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 | Eastern time; learners on Central time often join this one | 5 pm to 7 pm | 9 am to 11 am | 8 pm to 10 pm |
| Pacific cohort | Pacific time; learners on Mountain time 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 | $5,900 | ₦7,700,000 |
| Combined track, 24 months | $11,800 | ₦15,400,000 |
| Short course, 12 to 16 weeks | $2,300 | ₦3,000,000 |
| RIDE Lab, every lab for 12 months | $180 | ₦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 US academic credits and are not accredited by a US accrediting agency. Employers read them alongside the projects you built.
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
Hire RAIN graduates for remote AI and robotics work, have a product built, or run proctored exams for candidates in many countries. University robotics groups are welcome to propose joint projects.
We are recruiting part-time tutors and programme managers for the US cohorts. Six hours a week, online, in your own time zone.
The one whose times suit you. Learners in Central time usually pick Eastern; learners in Mountain time usually pick Pacific.
No. Classes stay at the same local times all year.
No. It is RAIN training and certification, judged by what you can build.
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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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