A typical week will involve you in:

• Project work that you and your team member will take on
• A live masterclass with an industry expert
• A live session with your mentor to discuss your week’s progress with your project
• Office hours with your batch mates and mentors to discuss challenges and learnings
• On some weeks as a bonus feature, you will have community events such as guest talks and workshops

Yes. Please take a look at the Fee Structure section on this same page.

We spend a lot of effort and money towards curating the curriculum, designing the learning experience, and executing our programs. We also compensate our speakers and mentors.

That said, all of this is to help you succeed! We strive to help you get far more value from the program than what you pay for. We do this by ensuring you have a fulfilling learning experience and find a better paying job through our placement services.

20 folks, so that’s 10 teams of 2.

Yes! The idea of having industry partners on board and organising Demo Days is to help you showcase your work to top startups! We will also help you prepare your portfolio.

We’ll do everything we can. But, it’s still down to you to do well on your projects and clear the interview!

No. We do not offer job guarantees, we do however help you:

1. Prepare for interviews through coaching and portfolio reviews

2. Showcase your work through Demo Days, to hiring managers from our Hiring Partners and elsewhere.

3. Introduce you to companies who are hiring through our network.

That said, if you do not find a job within 6 months of graduating from the Fellowship, you are entitled to a full refund. We’ll do everything we can to assist you in your journey to find your next big opportunity, but it still comes down to you to prepare well!

That’s totally fine, as long as you’ve worked in some design field (Eg: Information design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Graphic design, Visual Design, New Media Design, Industrial design, and Digital Game Design).

If you’re completely new to the design field, we suggest taking introductory courses, getting an internship, and then applying soon as you have a few projects on your portfolio.

We do plan to announce an introductory course for folks who’re completely new. Please do make sure to subscribe to our mailing list for updates on the same.

Demo Day is an invite-only virtual event which will see participants from the cohort present their projects live.

The audience will include Heads of Design/Product and Hiring Managers from companies looking to hire Product Designers.

After the presentations, members in the audience will get in touch with you to discuss if their organisation might be a good fit for you.

Presentations will be recorded and based on your preferences, will be shared with select employers even after Demo Day, to ensure that you find the best possible offer.

While we will give you a digitally verifiable certificate, we’d like to go further. We want to help you with gaining concrete experience and also developing industry connections.

Through assignments and projects, you’ll actually learn how to apply concepts and develop real-world experience; stuff you can feature on your portfolio.

Finally, by working with experienced professionals on ownpath, you’ll develop valuable connections that can unlock doors which would be much harder otherwise.

Mentorship sessions are availed by booking slots with your assigned mentors, as per schedules which will be available to you well in advance. This process remains the same for all cohort members.

Your experience will be exactly the same as everyone else in the cohort, except for the money-back guarantee which is only applicable to Indian applicants.

Yes! All the projects you work on, during the fellowship will be team projects and will require you to closely work with your project partners to complete them in the stipulated time. You’re free to collaborate with each other as per mutual convenience.

There are 2 aspects of the fellowship, potentially affected by timezone constraints - mentoring sessions and masterclass feedback/office hours sessions.

For mentoring sessions, you’ll book a slot as per what works best for you, your team and your mentor. For group sessions, they are typically scheduled in a way that’s accessible for folks in your timezone.

Different people come with different backgrounds, life constraints, and learning speeds or preferences. So, there’s nothing to worry too much about if you don’t find an offer on Demo Day.

Since it’s most likely to do with lacking experience for the role, we’ll recommend you take up another project, and we’ll continue to support you in the form of mentorship and opportunities during this time.

Please note that the second project is a required step in order to be eligible for a refund, in case one does not find a job within 6 months of Demo Day.

Either case, it’s a low risk decision. You either get a full refund or you don’t pay us if you don’t get a better paying job within 6 months of Demo Day.

We wanted to make the Income Sharing Agreement option available to folks who may not be in a position to pay upfront, either in full or via EMIs. We really don’t want money to come in the way of a good education.

That said, the option really depends on your financial comfort at this time. If you’re able to pay upfront, we suggest taking this route as it will likely save you money down the road.