Study Business & Entrepreneurship Oxford Summer Courses
Digitization and in particular the internet are inflicting the largest changes to the business environment (or economy) in the last 100 years, fundamentally uprooting many existing business models, and making many products and services obsolete in ever shorter cycles. This makes entrepreneurship and the process of designing new businesses a must.
The goal of the course is to let you discover best practice in the start up world, so that one day you have the basic tools to pursue your own dreams.
Take a look in more detail at our range of courses for 10-24 year olds below.
Courses
At Oxford Summer Courses we are committed to the best academic experiences and to the personalised learning that has made Oxford a global academic force. So while all of our tutors are at the top of their fields depending on your age you'll be taught in slightly different ways. We use small group seminars to ensure that you get greater attention than you could elsewhere. On top of that if you're aged 16-17 or 18-24 then you'll receive weekly tutorials from leading academics mirroring the teaching method that makes Oxford a world-renowned university. Choose your Business & Entrepreneurship course below:
18-24 years
- 2 and 4 weeks courses available
- Oxford/Cambridge University accommodation
- Tutorials & group seminars
- Breakfast & Dinner included
This course will introduce you to entrepreneurship through the Orange Hills business design training method, which pulls together key learnings from leading authorities in entrepreneurship, and teaches them in a hands on, interactive fashion. The students develop their own business ideas in teams and learn about the most important aspects of business design.
This includes developing a business model, pitching it, determining hypotheses and experiments to validate your key assumptions, developing a minimum viable product and action plan. Some part of this will involve going out and talking to potential customers. Interim results of each team will be presented to the group as a whole. Students will also have access to the tutor in a one-to-one session.
16-17 years
- 2 and 4 weeks courses available
- Oxford/Cambridge University accommodation
- Tutorials & group seminars
- Breakfast & Dinner included
This course will introduce you to entrepreneurship through the Orange Hills business design training method, which pulls together key learnings from leading authorities in entrepreneurship, and teaches them in a hands on, interactive fashion. The students develop their own business ideas in teams and learn about the most important aspects of business design.
This includes developing a business model, pitching it, determining hypotheses and experiments to validate your key assumptions, developing a minimum viable product and action plan. Some part of this will involve going out and talking to potential customers. Interim results of each team will be presented to the group as a whole. Students will also have access to the tutor in a one-to-one session.
13-15 years
- 2 and 4 weeks courses available
- Oxford/Cambridge University accommodation
- Around 8 students per class
- All Evening Meals, many at local restaurants along with lunch every teaching day
This course will introduce you to entrepreneurship through the Orange Hills business design training method, which pulls together key learnings from leading authorities in entrepreneurship, and teaches them in a hands on, interactive fashion. The students develop their own business ideas in teams and learn about the most important aspects of business design.
This includes developing a business model, pitching it, determining hypotheses and experiments to validate your key assumptions, developing a minimum viable product and action plan. Some part of this will involve going out and talking to potential customers. Interim results of each team will be presented to the group as a whole. Students will also have access to the tutor in a one-to-one session.
Staff
Daniel Kaute
Dr. Daniel A. Kaute’s lifelong passion is innovation, especially high tech commercialization strategy and implementation. Daniel currently works with a consultancy, Orange Hills, which pulls together key learnings from leading authorities in entrepreneurship, and teaches them in a hands on, interactive fashion. Mostly through Oxford University Innovation he is also involved in a number of projects in the storage and renewable energy area (disruptive lithium ion battery technology and wind energy), and he is Chairman of Silicon Fuel, a solid state hydrogen start up that could enable the hydrogen economy. He is also Managing Director Europe for MedX Health Corp, a unique and innovative skin cancer screening technology.
Prices and Dates
Select your Age Range
| Course start date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courses – 09-10s | 30/06/2019 | 07/07/2019 | 14/07/2019 | 21/07/2019 | 28/07/2019 | 04/08/2019 |
| 1 Week – Wycombe Abbey | £1,495 | £1,495 | £1,495 | £1,495 | £1,495 | |
| 2 Week – Wycombe Abbey | £2,795 | £2,795 | £2,795 | £2,795 | – | |
| 3 Week – Wycombe Abbey | £3,995 | £3,995 | £3,995 | – | – | |
| 4 Week – Wycombe Abbey | £5,195 | £5,195 | – | – | – | |
| 5 Week – Wycombe Abbey | £6,295 | – | – | – | – | |
| 6 Week – Wycombe Abbey | – | – | – | – | – | |
Included in this price is:
- All Teaching, in class sizes of 15 or less
- Accommodation
- All Meals, including lunch
- A Graduation Ceremony
- All Activities and Excursions
The price does not include flights/travel or medical insurance
| Course start date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courses – 11-12s | 30/06/2019 | 07/07/2019 | 14/07/2019 | 21/07/2019 | 28/07/2019 | 04/08/2019 |
| 1 Week – Wycombe Abbey | £1,495 | £1,495 | £1,495 | £1,495 | £1,495 | |
| 2 Week – Wycombe Abbey | £2,795 | £2,795 | £2,795 | £2,795 | – | |
| 3 Week – Wycombe Abbey | £3,995 | £3,995 | £3,995 | – | – | |
| 4 Week – Wycombe Abbey | £5,195 | £5,195 | – | – | – | |
| 5 Week – Wycombe Abbey | £6,295 | – | – | – | – | |
| 6 Week – Wycombe Abbey | – | – | – | – | – | |
Included in this price is:
- All Teaching, in class sizes of 15 or less
- Accommodation
- All Meals, including lunch
- A Graduation Ceremony
- All Activities and Excursions
The price does not include flights/travel or medical insurance
| Course start date | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courses – 13-15s | 23/06/2019 | 30/06/2019 | 07/07/2019 | 14/07/2019 | 21/07/2019 | 28/07/2019 | 04/08/2019 | 11/08/2019 |
| 2 Weeks – Cambridge | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | – | – | – |
| 2 Weeks – Oxford – Standard (shared bathroom) | – | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 |
| 2 Weeks – London – Standard (shared bathroom) | £4,195 | – | £4,195 | – | £4,195 | – | – | – |
| 4 Weeks – Cambridge | £7,895 | £7,895 | £7,895 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 Weeks – Oxford – Standard (shared bathroom) | – | £7,895 | £7,895 | £7,895 | £7,895 | £7,895 | – | – |
| 4 Weeks – London – Standard (shared bathroom) | £7,895 | – | £7,895 | – | – | – | – | – |
Included in this price is:
- All Teaching, including small group seminars (8 students or less) and subject related workshops
- Accommodation and All Meals, every day, including evening meals at local restaurants
- A Three-Course College Banquet, on Friday evening (this may differ for London programme students)
- A Graduation Ceremony
- 3 Full Day Trips and All Activities
The price does not include flights/travel or medical insurance
| Course start date | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courses – 16-17s | 23/06/2019 | 30/06/2019 | 07/07/2019 | 14/07/2019 | 21/07/2019 | 28/07/2019 | 04/08/2019 | 11/08/2019 |
| 2 Weeks – Cambridge | – | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | – | – | – |
| 2 Weeks – Oxford – Standard (shared bathroom) | – | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 |
| 2 Weeks – London – Standard (shared bathroom) | £4,195 | – | £4,195 | – | £4,195 | – | – | – |
| 4 Weeks – Cambridge | – | £7,895 | £7,895 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 Weeks – Oxford – Standard (shared bathroom) | – | £7,895 | £7,895 | £7,895 | £7,895 | £7,895 | – | – |
| 4 Weeks – London – Standard (shared bathroom) | £7,895 | – | £7,895 | – | – | – | – | – |
Included in this price is:
- All Teaching, including tutorials and small group seminars and subject related workshops
- Accommodation and Breakfast, every day
- All Evening Meals, including those at local restaurants
- A Three-Course College Banquet, on Friday evening (this may differ for London programme students)
- A Graduation Ceremony
- 3 Full Day Trips and All Activities
The price does not include flights/travel or medical insurance
| Course start date | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courses – 18-24s | 23/06/2019 | 30/06/2019 | 07/07/2019 | 14/07/2019 | 21/07/2019 | 28/07/2019 | 04/08/2019 | 11/08/2019 |
| 2 Weeks – Cambridge | – | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | – | – | – |
| 2 Weeks – Oxford – Standard (shared bathroom) | – | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 | £4,195 |
| 4 Weeks – Cambridge | – | £7,895 | £7,895 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 Weeks – Oxford – Standard (shared bathroom) | – | £7,895 | £7,895 | £7,895 | £7,895 | £7,895 | – | – |
Included in this price is:
- All Teaching, including tutorials and small group seminars and subject related workshops
- Accommodation and Breakfast, every day
- All Evening Meals, including those at local restaurants
- A Three-Course College Banquet, on Friday evening (this may differ for London programme students)
- A Graduation Ceremony
- 3 Full Day Trips and All Activities
The price does not include flights/travel or medical insurance
Christ Church, the most magnificent college in Oxford was re-founded by King Henry VIII in the 16th century, it has educated 13 British Prime Ministers and was the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland but today it offers our students modern en-suite rooms in a grand setting.
If you stay at Christ Church this summer on either the 2nd or 16th July you’ll have:
- A superior quality en-suite room
- Breakfast in the same dining hall Harry Potter was filmed in each morning
- A special 4 course banquet each Friday in Christ Church’s magnificent banqueting hall
- A graduation ceremony in the Old Library which houses numerous historical artefacts including Cardinal Wolsey’s 16th century hat
If you are looking for a unique experience this grand setting offers our students a chance to live and study in a historical environment that has played host to inquiring minds for nearly 500 years.