OI Lab Academy

OI LAB is a maker space operation plan that SZOIL defines based on its many years’ experience in maker space, maker education and mass entrepreneurship & innovation incubation. It covers Fab Lab digital manufacturing lab, maker education, innovation projects incubation, and innovation & entrepreneurship activities undertaking, and aims to provide a complete industrial chain from creation to innovation to entrepreneurship for makers.

Course system distribution

The OI Lab course is designed by the first Fab Academy graduates in China based on the MIT HTMAA course (Fab Academy), to develop innovative and practical ability of domestic primary and secondary school students.

We reorganize the Fab Academy course which needs 18 weeks and 60 hours per week, to make the course suitable for more people.

The OI Lab course is divided into three levels: Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced.

Once completing, the student can get one badge from the laboratory.

Introductory Course: suitable for beginners, primary and secondary school students. After completing each course, the student can get a corresponding badge from SZOIL, and get a certificate from the laboratory after completing all courses.

Intermediate Course: suitable for people with certain knowledge of make, middle school students and college students. After completing each course, the student can get a corresponding badge from SZOIL, and get a certificate from the laboratory after completing all courses.

Advanced Course: suitable for undergraduates of relevant majors and maker educators. Advanced Fab Academy courses are taught simultaneously all over the world. After passing the assessment of global instructors, the student can get a certificate issued by the Fab Lab Foundation.