Event's IaaC - Fab Academy Program open for application

Fab Academy
What it is?
The Fab Academy will provide instruction and supervise investigation of mechanisms, applications, and implications of digital fabrication.
The Fab Academy is a distributed education system, it will connect via video conference, and Internet, experienced professors with students located in Fab Labs of the world.
From a 30 week program to specialized certificates in digital fabrication: The Fab Academy consists in the addition of certificates in processes about digital fabrication, the result of this addition is the "Fab Academy Diploma". Individual certificates could be taken independently of the entire program.
When?
Applications are open from January 20th to March 30th. The program will have two main cores of 15 weeks: September - December 2009 and February - May 2010. This completes a 600 hours program including:
- Weekly videoconference classes with international experienced faculty
- Personalized instructors locally placed in Labs
- On site tutorials
- Time in equipment operation
Where?
There are ten Fab Labs that will offer the Fab Academy program 2009-2010:
- Barcelona, Spain
- New Delhi, India
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Ohio, United States
- Boston, United States
- Oklahoma, United States
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
- Lyngen, Norway
- Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Tuition and application
Tuition for the year 2009/2010 is 10.000euros.
Applicants should email to info@iaac.net the following documentation:
- Completed application form
- Letter of intent
- Copy of (valid) passport
- Curriculum Vitae
- A non-refundable application fee of 80euros, payable by bank transfer to:
Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Cataluna
Bank: Caixa de Arquitectos
Account Number: 3183-0800-8200-0064-8636
IBAN: ES86 3183 0800 8200 0064 8636
BIC/SWIFT: CASDESBB
Note: in the bank transferring SUBJECT must appear the applicants name
All documents should be submitted in English.
These documents will be reviewed and will serve to determine whether you will be admitted to the program.
The selected candidates must send to the Fab Lab Bcn a scanned proof of a down payment of 2.000euros to confirm participation, before the 25th of March, 2009. The remaining part of the tuition fee (8.000euros) may be paid either in one two installments, 60%, both before 1st September 2009 and 40% before 15 February 2010.

Note: Please revise educational programs section at www.iaac.net and www.fablab.es sites for documentation to be updated soon.
http://www.fablab.es