Who can take Fab Academy?
Everyone!
Fab Academy is open for students, professionals, lifelong learners with backgrounds from all kinds of disciplines looking for new approaches or to broaden the scope of their practice. We welcome individuals from every walk of life – with or without experience in technical training, whether it’s looking for a way to develop a specific project or pursue the physical aspects of an idea.
Imagin Lab Program Details
- We do ask our students to be proficient in English, both written and spoken. If you have little to no experience in 2D and 3D modeling, digital fabrication, electronics programming and web design and development , you are not along. Imaginlabetec is here to help.
- Applications for 2025 Open on September 1st 2024
- Classes start on January 24th 2025
- Duration: 5 months of class + 1 of Evaluations
- Classes: Saturday 9:00 to 12:00 pm
- Final project: Delivered on June 2025
- Dedication: 20-30 hours a week (depending on prior tech background)
- Language: The course is taught in English/Sinhala
- In today’s education systems, two styles of education are broadly used: in-person, distance learning with remote students (Online Programs).
- Imaginlab Academy offers a hybrid model:
- At Fab Academy, students are not isolated, rather gathered in local working groups with peers, mentors, and machines.
- The individual labs become Nodes (local hubs) for local participants, which are also supported and supervised regionally by mentors. Knowledge in this course does not run linear, it is the result of multiple global and local interactions.
- Students view and participate in lectures broadcasted every Saturdays at 8:30 am – 12:00 pm . The lectures are recorded and available to students throughout the semester. In addition to the lectures, there are 2 / 3 lab days each week where students have access the digital fabrication equipment and personal help with projects. Each Fab Lab will establish the schedule for these Lab days.
- Fab Academy Faculty and Contributors, who are leaders in their respective fields, supervise academic content, and guide research. Hands-on instruction in the labs is provided by instructors who supervise and evaluate , develop and disseminate instructional material, and assist with projects
