Classes are live, in your local time, and taught by tutors who live in your time zone. The times stay the same all year, whatever the clocks do.
| Cohort | Who it suits | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern cohort | Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal; the Atlantic provinces are welcome | 5 pm to 7 pm | 9 am to 11 am | 8 pm to 10 pm |
| Pacific cohort | Vancouver and Victoria; Alberta and the Prairies often join this one | 5 pm to 7 pm | 9 am to 11 am | 8 pm to 10 pm |
About six hours of live class a week, plus projects and labs at your own pace.
| What | In your currency | Charged in naira |
|---|---|---|
| AIML or RDA programme, 12 months | C$7,800 | ₦7,700,000 |
| Combined track, 24 months | C$15,600 | ₦15,400,000 |
| Short course, 12 to 16 weeks | C$3,050 | ₦3,000,000 |
| RIDE Lab, every lab for 12 months | C$240 | ₦235,000 |
Python, data science, machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, language models and deployment, with a working product every term. Curriculum
Electronics, microcontrollers, mechanisms, control, robot arms, drones, ROS-style robotics and embedded AI, practised in the RIDE Lab and the 3D lab. Curriculum
Every RAIN book leads to a Professional Certificate you sit online, and comes with the RIDE Lab. The bookshop
RAIN certificates are issued by RAIN in Nigeria. They are not Canadian college or university credits; they show the projects you built and the exams you passed.
Every certificate can be checked on our public register.
RAIN is a research and certification centre for artificial intelligence and robotics. Most of our work is building real products for real problems, and our learners learn by doing the same.
Interactive labs in the browser for electronics, robot arms, drones, SLAM, mechanisms, materials, fluid power and machine learning, which also work offline See it
A prototype unmanned ground vehicle with a 250 kg payload and 15 hours of endurance, built from locally fabricated and end-of-life parts
A prototype drone that monitors carbon emissions and detects people across forested areas
We welcome partners for joint projects, guest lectures in the virtual school, and hiring RAIN graduates for remote work.
We are recruiting part-time tutors and programme managers for the Canadian cohorts. Six hours a week, online, in your own time zone.
Classes are in English. The books and labs are in English too.
Eastern if you live east of Manitoba, Pacific if you live in British Columbia; in between, choose the times that suit you.
No. It is RAIN training and certification.
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Yes. The RIDE Lab page describes every lab, and you can ask us for a short guided look in the virtual school.
Apply online; the admissions team replies through your application page.
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