RAIN

Study from the UAE

AI and robotics with RAIN, from the United Arab Emirates.

A Gulf cohort on UAE time, with Friday classes after the working week's shorter Friday.

Your cohort and class times

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.

CohortWho it suitsFridaySaturdaySunday
Gulf cohortDubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the other emirates; Oman keeps the same time5 pm to 7 pm9 am to 11 am8 pm to 10 pm

About six hours of live class a week, plus projects and labs at your own pace.

Fees in dirhams

WhatIn your currencyCharged in naira
AIML or RDA programme, 12 monthsAED 21,000₦7,700,000
Combined track, 24 monthsAED 42,000₦15,400,000
Short course, 12 to 16 weeksAED 8,150₦3,000,000
RIDE Lab, every lab for 12 monthsAED 640₦235,000
Pay by card online (UAE Visa and Mastercard are accepted through our payment provider). Prices are shown in dirhams and charged in naira. Tuition can be paid in instalments; see payment plans.

What you study

AIML: artificial intelligence and machine learning

Python, data science, machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, language models and deployment, with a working product every term. Curriculum

RDA: robot development and automation

Electronics, microcontrollers, mechanisms, control, robot arms, drones, ROS-style robotics and embedded AI, practised in the RIDE Lab and the 3D lab. Curriculum

On your own, with the books

Every RAIN book leads to a Professional Certificate you sit online, and comes with the RIDE Lab. The bookshop

The certificate, plainly

RAIN certificates are issued by RAIN in Nigeria. They are not attested by the UAE Ministry of Education and are not UAE accredited qualifications.

Every certificate can be checked on our public register.

More than a school

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.

RIDE Lab

Interactive labs in the browser for electronics, robot arms, drones, SLAM, mechanisms, materials, fluid power and machine learning, which also work offline See it

Industrial Mobile Robotic Platform (IMoRP)

A prototype unmanned ground vehicle with a 250 kg payload and 15 hours of endurance, built from locally fabricated and end-of-life parts

Carbon emission tracking drone

A prototype drone that monitors carbon emissions and detects people across forested areas

Our research and engineering

Companies and schools in the United Arab Emirates

Have a product built, train a team in practical AI, or run proctored exams for candidates across the Gulf and beyond.

Talk to us about working together

Live in the United Arab Emirates and teach AI or robotics?

We are recruiting part-time tutors and programme managers for the UAE cohorts. Six hours a week, online, in your own time zone.

See the role

Questions from the United Arab Emirates

Does the Friday class clash with prayers?

It starts at 5 pm, well after Friday prayers.

Can I join from Saudi Arabia or Qatar?

Yes. Your clock is one hour behind UAE time, so the Gulf cohort's classes start an hour earlier for you.

Is this a UAE qualification?

No. It is RAIN training and certification.

How is my data handled?

You choose whether we may use cookies for analytics and advertising. Read our privacy policy.

Can I see the labs before I pay?

Yes. The RIDE Lab page describes every lab, and you can ask us for a short guided look in the virtual school.

Read before you decide

Join a UAE cohort

Apply online; the admissions team replies through your application page.

ApplyAsk a question