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The Academy Program is an American organization that works in conjunction with the government in order to produce safe learning environments for young Metahumans to use their powers. They are a national organization that caters to this specific goal, there are five Academies based in North America. Each Academy is jam-packed with the best technology and learning environments a person can have. 

The students are the purpose of the Academy, for they are trained in how to use their powers in accordance with FAMA standards. The students are given real skills so they can possibly survive out in the world, and the main thing the students are put through are trials, some of which are tackled in groups whilst others are faced alone. Students are scored based on how well they perform in these trials and those who score higher have a tendency to graduate at a faster rate. The Academy accepts a wide variation of student age groups, with ten years being the minimum age whilst the oldest tend to be found in their early twenties, all coming from a variety of different backgrounds. There are three types of students. "Fresh" students are the boys and girls that are brand new to the Academy. "Returning" students are those who have attended the Academy before, and didn't complete the process, or left. "Full" students are the people who choose to live on the Academy full time, either to get an education there or because they don't have a stable home to head back to. That's one thing that the Academy Program is known for - they house Metahumans who are wards of the state, where foster parents are incapable of taking them in.

The Academies are usually staffed by Metahumans (as that's the best way to teach someone how to use their powers), but they are also staffed by regular people. Many of these empowered teachers are known as Instructors. The Instructors are Metahumans that teach the students how to use their powers in efficient, safe and practical manners. There's a large team of them, though nowhere near as many students. Each of them specializes in a different type of power. Whether it's Elemental training, or Shape-shifting and transformations. They do all they can help their students. 

To say the Academy program was a massive success would be an understatement; thousands of Metahumans attend the academies and leave fully prepared for society. After the first "official" Academy, which is now known as Academy 02, was created other academies were created across the US to provide training to young Metahumans. Following the success of the first Academy, the other thirty-two Academies were established. Despite the government's support, the Academy Program has become largely independent from the United State's government with minimal oversight beyond FAMA's involvement.

On that note, the Academy Program works very closely with FAMA - as the latter group often sends Metahumans to Academies to socially and academically develop in a safe learning environment, and come back with knowledge of how to properly apply their powers. Many students who attend the Academies find employment with FAMA and because of the deal between the Academy Program and the US government, there's always a few members of FAMA on hand at each Academy.

The Academy Program is a four-year program in which students train under the Academy's staff. After graduating from the Academy, students leave with a "Certificate" in which they are deemed fully trained by the Academy staff. Along with leaving the academy with a greater deal of control over their abilities, this can be helpful as they transfer into FAMA or similar programs. It takes the place of a school, offering the students a solid and sound education, and the Academies offer top of the line educational Programs. Some are more like training facilities that have less of a focus on education, and others are the inverse.

However, due to the high demand for Academies, not everyone has an opportunity to get in. Programs differ as some are free, while others are expensive. Many of the free Academies are more invitational, rather than applicable and to be invited, young Metahumans have to stand out to the Academy. Make news as a new and unexplored Metahuman. Or, be a troubled youth that was sent to the Academy by FAMA because they have nowhere else to go, or have been arrested and forced to attend. It is possible to apply to the Academy program, but it is a very difficult process. Possibly requiring a tie to someone or two.