Join Fabricademy remotely

Participants may join Fabricademy remotely if they have access to a FabLab, textile lab, or Makerspace for hands-on learning.
Remote participants are assigned to an instructor for guidance and must secure their own equipment and materials.
To join from another lab, please select SINGLE Node while completing your application and refer to the costs associated with home attendance.

Once you have registered to the program, you will receive a comprehensive list with links to purchase the materials required.
Please anticipate a budget of approximately $50-100 per week, totaling around $1500 for both the weekly assignments and your final project.

For more information regarding costs and equipment, refer to the Tuition Fee table or get in touch with Fabricademy Coordination.

Join the Fabricademy Labs Network

Fabricademy is offered in various locations (the Fabricademy nodes) and blends theoretical knowledge and global perspectives with practical application within a digital and biofabrication environment. Many of the courses include assignments, projects, and research that require students to engage with physical tools and technologies found in a FabLab or Makerspace.
Becoming part of our Laboratories Network is open to different kinds of entities like FabLabs, Universities, co-working spaces, research centers, creative spaces, enterprises and any educational environment.

In the picture our Fabricademy Lab Green Fabric - Brussels,

Qualified Trainers

To implement the Fabricademy program in your Lab, it is essential to have a qualified instructor who has successfully graduated from the Fabricademy course. In the first year, you can train your staff to become certified instructors for the program. You will be assigned a remote instructor who will meet with the participants twice a week to support, guide, and evaluate them throughout the entire course. Moreover, you will attend the online weekly review and lecture and additional online tutorials that Fabricademy organizes.
You can also implement the program by hiring a Fabricademy graduate to work in your lab, or by giving the opportunity to one of your team members to study abroad at one of our active Fabricademy locations in the first year and establish the node in the following year. Finally, it is highly recommended that your staff willing to become certified instructors attend our annual Bootcamp held at the end of May each year.

Lab Equipment

The minimal equipment and materials key inventory required for the places willing to offer the program are listed highlighted below. Fabricademy inventory is an extension to the FabLab inventory with Textile Equipment and a Bio Lab.
Fabricademy inventory is an extension to the FabLab inventory with Textile Equipment and a Bio Lab.

Consumables

Once the process of signing up your space as a Fabricademy Lab and enrolling the staff to receive the training is complete, Fabricademy coordination will share a complete list of the consumables needed throughout the program.
We have a list of all possible inventory required for setting up a Lab from Zero explaining the consumables required for each learning module at our inventory. If the node is unable to allocate funds for purchasing new equipment, Fabricademy provides valuable open-source alternatives for building machines and tools yourself.
If you need guidance for setting up a TextileLab or a Biolab, please contact coordination@textile-academy.org.

Applications for becoming a Fabricademy Lab are now OPEN.
Take the opportunity to offer the program at your space next September.

Register your lab today!