Our Makerspace is the most advanced makerspace in the region. It's accessible to UC students and faculty, 1819 corporate and startup partners and the greater community of builders, inventors and prototypers.
Whether you're working on capstones for class, finishing up a personal project or engaging in the partnerships that emerge in 1819, the UC Ground Floor Makerspace nurtures research, exploration and the creation of new ideas and products.
Innovators of all ages and interests collaborate and solve problems in the UC Ground Floor Makerspace. We offer a range of tools for fabrication, experimentation and prototyping. Access levels include self-use, guided use, certification-only use and staff-operated-only tools.
| Type | Rate | Sign Up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Community (Students, Staff, Faculty, Recent Graduates) | FREE |
Use Your UC SSO to Login Here | ||||
| 1819 Innovation Hub Building Partners, 1819 Venture Lab Pre-Accelerator and Accelerator cohort participants | FREE (with access code) | Create an account and use your provided access code | ||||
| Members of the public including makers, entrepreneurs and hobbyists 18 years and older | Recurring monthly, quarterly, or yearly fees. |
For more information and sign-up details, visit our policies page. |
January 21, 2025
Kinetic Vision selected the Ground Floor Makerspace at UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub as the perfect place to provide Bearcat co-ops with advanced engineering skills.
January 15, 2025
The UC Ground Floor Makerspace buzzed in 2024 as forward-thinking designs were turned into realities. We’ll run through a few groundbreaking items perfected at UC’s makerspace last year.
January 13, 2025
In a groundbreaking collaboration, the University of Cincinnati's Ground Floor Makerspace and the visionary minds at Kinetic Vision combined their creative forces to pioneer an immersive makerspace bootcamp — tailor-made for UC co-ops destined to shape the future.
