Is an Academy micro-credential a degree or a diploma?
No. Academy courses are professional short courses. They are not NCHE-accredited academic awards and do not confer a certificate, diploma or degree.
Forward AI Academy
A credential that names a project, a defence and an assessor.
Anyone can print a certificate. Ours states what you built, who marked it, and where the evidence sits, and it says plainly what it is not.
The facts
Five lines, no small print.
- What you receive
- A verified micro-credential per course, issued digitally
- Verification
- A public link with the holder, the course, the project and the assessor
- Stacking
- Path completion issues a combined Academy Statement of Capability
- Toward a degree
- Considered under recognition of prior learning where a programme allows it
- What it is not
- Not an NCHE-accredited certificate, diploma or degree
Forward AI Academy courses are professional short courses and micro-credentials. They are not NCHE-accredited academic awards, and they do not by themselves confer a certificate, diploma or degree. They stack toward entry to Forward University and Forward College through recognition of prior learning where a programme's published criteria allow it.
How it is earned
The defence is the whole point.
A short spoken defence with a human assessor is what separates a credential from a receipt.
- Step 1
Enrol any time
No entry requirements, no transcripts, no waiting for a term to start. Cohorts open monthly.
- Step 2
Learn with Musomesa and a live instructor
Your AI tutor is available every hour of the week. A human instructor runs the live sessions and answers for your progress.
- Step 3
Build a real project
Every course ends in something that exists: a tool, a dashboard, a rebuilt workflow, an assessment set.
- Step 4
Defend it briefly
A short spoken defence with a human assessor. It is how we know the work is yours, and it takes about fifteen minutes.
- Step 5
Earn a verified micro-credential
The credential lands in your Achievement Wallet with a verification link anyone can check.
Questions
Asked and answered.
Can an Academy credential count toward a Forward degree?
It can be considered under recognition of prior learning where the programme's published criteria allow it. The estimate is made on the transfer credit page and confirmed by an assessor.
How does an employer verify my credential?
Every credential carries a public verification link naming the holder, the course, the project defended and the human assessor who marked it.
What happens if I do not pass the defence?
You keep your work and may re-sit the defence once at no cost. We do not issue a credential for attendance.