What is a Carpentries Workshop?

The Carpentries teaches workshops around the world on the foundational skills to work effectively and reproducibly with data and code. Our certified volunteer Instructors are trained in pedagogy and focus on creating a motivating and engaging environment for learners. Our workshops are inclusive and hands-on, empowering students to learn new skills and build confidence in using them in their work.

Because our workshops are taught around the world, we have a team of Regional Coordinators to help support the coordination of workshop activities. They are available to answer any questions or concerns you may have about our workshops or The Carpentries in general.

We encourage you to check out our upcoming and past workshops to see examples of how The Carpentries workshops are run.

Read our Workshops FAQ to learn more.

• Workshop Curriculum
• Organising a Workshop
• Core Requirements for a Workshop
• Workshop Cost
• Upcoming Workshops

* Learners count is estimated based on average workshop attendance of 25.

Workshop Curriculum

Organising a Workshop

The Carpentries offers two types of workshops: Centrally-Organised and Self-Organised.

Requesting a Centrally-Organised Workshop

Centrally-Organised workshops come with the full support of The Carpentries Workshop Administration team! These workshops are organised for a fee. The Regional Coordinator for your region will locate and coordinate instructors for the workshop. We want to ensure your workshop is successful. Therefore we ask that you request Centrally-Organised workshops at least 2-3 months before your desired workshop date. To learn more about the process for organising a workshop please review the Workshop Checklist.

Please be advised that a workshop will not be scheduled until it has been confirmed by the host and The Carpentries Workshop Administrator. Our workshops are organised based on the order the Workshop Request Form is received and finalized. 

Registration of Self-Organised Workshops

The Carpentries welcomes you to organise and run your own workshop. This means you are already connected with our certified Instructors and will work with them on all aspects of workshop organisation. When planning a Self-Organised workshop we ask that you complete the Self-Organised workshop notification form to notify us of your planned workshop so that we can add your workshop to our website, provide support (in the form of survey result links and AMI instances for Genomics workshops), and get instructors and helpers credit for the workshops they teach. To learn more about the process for organising a workshop please review the Workshop Checklist. Since you will be taking care of all the logistics, there is no administrative fee due to The Carpentries for running a Self-Organised workshop.

Remember, we want to know about any workshops you teach that use The Carpentries material! If you teach a workshop that is shorter or longer format, or mixes and matches from Lesson Programs, we are piloting tracking these workshops. You can register a Self-Organised workshop and it will be listed on The Carpentries webpage.

What are the requirements for a Carpentries workshop?

A Carpentries workshop must meet the following requirements:

• Teach a lesson program's core curriculum
• Have at least one certified instructor
• Must use The Carpentries curriculum
• Use The Carpentries surveys to get evaluations
• Abide by The Carpentries Code of Conduct.

What are the Core curricula for a Carpentries Workshop?

Workshop Cost

• The total cost of hosting a workshop includes both the Workshop Administration Fee and travel expenses for the instructors (for in-person workshops only).
• The administration fee is used to support staff time with this partnership. You will be provided with exceptional customer service and timely support from our Workshops and Instruction Team and Regional Coordinators.

The workshop fee is dependent on the purchasing organisation's geographic location, according to the World Bank's gross national income categorisation.

†Non-profit fees shown. For-profit organisation fees are 4x listed price.

Workshop Administration Financial Support

Financial support may be available for workshops that reach new or under-served communities. If you are interested in hosting a Centrally-Organised workshop and would like to request assistance covering the fee, please complete the Workshop Request Form. If financial support is awarded, the host will still be responsible for the instructor travel expenses.

Travel Expenses for Instructors

Contact Us

Someone in your region is waiting to speak to you about The Carpentries and/or to request a workshop! We invite you to contact your Regional Coordinator or request information about our workshops to start the conversation!

Upcoming workshops

Click on an individual event to learn more about that event, including contact information and registration instructions.

	Competence Center Digital Research (zedif) Jena Instructors: Cora Assmann, Sarah Boelter, Philipp Matthias Schäfer, Volker Schwartze, Christian Knüpfer, Martin Kerntopf	Oct 29 - Nov 26, 2024
	Australian Catholic University Instructors: Stéphane Guillou	Nov 7 - Nov 7, 2024
	Philipps-University Marburg Instructors: Pageneck Chikondowa, Toby Hodges Helpers: Golnaz Sarkarfarshi, Corinna Berg, Julia Tolksdorf, Robert Zwick	Nov 7 - Nov 8, 2024
	University of Oxford Instructors: Ruth Nanjala, Daniel Valdenegro, Jennifer Collister, Abhishek Dasgupta, Mcebisi Ntleki, Tom Russell	Nov 11 - Nov 13, 2024
	The Carpentries and CZI Instructors: Julia Costacurta, Zohaib Anwar, Cera Fisher, Margherita Francescatto, Gandhimathi Padmanaban Helpers: Amanda Kis, Dustin Lang, Daniel Adediran, Deborah Udoh, Jon Haitz Legarreta Gorroño, Monsurat Onabajo	Nov 11 - Nov 14, 2024
	Twente University Instructors: Rosa Aguilar, Adhitya Bhawiyuga, Néstor De la Paz Ruíz, Efe Sözeri Helpers: Leila Inigo de la Cruz	Nov 11 - Nov 14, 2024
	National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences Instructors: Dimakatso Jeannett Maheso	Nov 11 - Nov 15, 2024
	ICR Online - teams (online) ** Instructors: Rachel Alcraft	Nov 11 - Nov 18, 2024
	Technische Universität Ilmenau ** Instructors: Kevin Lindt, Stefan Kirsch	Nov 12 - Dec 3, 2024
	UC San Diego Instructors: Stephanie Labou, Reid Otsuji, Celeste Allaband Helpers: Kira Dunn	Nov 12 - Nov 15, 2024
	Fort Valley State University ** Instructors: Jason Wallace	Nov 15 - Nov 15, 2024
	Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology Instructors: Carsten Fortmann-Grote Helpers: Mariana Meireles	Nov 18 - Nov 22, 2024
	University of Birmingham Instructors: Jeremy Pike Helpers: Sebastian Gilbert	Nov 18 - Nov 19, 2024
	IT Center, RWTH Aachen University ** Instructors: Marius Politze, Lukas Bossert	Nov 18 - Nov 22, 2024
	RWTH Aachen University Instructors: Catherine Gonzalez, Jonathan Hartman Helpers: Nicole Parks	Nov 21 - Nov 22, 2024
	千葉大学 西千葉キャンパス　アカデミック・リンク・センター Instructors: Joel Nitta, Kozo Nishida Helpers: Hiroki Rusaki	Nov 25 - Nov 26, 2024
	UUSMB-INSP (online) Instructors: Alejandro Sanchez-Flores, Jérôme Verleyen, Karel Estrada, Karla Leslie Matias Valdez, Veronica Jimenez-Jacinto Helpers: Elizabeth Ernestina Godoy Lozano, Ilse Salinas, Georgina Hernandez-Montes	Nov 28 - Nov 29, 2024
	University of Vermont Instructors: Patrick Payne	Jan 7 - Jan 7, 2025
	Library Carpentry @ ZB MED + FU Berlin (online) Instructors: Rabea Müller, Till Sauerwein	Apr 7 - Apr 8, 2025

** Workshops marked with asterisks are based on curriculum from The Carpentries lesson programs but may not follow our standard workshop format.

Workshops with a globe icon are being held online. The corresponding flag notes the country where the host organisation is based.