Fab Academy 2012 Open for Application! official dates

Fab Academy 2012 is starting next January 18th 2012

This is the third edition of the Fab Academy Diploma, the main educational program of the Fab Lab Network, offered by labs in the world, the biggest existing university in this planet.

The Fab Academy offers a 6 month program on digital fabrication, and it could be taken in any of the participating labs listed here

The Fab Academy 2012 program could be found here: Fab Academy content site

For last year’s academy labs and projects go here: Fab Academy participating labs 2011

The Fab Academy offers Certificates on relevant technical topics, and a Diploma aimed at vocational and technical training for employment and investment (along with assistance to its graduates in those areas).These are accredited by the Fab Academy; it is anticipated that they will by followed by a Bachelor’s degree to be offered under applicable regional accreditation, along with post-graduate study.

Fab Academy Certificates provide familiarity with technical options and capabilities, hands-on experience, and direction for further study. Each requires, and is evaluated by, developing and documenting projects. They are periodically renewed to reflect best practices. The Certificates typically require 1-2 weeks. They are combined in the Diploma, which is roughly comparable to completing MIT’s rapid-prototyping course “How To Make (almost) Anything”. Progress is evaluated by skills and projects rather than time or credits.

Following an initial trial in 2008, the Fab Academy accepted the first Diploma students in the Fall of 2009. Admission is limited by available space, and based on balancing the students’ backgrounds, interests, and experience, as well as project portfolios. Fab Academy tuition is priced to cover the local costs of instruction, facilities, and materials, as well as global capacity. Where possible, support is sought for needs-based tuition assistance. The Fab Academy application is available here.