WHAT IS THE GSP?
The Graduate Studies Program brings together a diverse group of the most accomplished experts in academics, business, and government with the top graduate and post graduate students and entrepreneurial leaders from around the globe for an intense 10-week summer experience. The program immerses students in an unparalleled learning environment to focus on solving the planet’s most pressing challenges using exponential & accelerating technologies. Students are challenged with 10⁹+ Team Projects, with the mission of positively affecting the lives of a billion people within 10 years.
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CORE CURRICULUM
The core curriculum is structured to give students a broad, cross-disciplinary understanding of the biggest ideas and issues in transformative technologies. Courses are structured across 10 tracks to identify and explore exponential trends as well as their potential implications and opportunities over the next decade. Leading researchers, business leaders, and thinkers will be introduced to students in engaging and thought provoking sessions that help students understand the convergence among various disciplines and technologies.
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WHO ATTENDS: ASPIRING…
Entrepreneurs
Santiago Bilinkis
Founder, Officenet
Technologists
Yara Shaban
Robotics Expert & TED Fellow
NGO Leaders & Social Entrepreneurs
Dhaval Chadha
Social Entrepreneur
Policy Influencers
Tony Lyu
UN Office for Outer Space Affairs
Academics
David Dalrymple
MIT Mind Machine Project
Big-Thinkers & Impact Catalysts
Eugenie Rives
Operations Manager, Google
10⁹+ TEAM PROJECTS
Each summer, the Graduate Studies Program class (GSP) is challenged with “Ten to the Ninth Plus” team projects – the highlight of the 10 week program. The students spend several weeks working toward the goal of developing ideas and solutions that have the potential to positively impact at least one billion people within ten years. The SU atmosphere of innovation, ideation and intellectual exploration created by a diverse and talented student and faculty body is key to team project success.
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SITE VISITS
Students have had the incredible opportunity to visit the Googleplex for personal advice on team projects from their Director of New Projects, Astro Teller. In past programs, they have also learned about the applications of technology in social entrepreneurship presented by the Google.org project team, and met with Google’s hardware engineers regarding technical innovations in energy conservation.
As part of their corporate sponsorship, Autodesk has hosted every Graduate Studies class since the founding of Singularity University. The visit to Autodesk headquarters includes access to a changing gallery of curated products made with Autodesk software as well as a presentation by Autodesk’s visionary executives on the future of computer assisted design and three dimensional printing.
Singularity University is located at NASA. Students who are interested in learning more can take a site visit to the other side of the “black gate” to learn about some of NASA’s most recent projects. The site visit gives insight into the way NASA runs its operations from initial research to analysis of data collected during missions. More Site Visits
WORKSHOPS
In the second phase of the Graduate Studies Program the style of learning transitions from large lectures with the entire student body present to smaller, hands-on workshops. These workshops typically are a more in depth examination of some of the principles discussed during lectures. Past workshops have included building robots and UAVs or designing Android applications with members of the Google Android team, and exploring the math behind quantum computing. Many workshops are less technical and explore topics such as the political, legal & ethical implications of new and exciting exponentially accelerating technologies.
Experience
The 10-week Graduate Studies Program is an intense, interdisciplinary, and deeply immersive experience that challenges students to use transformative, exponential technologies to address grand challenges. The full program combines nearly 500 hours of core lectures, workshops, site visits, team project work and skills courses. Along with these scheduled activities, students lead their own self-organized sessions, trips, and workshops outside of class time. A program with this level of intensity requires a balanced, holistic approach to health and well-being. Our program integrates plenty of fun events, networking time, local trips, and a wellness program with options for healthy eating, exercise, stress-reducing meditation, sports and games.
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Impact
The Graduate Studies Program assembles a diverse set of forward thinking minds with entrepreneurial experience and a passion for solving the biggest challenges. They are given access to luminaries, scholars, and experienced leaders, taught to think ahead of the exponential technological curves and aim to impact billions. They are expected to leave SU as future leaders in many industries and professions.
The 10⁹+ Team Projects result in new models for companies, NGOs, or even research projects focused on impacting a least a billion people within 10 years. Many of these past projects have continued on as SU Companies, including Getaround, a unique car sharing platform and winner of the Techcrunch disrupt award, as well as Biomine, which uses biological processes to mine eWaste for precious metals. Another team project which is still an on-going research endeavor is MadeInSpace, which is working on 3D printing in zero gravity.
