Business Disruptors: Market Innovators for High Schoolers at UCLA
UCLA Summer Institutes (listed on Best Parents)
Apply NowWant to design the next big thing? Join Business Disruptors at UCLA: a three-week on-campus summer course where you’ll explore tech giants’ strategies, build and prototype your own disruptive business with a team, and gain skills that boost uni applications and career pathways.
Discover Disruption: Innovate Like Today's Tech Titans is a three-week, on-campus summer course hosted at UCLA that explores the strategic innovations behind major technology companies (Amazon, Google/Alphabet, Facebook/Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Uber, Airbnb). Through case studies and guided instruction, students examine business models, disruption frameworks, and market strategies used by leading tech firms.
Participants work in teams to design and prototype their own disruptive business concepts as a capstone project, applying market analysis, strategic thinking, and product design skills learned during the program. Classes are taught by UCLA-selected instructors and combine lectures, hands-on workshops, and applied group work to build practical entrepreneurship skills and portfolio material.
The program offers a university-style campus experience with supervised residential life for boarding students, optional day-student attendance, organized excursions, and post-program performance reports. Students who complete the course receive a Course Completion Certificate and a Letter of Recognition, with credit-bearing options and transcripts available for certain classes depending on institutional policies.
Course Completion Certificate; Letter of Recognition (course completion)
June Boarding
June Day
July Boarding
July Day
Location
- Ages 14-18 (program listing specifies 14-18 years old)
- Complete the Summer Institute application to be considered for enrollment
- A passion for business and innovation is recommended
- International students not in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program require a B-2 visitor visa; students in the Visa Waiver Program must apply for an ESTA
£3,514
Day program: £3,514 (3-week session). Residential/boarding program: £7,178 (3-week session). An additional non-refundable international registration fee applies for international students (examples shown: $379 residential or $239 commuter). Some specialized courses may require extra fees; airfare and some transfers not included unless airport shuttle service purchased.
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