AI Institute

Once a month, on the first Monday, a new cohort begins.

Forty-eight seats across four tracks. One shared belief: AI is not coming. It is already in the room. The only question is whether you're fluent in it.

Quick answer

The NASCA AI Institute runs a new applied-AI cohort the first Monday of every month. Four tracks that build competency: AI Fluency, Applied Generative AI, Agentic AI & Automation, and The AI Stack. Two live sessions per week plus async work, eight weeks total, ending with a NASCA × World STEM Federation co-branded certificate.

Sixteen live sessions of one hour each. Tuition typically ranges USD 449 to USD 1,099 by region and track, with need-based scholarships for roughly 15% of every cohort.

Next cohort
October 2026
First Monday · 8 weeks · live
Starts in
4
days
Live sessions
16
two a week, one hour each

Four tracks

One Institute. Four lanes. Pick yours.

Every cohort runs all four tracks in parallel, so a teacher, a student, an AI enthusiast and a working professional can be in the same building, learning the same vocabulary, on the same Monday.

Adult learners and a teenage student around a sunlit table with laptops while an instructor points at a screen
Track 01 · 01 / 04

🌱AI Fluency

Think first. Prompt second. Everyone gets a seat at the table.

A hands-on introduction to thinking clearly with AI: how it works, how to prompt it, how to verify it, and how to use it responsibly. Built for students, educators, parents and working professionals from any field, with no technical background required.

  • 16 sessions
  • Beginner level
  • No prior experience required
  • 8 weeks at 2 sessions a week, 1 hour each
Two young professionals building a generative AI tool on a laptop beside a monitor of generated images and structured data
Track 02 · 02 / 04

✨Applied Generative AI

Stop prompting. Start building.

A practitioner-level programme for learners ready to move past prompting into building real generative AI tools, covering structured outputs, retrieval-augmented generation, and applied builds in your own domain.

  • 16 sessions
  • Intermediate level
  • Recommended experience: AI Fluency
  • 8 weeks at 2 sessions a week, 1 hour each
A small team of working professionals mapping an automation workflow on a glass wall beside a laptop showing an agent flowchart
Track 03 · 03 / 04

🤖Agentic AI & Automation

The AI frontier that responds and gets to work.

NASCA's advanced programme in designing, building and governing AI agents, from single-task automations to multi-agent systems connected to real business tools.

  • 16 sessions
  • Advanced level
  • Recommended experience: hands-on generative AI
  • 8 weeks at 2 sessions a week, 1 hour each
A student and a working professional comparing AI platforms across two laptops and a tablet on a bright desk
Track 04 · 04 / 04

🧰The AI Stack

AI platforms that you just can't ignore.

A hands-on tour of sixteen generative AI platforms every working professional should be fluent in. One platform per session across reasoning, research, knowledge, design, code, automation and media, taught through real task comparison rather than a feature-list demo.

  • 16 sessions
  • Beginner to Intermediate level
  • No prior experience required
  • 8 weeks at 2 sessions a week, 1 hour each
48
Seats per cohort
4
Parallel tracks
16
Live sessions
WSF
Co-branded cert

Eight weeks

What happens between session one and session sixteen.

  1. 1
    Weeks 1–2

    Foundations

    Live kickoff on the first Monday. You settle the vocabulary of your track and pick the real project you'll carry through the cohort.

  2. 2
    Weeks 3–4

    Working practice

    Daily-use craft: prompting, structured output, tools and platforms, depending on the track you chose.

  3. 3
    Weeks 5–6

    Build

    Your first working version, whether that is a workflow, a generative tool, an agent or a personal AI stack. Live critique by NASCA faculty.

  4. 4
    Week 7

    Judgment and governance

    Verification, ethics, privacy and guardrails, taught as core curriculum rather than a closing note.

  5. 5
    Week 8

    Capstone and certificate

    Capstone build and presentation, NASCA × WSF certificate, and lifetime alumni access.

📜

Recognised certificate

NASCA × World STEM Federation co-branded credential, recognised by partner institutions across seven countries.

🧠

Curriculum re-versioned monthly

Every cohort runs on the current model generation, so the tools you learn are the tools in use that month.

🤝

Lifetime alumni access

Private community, monthly office hours with senior faculty, and first look at every new programme we build.

Questions we get a lot.

Which track should I start with?+

AI Fluency if you are new to AI. Applied Generative AI once you are comfortable prompting. Agentic AI & Automation if you already build with generative AI. The AI Stack works alongside any of them.

How much time does it take?+

Two live sessions a week, one hour each, for eight weeks. Sixteen sessions in total, with recordings if you miss one.

How much does it cost?+

Tuition varies by region and track. Typical range is USD 449 to USD 1,099 or local equivalent. Need-based scholarships cover roughly 15% of every cohort.

Can my company or school sponsor a seat?+

Yes. We send GST or VAT invoices and a one-page sponsorship brief that most L&D teams approve the same day.

What certificate do I earn?+

Complete all 16 sessions and the capstone and you earn a shareable NASCA × World STEM Federation certificate you can add to LinkedIn.

The first Monday of next month is closer than you think.

Reserve your seat now and we'll send the welcome pack the same day.