Application Now Open for Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan Spring 2025
Application Now Open for Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan Spring 2025
Applications are now being accepted for the spring 2025 session. Interested high school students in Japan should apply by March 15, 2025.
Applications for Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan (SeEJ) are now open. This all-English online program aims to develop Japanese students’ creative thinking and problem-solving abilities to tackle social challenges. SeEJ is offered twice a year, in the fall and spring, through a collaboration between SPICE and the non-profit organization e-Entrepreneurship in Japan. The course is led by Irene Bryant in the fall and Makiko Hirata in the spring. It is available to Japanese-speaking high school students, in or from Japan, in their first and second years. The spring 2025 session will take place from early April to August.
The fall course is generously supported by Noriko & Norman Chen and Andrew & Mako Ogawa. The spring course is generously supported by Tomonori & Sakiko Tani.
The application form is now available at https://forms.gle/T2tX6hW9kXwo9xzB9. The submission deadline is March 15, 2025, at 11:59 PM Japan Time.
SeEJ provides students with the chance to interact with entrepreneurs and scholars from California and beyond who are working to solve social challenges. The program features virtual classes (VCs) held twice a month on Sundays. Throughout the course, students will complete two research projects—one individually and one as part of a group. The group project will be presented to a panel of guest judges, who will assess each team’s social innovation in addressing real-world issues. Participants who successfully finish the course will be awarded a Certificate of Completion from SPICE and NPO e-Entrepreneurship.
Applicants need to be available and committed to attending VCs held on the following Sunday mornings, Japan Time: 4/20, 5/4, 5/18, 6/1, 6/15, 7/6, 7/20, 8/10, and 8/24. Most classes will be from 10AM to 12PM, except for VC#1 and VC#7 which will be from 10AM to 12:30PM. In addition to the VCs, students will have assignments that will require about 3–5 hours per week for class preparation, individual assignments, and group work.
For more information about Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan, visit the program webpage. To apply, submit the online application by March 15.
Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan is one of several online courses offered by SPICE.
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