--- title: Fab Academy page_type: course track: course_type: feature_img: /assets/images/2018-19/t-2/fab-academy.JPG img_caption: faculty: - santiago-fuentemilla - eduardo-chamorro - xavi-dominguez - oscar-gonzalez --- {{ insert_banner() }} ## Syllabus The Fab Academy is a distributed educational model directed by Neil Gershenfeld of MIT’s Center For Bits and Atoms and based on MIT’s rapid prototyping course, MAS 863: How to Make (Almost) Anything. The Fab Academy began as an outreach project from the CBA, and has since spread to Fab Labs around the world. The program provides advanced digital fabrication instruction for students through an unique, hands-on curriculum and access to technological tools and resources. During this 6-month programme, students learn how to envision, prototype and document their projects and ideas through many hours of hands-on experience with digital fabrication tools, taking a variety of code formats and turning them into physical objects. ## Deliverables Each student builds a portfolio that documents their mastery of different certificates taken individually and their integration into a final, larger project. The Fab Diploma is awarded by the Fab Academy. The Fab Diploma is earned by progress rather than the calendar, for successful completion of a series of certificate requirements. The instructional sequence requires six months to cover, although the time to finish can ranged from that up to a few years. ## Additional Resources - Fab Academy - Fab Foundation - Fab Academy BCN ## Faculty {{ insert_faculty() }}