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Study from Australia

AI and robotics with RAIN, from Australia.

An eastern cohort for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and a western cohort for Perth.

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
Eastern cohortNew South Wales, Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania and Queensland5 pm to 7 pm9 am to 11 am8 pm to 10 pm
Western cohortWestern Australia; South Australia and the Northern Territory choose either5 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 Australian dollars

WhatIn your currencyCharged in naira
AIML or RDA programme, 12 monthsA$8,150₦7,700,000
Combined track, 24 monthsA$16,300₦15,400,000
Short course, 12 to 16 weeksA$3,150₦3,000,000
RIDE Lab, every lab for 12 monthsA$250₦235,000
Pay by card online (Australian Visa and Mastercard are accepted through our payment provider). Prices are shown in Australian dollars 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 part of the Australian Qualifications Framework; they show the projects you built and the exams you passed.

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

Universities and industry in Australia

We welcome partners in robotics for remote and harsh environments, mining and agricultural automation, and joint student projects.

Talk to us about working together

Live in Australia and teach AI or robotics?

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

See the role

Questions from Australia

Queensland has no daylight saving. Does that matter?

No. Your classes are at the same local times all year.

Is this an Australian qualification?

No. It is RAIN training and certification.

Can I join from New Zealand?

Yes, if the eastern cohort's times suit you.

How is my data handled?

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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 Australian cohort

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

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