# Interest Groups

An Interest Group is your domain community inside μLearn where you find your people, your tasks, and your path.

When you join μLearn, the first question is not "what do you want to learn?"

It's "what are you genuinely curious about?" That question leads you to your **Interest Group** the community of people who care about the same thing you do, built around the same domain, working toward the same kind of outputs. Your Interest Group is your home base inside μLearn.

### <mark style="color:$primary;">What an Interest Group Is</mark>

An Interest Group (IG) is a domain-specific community organised around a shared skill or field. All IGs are organised into **five clusters** the primary navigation structure inside μLearn. You can browse by individual IG or browse by cluster to find your area of interest.

### <mark style="color:$primary;">Finding Your Interest Group</mark>

You can find your IG two ways:

**Search directly** - if you already know your domain, search for it. Web development, dance, chess, embedded systems type it and go.

**Browse by cluster** - if you're still exploring, IGs are organised into five clusters: Software, Creative, Hardware, Management, and Sports. Browse the cluster that feels closest to your interest and explore from there.

Either way - you don't apply to join. You walk in.

[**Browse Interest Groups →**](https://mulearn.org/interest-groups)

### <mark style="color:$primary;">What an IG Does</mark>

Every Interest Group does two things simultaneously:

**Builds your skill** - through a structured task library, challenges, and sprints designed for your domain. The task library is maintained by the IG Lead and grows as the community grows.

**Builds your belonging** - through peers who care about the same things you do, role models who are ahead of you, and a culture of building over talking.

### <mark style="color:$primary;">How IGs Differ from Learning Circles</mark>

People often confuse Interest Groups and Learning Circles. They are different things at different scales.

|               | Interest Group           | Learning Circle         |
| ------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------------- |
| **Size**      | Hundreds to thousands    | 5-10 people             |
| **Structure** | Ongoing community        | Time-bound sprint       |
| **Focus**     | Domain-wide              | One specific goal       |
| **Output**    | Task library, challenges | Single real deliverable |
| **Duration**  | Permanent                | 4-8 weeks typically     |

**The IG is the ecosystem. The Learning Circle is where you go deep on one specific thing with a small group.**

→ To understand Learning Circles in full, go to [**Learning Circles**](/core-concepts/learning-circles.md)

### How IGs Connect to the Bigger System

IGs don't operate in isolation. They are the connective tissue of the entire μLearn ecosystem:

* **Campus Nodes** host local IG chapters bringing the community into physical spaces
* **Initiatives** like Launchpad and Top 100 pull talent from IGs high Karma in a domain gets noticed
* **Partner challenges** are routed through relevant IGs real company problems land in your community
* **IG Leads** coordinate with Campus Leads for local activation and with initiative owners for program participation

### How to Join an Interest Group

You don't apply. You walk in.

Find an IG that matches your interest. Join it. Start exploring the task library. Complete your first challenge.

That's it. You're in.

[**Browse Interest Groups →**](https://mulearn.org/interest-groups)

### How to Start a New Interest Group

If your domain isn't represented you can propose a new IG.

This requires demonstrating community demand, proposing a task structure, and getting core team approval.

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**Manual Intervention:** New IG proposals require core team review and approval. [Contact Us](https://mulearn.org/contact).
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