Yale Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summer School at Timothy Dwight College, USA

Course Description: Yale Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summer School at Timothy Dwight College, USA

🌟 Programme Overview

This Business Summer Course on campus at Yale, will equip you with the skills, tools and mindset to innovate and create the future. This comprehensive immersion into business principles, innovation methods and entrepreneurial thinking will enable you to incubate your idea, and accelerate it into a successful business. Sharpen your creative thinking, business modeling, presentation and leadership skills as you collaborate with your peers to research, design and market a new business idea in the ‘Inventing the Future Innovation Challenge’.

Immerse yourself in the core principles of business management, early stage innovation and entrepreneurial behaviours that drive value creation. Be inspired by business faculty and successful executives and innovators as you gain insights into a future in business.

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📚 Academic Highlights

Students will strengthen their academic and entrepreneurial skills by:

✔️ Gaining a strong foundation in enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation

✔️ Studying marketing principles and human resource management

✔️ Analysing how micro- and macroeconomic factors affect businesses

✔️ Learning to develop effective business plans and marketing strategies

✔️ Building a portfolio through strategic, real-world projects

✔️ Honing communication skills in pitching, presenting, and campaign planning

✔️ Engaging in case study analysis and workshops led by expert tutors and guest speakers

✔️ Practicing leadership, decision-making, and teamwork

✔️ Participating in debates and public speaking exercises to build confidence

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🏫 Location & Supervision

Enjoy educational experiences at the prestigious Yale University (Timothy Dwight College) in New Haven, USA. Students live and study in a secure, inspiring campus setting where they are supervised 24/7 by experienced residential staff. Regular check-ins take place at breakfast, class, afternoon activities, and evening curfew. Secure storage is provided for passports and valuables.

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🎨 Activities

Outside of the classroom, students enjoy a vibrant mix of cultural and recreational activities including:

🎤 Karaoke

🧭 Immersive Quest

🏆 Oxford Olympics

⚽ Sports (Football, Ping Pong, Yoga)

🎭 Improv Class

🎬 Campus Cinema

🎓 Graduation Party

What's Included

• Residential on the prestigious campus of Yale University

• Inspiring courses taught by experts

• Graduation ceremony, report cards and graduation certificate

• International student community with over 170 nationalities represented since 2004

• Accommodation, meals, tuition and cultural programmes included

• 17.5 hours of tuition per week

• Inspirational cultural programmes

• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

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🕘 A Typical Weekday

A sample day at the Yale Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summer School looks like this:

8:00 AM – Breakfast on campus

9:00 AM – Morning business lessons (with short breaks)

1:00 PM – Lunch and free time

2:00 PM – Afternoon classes

3:30 PM – Business workshops, sports, faculty visits or study support

6:00 PM – Dinner on campus

7:00 PM – Public Speaking & Debate Society

8:00 PM – Social activities (quiz night, karaoke, movie night)

10:00 PM – Curfew

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✈️ Transportation & Transfers

Transfer Fee: Included

Airport: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)

Arrival Flights: Land after 07:00 EDT and before 15:30 EDT

Departure Flights: Take off after 08:00 EDT and before 18:00 EDT

✅ Includes:

• Airport pickup and drop-off

• Flight delay monitoring and transport adjustment

• Supervision at the airport

• Unaccompanied minor paperwork (if required)

• Welcome snack and water

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🎓 Graduation Ceremony

As the summer programme concludes, students are invited to attend a prestigious graduation ceremony where they’ll receive certificates in recognition of their achievements. This is followed by a festive graduation party on campus to celebrate friendships, learning, and a summer to remember!