Simo University | From Pre-K to PhD
bachelor · 3 years · Online-first, project-based

Bachelor in Business, Entrepreneurship and Global Strategy

Develop founders and strategists who reason quantitatively, decide under uncertainty and build ventures with global reach.

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Programme overview

A three-year honours-level programme for people who intend to build. You will learn to reason quantitatively about markets, decide under genuine uncertainty, and ship a real venture — not a case study — before you graduate. Depth of discipline meets the transferable Faculties of Mind, so the strategist you become adapts to any market on earth.

How you learn at Simo

No passive lectures. A curriculum built for how the mind actually learns.

Every course runs as a live, high-intensity seminar. Preparation happens before class; class time is spent thinking, defending ideas and applying them. Progression is governed by demonstrated mastery — never by age or time served.

01
Prepare

Engage independently with curated readings, problems and worked examples before every seminar.

02
Engage

Small live seminars built on structured discussion, argument and immediate faculty feedback — no lecturing.

03
Apply

Transfer each concept to real problems — ventures, research, systems and civic projects grounded in your own context.

04
Demonstrate mastery

Advance only when you can explain, defend and use what you know. Recorded oral explanation is central from the earliest years.

A structured path, built for growth
Year 1 — Foundations
Focus: Build the reasoning toolkit.
  • Markets, value and unit economics
  • Quantitative and financial literacy
  • Behavioural and decision science
  • First live venture sprint with a real customer
Year 2 — Direction
Focus: Choose depth; sharpen strategy.
  • Global and competitive strategy
  • Entrepreneurial finance and fundraising
  • Operations, growth and analytics
  • Concentration begins (finance, growth, product or global markets)
Year 3 — Synthesis
Focus: Build and defend a real venture.
  • Advanced strategy under uncertainty
  • Leadership and negotiation
  • Venture Capstone — a company you actually launch
  • Investor-grade pitch and defence
Faculties of Mind

Transferable habits of thought, practised in every course

Rather than memorisation, Simo trains a durable set of thinking skills that transfer across subjects, industries and a lifetime. They are introduced early, revisited deliberately, and assessed continuously.

Structured reasoning

Logic, quantitative and algorithmic thinking to frame, decompose and solve problems.

Empirical judgement

Framing hypotheses, designing evidence, reading data and reaching defensible conclusions.

Precise communication

Writing, speaking, visual and multilingual expression that persuades and clarifies.

Systems thinking

Multiple causality, trade-offs and second-order effects in complex human and technical systems.

Creative synthesis

Combining ideas across disciplines to produce original, useful and beautiful work.

Ethical discernment

Judgement under real stakes — responsibility, fairness and the human consequences of decisions.

Curriculum
  • Foundations of markets & value
  • Entrepreneurial finance
  • Global strategy
  • Behavioural & decision science
  • Operations & analytics
  • Venture capstone
Learning outcomes
  • Model markets and unit economics
  • Design and defend a strategy under uncertainty
  • Build and pitch a real venture
Your education, synthesised

Your final year culminates in the Venture Capstone: a real company you research, build, finance and defend before a panel of founders and investors. It is designed to outlive graduation — the strongest projects continue as funded businesses.

Career preparation

Founder, strategy analyst, product & operations roles.

Entry pathway

Recognised secondary qualification, or the Simo Foundation & Accelerated Entry Pathway for younger candidates.

For African students & families

Built for ambitious African founders. Study fully online in French, English or Spanish from anywhere, pay in your regional tuition band, and spread it across ten instalments from about €275 — by card or Mobile Money. Your Venture Capstone is grounded in your own market, so the company you build serves the customers around you from day one.

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