Education, embedded in industry.

Degrees, corporate training and professional learning, from Sierra Learning Academy.

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“A classroom should feel like the workplace.”

Vinol Savio D’Costa, Founder

Degrees

Two years on campus.
One year on the job.

A first-year student at work in the studio, the Sierra pin on their shirt pocket. — Years 1 and 2Studios and labs on campus, with an industry workshop every semester.

A young professional at a desk in a working studio, the Sierra pin on their sweater. — Year 3Full time inside a partner company, with no exams. The company’s review of your work and your own write-ups earn the credit.

Which degree is yours?

Where passion and careers intersect.

B.Sc.Running since 2026

Media and Creative Technologies

Make things people watch and use.
- Film, editing and sound
- Design, 3D and creative coding
- Year 3 in a studio, agency or production house
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BCARunning since 2026

AI-Augmented Software Systems

Build software, and keep it running.
- Programming, data and APIs
- Cloud, DevOps and automation
- Year 3 in a software company or startup
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B.ComPlanned for 2027

Strategic Marketing and AI

Run a brand, and read the numbers behind it.
- Accounting, costing, tax and law
- Brand, content and campaigns
- Year 3 as a paid industry resident
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B.ComPlanned for 2027

Computer Applications and AI

Commerce, with the software businesses run on.
- Accounting, costing, tax and law
- Databases, web apps and the cloud
- Year 3 as a paid industry resident
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Degrees are awarded by St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), in academic collaboration with Sierra. Any PUC stream can apply. Apply for admission Talk to admissions

A trainee in a company batch, the Sierra pin on their lanyard. — Company batch

For companies

Hiring freshers? Send them to us first.

89engineers from IITs and NITs, trained for Esyasoft Technologies in three months.

You tell us the roles and the start date.
We build the syllabus around the tools your team uses.
We train the batch, technical skills and teamwork together.

Train your team

Professional learning

Learn it from someone who does it for a living.

In software, AI, film, design and business. Pick the format that fits your week.

Weekend masterclass: A practitioner takes one subject over a weekend.
Workshop: Hands-on. You make something before you leave.
Certificate program: Several sessions, assessed, with a certificate at the end.
Cohort: The same group learns together over a longer run.

Hear about the next masterclass

A professional editing on a laptop in a lecture hall, the Sierra pin on their jacket sleeve. — Weekend masterclass

A still from a Sierra lesson, the speaker mid-sentence, the Sierra pin on their shirt. — Lesson still

Sierra Explains

Big questions, answered in a few minutes.

Short lessons from Sierra’s mentors and the people we work with in industry.

Why does 24 fps look cinematic?
What happens when you ask an LLM a question?
Why do users ignore some buttons?
Why can a profitable company still run out of cash?

First lessons coming soon

Proof

Work we can point to.

89 engineers, ready in three months

Company training for Esyasoft Technologies, 2025
A degree with a paid year at work

Designed with St Aloysius. First intake, 2026
Workshops that count towards the degree

Credit-bearing industry workshops in every semester of the B.Sc. and BCA