| Singularity University | |
|---|---|
| Established | September 2008[1] |
| Type | Private |
| Students | 80 graduate fellows per year |
| Location | Moffett Federal Airfield, CA, U.S. |
| Website | singularityu.org |
Singularity University is an academic institution in Silicon Valley whose stated aim is to "assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges."[2]
Singularity University is not an accredited four-year university, but is instead intended to supplement traditional educational institutions.[3] It offers an annual ten-week summer course intended for graduate and post-graduate students and ten day programs for senior corporate executives and senior government leaders. The first Graduate program began in June 2009, with full tuition costing US$25,000 (although a majority of the participants were provided full or partial scholarships). The inaugural 2009 class was limited to forty fellows chosen from over 1,200 applicants. Eighty graduate and postgraduate students were accepted for the graduate course beginning summer 2010 from a pool of 1,600 applicants.[4][5]
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The University offers 10 different academic tracks, each chaired by one or more experts in the field:[6]
Other faculty members and advisors include: Tom Byers, Vint Cerf, José Corderio, Marc Goodman, Aubrey de Grey, Christopher deCharms, Tim Ferriss, Terry Grossman, Daniel Kammen, Bruce Klein, Larry Brilliant, Bob Metcalfe, Matt Mullenweg, Peter Norvig, David Orban, Daniel Reda, George Skidmore, Larry Smarr, George Smoot, Sebastian Thrun, Pete Worden, and Will Wright.
The University offers three kinds of academic programs:[7]
Singularity University is overseen by a Board of Trustees.[8]
Neil Jacobstein was appointed President in October 2010.[9]
Corporate founding partners and sponsors include NASA, Google, Nokia, Autodesk, IDEO, LinkedIn, ePlanet Capital, and the X-Prize Foundation.