A global campus for bright minds that are building the future

In collaboration with experts from 

Gritnova is a global campus that creates industry focused micro degree programs in collaboration with leading companies & experts to equip young professionals with the latest emerging skills.

Stand out from thousands of young professionals.

Our experience-based programs are designed to elevate you professionally by gaining the latest cutting edge skills from leading experts from the most advanced hubs around the world. 

Each candidate is selected for a reason.
The students are selected from several cities around the world and have an inspiring mission for transforming and advancing their environment and community around them. The skills & experience gained through the program plays a crucial role in the development of their professional career and their community as a result!

We create experience-based programs that are hands on, project based and fully immersive.

Your value is in your character, skills and projects done. Throughout all of our programs you will be working alongside industry experts on real world projects. It’s an immersive real world experience where you’ll acquire in-demand employable skills while standing out from thousands of young adults!

It's Hands On, Project Based And Fully Immersive

No lectures, theory or exams. None of this matter in the real world.

The real world is different than classrooms and lectures. Throughout the program you will be working alongside teams of architects to deliver projects for real clients. It’s an immersive real world program where you’ll acquire employable skills while adding tremendous experience to your CV!

Personalized path.

Here’s a rule of thumb to consider when choosing the right learning program: If it’s not personalized, it’s not effective.

Every single candidate who enrolls in any of our programs is different. You have different goals, characters, skills and mindsets. This is why our programs are limited to only 20 students per cohort. Each one has a personal path that is created and tracked by the experts. This makes the learning process much more effective and helps us open the right connections and opportunities for you! 

Our latest addition to our experts network.

Lysandre Follet

Computational Design Director
Nike

Lysandre FOLLET is a recognized and leading Industrial Designer, Creative Technologist, Artist, Musician and Innovator.  

Over the last decade within Nike’s Innovation Design Studio, Lysandre has pioneered the use of Generative Design, incubating & building the industry’s first team of cutting-edge multidisciplinary creatives who focus on defining Nike’s future products and creative processes living at the intersection of design, digital craft, art, data and science, co-creating bespoke peak-performance products with the world’s best athletes.

Kristina Goncharov

Head of strategy 
Terreform ONE

Kristina is a Smart Places professional with a diverse background in Architecture, Engineering and Data Science. She strives to formally combine the worlds of Architecture and Technology, and has previously driven global smart workplace strategies for bulge bracket investment banks and world-leading smart destinations. Her work ranges from emerging market clean energy development, deep analytics of the US EV market, sustainability-led architectural projects and cost consulting for smart buildings.

Will Campion

Sustainable Architecture
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

Campion founded and grew his practice while studying Architecture at the University of Bath and the University of Cambridge, eventually returning to tutor and lecture at each institution with the vision to create Sustainable Luxury Architecture. At the completion of his third award-winning project, Orchard House, Will Campion was only 25 years old. At this young age, Campion has won awards and worked at internationally acclaimed practices such as FCBS and BIG, amassing global experience on projects in New York City, London, Cambridge, Hong Kong, Orlando, Los Angeles, Dubai, and Riyadh.

Nicolas Turchi

Parametric Designer
Zaha Hadid Architects

Nicolas Turchi is a designer at Zaha Hadid Architects, an Adjunct Professor in Computational and Parametric Design at the University of Bologna and the Polytechnic of Milan. Nicolas holds a Master in Architecture II from the Harvard Graduate School of Design

Before joining ZHA, he worked in several international firms including Peter Eisenman Architects, Xefirotarch, Mario Cucinella Architects and 5+1AA. Nicolas is particularly interested in emergent technologies

Don't take our word for it, listen to our experts & Alumni

"I learned from this program more than I did in my university, and it was just from the past 2 months"
Rashid Al Suwaidi
Architecting the Future Alumni
"I really admire what you are doing here. It’s going to have a very positive impact"
David Green
Principal at Perkins & Will - New York
"I’m intrigued by the Gritnova model"
Steven Velegrinis
Head of Masterplanning at AECOM
"I've taught architecture before at the University of Cambridge and University of Bath, but teaching at Architecting the Future in Dubai has been the most gratifying experience. It was so rewarding to hear their great feedback! I'm glad I could inspire the next generation of the profession by helping them become more business literate to enable their architectural ambitions!"
Will Campion
Architectural Designer at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)
"The support That I've received in this program is unlike any other program I've participated in; Gritnova has helped me establish valuable connections & resources that I will continue to leverage in my future career path"
Nada Ahmed
Student at AUS
“Meeting the recruiters and actually working personally with a real architect, really helped me see how different architecture works outside of the University. When I started the program and realized how important it was I talked about it with my friends and they also got very interested in joining the program"
Anika Koshy
Architecting the Future Alumni
“This program is important to me because it is an experience I've been longing to participate in. I was referred to it by a very close colleague that attended the program and she talked wonders about how much she learned and grew from it.”
Mayar Jastania
Student at AUS
"Everything is going so much better than I have imagined"
Antonella Abou Jaoude
Student at LAU

Access a global network forever!

The value doesn’t end when you graduate. In fact, building a strategic network is what will actually bring the right opportunities.

When you make it in the program, you’ll be benefiting forever. 
When the program ends, you’ll have access to our global experts network from leading companies including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Uber ATG, Disney, BIG and much more! 

Besides the network, you’ll be included in our global community and channels where we host events, share learnings and support each other to reach each one’s goals. 

Access a global network forever!

The value doesn’t end when you graduate. In fact, building a strategic network is what will actually bring the right opportunities.

When you make it in the program, you’ll be benefiting forever. 
When the program ends, you’ll have access to our global experts network from leading companies including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Uber ATG, Disney, BIG and much more! 

Besides the network, you’ll be included in our global community and channels where we host events, share learnings and support each other to reach each one’s goals.