From confident AI user to builder, one rung at a time

Adults can stop at whichever rung meets their goal. Most go further than they planned, because each rung makes the next one easier.

The route for adults, and the goal each rung serves
Rung	Typical goal	What the adult can do after it
1. AI and data literacy	Use tools well at work	Choose, check and safely use AI tools and spreadsheets
2. Python basics	Automate one task	Write scripts that handle files, data and simple reports
3. Data and automation	Save hours every week	Build reliable automations and trustworthy analyses
4. Machine learning or software	A new technical role	Build and evaluate models, apps or web systems
5. Portfolio	Show an employer	Keep public work that proves what you can do

Why adults should not skip the first rung

Even experienced professionals often use AI tools in ways that leak data or trust wrong answers. An hour or two on what these tools do with information pays for itself long before any code is written.

The complete order of subjects is on the coding roadmap.

Fitting it around work

Most adults take two lessons a week in the evening or at the weekend, and pause during busy periods at work without losing their place.

One-to-one lessons suit adults with irregular hours or a specific deadline, and are the only format for the Copilot Studio courses.

The catalogue

Ten live courses for adults, grouped by goal

Each card opens the full course page with timetable and fee. The free lesson, not this list, decides where an adult starts.

I

Use data and AI well

No programming needed

ADULT / USE / 01

Data and AI Analytics for Non-Programmers

Excel, Sheets, Power BI and AI assistants for people who work with numbers and want to trust them.

Open the syllabus

ADULT / USE / 02

Data Analysis Course

Excel, SQL, Python and business intelligence, for analysts who want their reports to hold up.

Open the syllabus

ADULT / USE / 03

AI Tools Mastery Course

ChatGPT, Claude and automation tools used for real work, with a clear view of their limits and of what stays private.

Open the syllabus

II

Automate with Python

Scripts that give back hours

ADULT / AUTO / 01

Python Masterclass

Python from zero to advanced at an adult pace, the base for automation, data and AI.

Open the syllabus

ADULT / AUTO / 02

Python and AI Automation

Scripting, web data and applied AI aimed at the tasks that eat the working week.

Open the syllabus

ADULT / AUTO / 03

MySQL Course

SQL and database design for adults whose work lives in tables, from first queries to real administration.

Open the syllabus

III

Build AI and software

For a new technical role

ADULT / BUILD / 01

AI and Machine Learning Masterclass

Machine learning from classical methods to deep learning, with evaluation and deployment treated seriously.

Open the syllabus

ADULT / BUILD / 02

Generative AI: LLMs, RAG and Agents

How language models work, how to ground them in your own documents and how to build agents with limits.

Open the syllabus

ADULT / BUILD / 03

Data Science Course

Statistics, SQL, modelling and a portfolio a hiring manager can assess, for adults moving into data roles.

Open the syllabus

ADULT / BUILD / 04

Full Stack Developer Course

React, Node.js and deployment basics, for adults changing career into software development.

Open the syllabus

How the classes run

Evenings and weekends, around a working week

Teachers work from India, which does not change its clocks, while the Netherlands moves between winter and summer time. That makes the gap four and a half hours in winter and three and a half in summer. For working adults, evenings and weekends are the usual choice, and the regular time is agreed at the free lesson.

Weekday evening

After work, Dutch time, arranged with the teacher. The most common choice for adults in full-time jobs.

Weekend morning

Saturday or Sunday. Popular with adults who want a calmer, longer session.

Daytime

For adults between jobs, on parental leave or working shifts, where a teacher is free.

A free first lesson

You work on a real task while the teacher sees how you approach it. By the end you both know the right starting point and path.

Groups of five to ten

Adults from several countries at the same level, often at similar points in their careers, which makes for good discussion.

One to one for flexibility

For irregular hours, a specific work project, a deadline, or the Copilot Studio courses, which are taught only one to one.

Your own work as material

Where it helps, lessons use a task from your job, so what you learn on Tuesday is useful on Wednesday.

In English

Lessons are in English, the language of programming tools and documentation, and a comfortable working language for most international professionals here.

A portfolio as you go

Everything you build goes into your own GitHub repository, a record you can show an employer.

Student work

What our students have built

Four projects our students published online, open to anyone. More are on the student labs page.

AI and ML

NutriLife

An AI nutrition coach that reads what you eat and works you toward a target.

by Bhavya · Open it

AI and ML

Misti

A chatbot that answers mathematics and programming questions, built and deployed by a student.

by Harshit · Open it

AI and ML

GuardianX

An assistant that helps a young person recognise unsafe situations online.

by Vivaan · Open it

Web app

SkyCast

A weather forecasting site with live conditions for any location.

by Krish

Fees

What it costs an adult

Monthly, in US dollars, at the same rates as in every other country outside India. No Dutch surcharge, no enrolment fee, no contract for the year. Copilot Studio courses are one to one only and use that rate.

Free first class

USD 0

no card required

A real lesson on a real task
Finds your path and level
No card or bank details

Book it

Group batch

USD 100

a month, billed in US dollars

Five to ten adults at one level
The same live teacher each week
Work reviewed every week
A certificate at the end

Start here

One to one

USD 150

a month, billed in US dollars

A teacher for you alone
Pace and content set by your goal
The only format for Copilot Studio

Enquire

What families say

Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews

Reviews as students posted them on Google. We do not write, edit or pay for any of them.

★★★★★

"The one step solution for my son. Modern Age Coders make learning coding so simple that kids love it. The teachers explain complex concepts clearly with practical exercises and interactive content."

Ria Mukherjee

Parent

★★★★★

"Modern Age Coders has been a game-changer for me. I struggled to grasp IT concepts and coding before joining, but their classes transformed everything. I can now confidently write complex programs with ease."

Samriddha Mondal

Student

★★★★★

"One of the most wonderful education centres out there. Education is not limited to school syllabus but focuses on skill development."

Vansh Agarwal

Student

★★★★★

"My child Dhairya is really enjoying the Modern Age Coders classes. This is his first online class and he eagerly looks forward to it. I can already see his improvement, and the teachers are very cooperative."

Sonam Oswal

Parent of Dhairya

★★★★★

"Modern Age Coders have wonderful teachers who teach in a clear, easy and practical way. The teacher boosts students' confidence and inspires them to learn without hesitation."

Sonu Goyal

Parent

★★★★★

"I highly recommend this computer coding class! The teachers are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about coding."

Ritu Kedia

Parent

Questions from adults in the Netherlands

What Dutch and international adults ask before starting

I use AI at work already. What would I learn?

How the tools work, when they are wrong, what should never go into them, and how to turn repeated tasks into reliable automations. CBS found that 43 percent of Dutch workers used AI at work in 2025; far fewer have been taught to use it well.

Is it too late to change career into tech?

No, but it takes longer than adverts suggest. Adults at thirty, forty or fifty do it, usually over one to two years of steady study alongside work, with a portfolio at the end.

Are there many AI jobs in the Netherlands?

Fewer than headlines imply. CBS found that adverts asking for AI skills made up between 0.05 and 0.13 percent of all Dutch vacancies from 2018 to mid-2024. AI skills are more often an advantage within existing jobs than a job title in themselves.

Can I still get the STAP budget?

No. The STAP budget opened for the last time on 15 November 2023. Most adults now pay themselves or ask their employer, and we can provide a course description to support that.

I am an international professional on the 30 percent ruling. Does this matter?

We give no tax advice, but the ruling is expected to change from 1 January 2027, to at most 27 percent with a higher salary norm. Many international professionals use that as a moment to strengthen their skills.

I have never written code. Where do I start?

With AI and data literacy, or directly with Python basics if you want to automate. The free lesson shows which fits.

Are lessons in Dutch?

No, in English, which suits most international professionals and is the language of the tools anyway.

What does it cost?

USD 100 a month for a group place, USD 150 a month for one-to-one lessons, billed in US dollars, with no joining fee and no annual contract. The first lesson is free.

When are lessons held?

Mostly weekday evenings and weekends, Dutch time. Teachers are four and a half hours ahead in winter and three and a half in summer.

What happens after I send the form?

We call you at a Dutch hour to arrange the free lesson. Nothing is charged and nothing is booked until you have taken that lesson and decided.

Elsewhere on this site

More for adults learning in the Netherlands

Pages that go deeper into a subject or a place.

AI classes for adults

The global page on learning AI as an adult.

AI and ML for working professionals

Machine learning for people already in work.

Java classes for adults

Java for adults heading into software development.

AI and Python Academy, Netherlands

The national academy page, from Python to building AI.

Coding classes for teens

For the teenagers in the family.

Coding classes for kids

For the youngest learners, aged 6 to 12.

Start here

Book your free first lesson

Leave your number and we will call at a Dutch hour. The first lesson is taught by a real teacher on a real task, and by the end you will know your path and your starting point.

Prefer to read first? See the full course list, how we teach, and the coding roadmap.

WhatsApp us · +91 91233 66161 · contact@modernagecoders.com

WhatsApp from a Dutch number is free and usually quickest. Our number is Indian; we have no office or premises in the Netherlands.

Three courses most Dutch adults begin with

Data and AI Analytics for Non-Programmers

Python and AI Automation

AI and Machine Learning Masterclass

Four in ten Dutch workers use AI. Very few job adverts ask for it.

Who pays when an adult learns to code in the Netherlands

The STAP budget has closed

The 30 percent ruling is changing

Employers often pay

Three paths, one starting lesson

From confident AI user to builder, one rung at a time

Why adults should not skip the first rung

Fitting it around work

Ten live courses for adults, grouped by goal

Use data and AI well

Data and AI Analytics for Non-Programmers

Data Analysis Course

AI Tools Mastery Course

Automate with Python

Python Masterclass

Python and AI Automation

MySQL Course

Build AI and software

AI and Machine Learning Masterclass

Generative AI: LLMs, RAG and Agents

Data Science Course

Full Stack Developer Course

Evenings and weekends, around a working week

A free first lesson

Groups of five to ten

One to one for flexibility

Your own work as material

In English

A portfolio as you go

What our students have built

NutriLife

Misti

GuardianX

SkyCast

What it costs an adult

Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews

What Dutch and international adults ask before starting

I use AI at work already. What would I learn?

Is it too late to change career into tech?

Are there many AI jobs in the Netherlands?

Can I still get the STAP budget?

I am an international professional on the 30 percent ruling. Does this matter?

I have never written code. Where do I start?

Are lessons in Dutch?

What does it cost?

When are lessons held?

What happens after I send the form?

More for adults learning in the Netherlands

AI classes for adults

AI and ML for working professionals

Java classes for adults

AI and Python Academy, Netherlands

Coding classes for teens

Coding classes for kids

Book your free first lesson

Keep exploring Modern Age Coders

Coding classes in nearby places

Learn more

Free resources

From the blog

Start here