Institutional Accountability

Our numbers, in public.

Universities ask applicants to trust claims they cannot verify. Forward publishes the underlying figures instead, including the ones that are still zero.

Last updated 1 August 2026

Applications received to date

Countries represented

Programmes retired under the thesis rule

Applicant geography

Where applications to the founding intake are coming from. Counted live from the admissions database, not estimated.

Zero applications recorded so far. This is the founding intake, and we publish the zero rather than a projection.

Programmes under employment-thesis review

Every programme's thesis is tested on a three-year cycle. If it stops holding, the programme is retired and the reason appears here.

Applied Artificial Intelligence
Active
First thesis review due 2031
Software and Systems Engineering
Active
First thesis review due 2031
Climate Risk and Earth Observation
Active
Placement pipeline under build
Immersive Media and Creative Technologies
Active
Studio partners being contracted

Retired programmes

None yet. Forward has not run long enough for a three-year thesis review to complete. When a programme is retired, it will be named here with the reason and the year.

Cooperative education placements

Partners signed

Placements contracted

Placements completed

First co-op cohort enters placement in 2029. These figures stay at zero until then; we publish them anyway.

Why we publish this

An institution that promises employment outcomes but never discloses its own numbers is asking for trust it has not earned. These figures are updated on a regular cycle whether or not they flatter us.

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