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Create your startup
While Obtaining a Master's

Genoa ES helps bright students turn ideas into funded startups while earning a prestigious degree

Taught alongside:

Startups founded by students are now valued at over $9 trillion.

Yet, students struggle to build due to limited time and guidance.

Students curious about startups often lack guidance and time, trying dropshipping, crypto, or social media businesses but failing due to inexperience. Master’s programs lack practice, accelerators need participants to have an idea, and corporate jobs don’t show the full picture.

To close this gap, Genoa’s Chamber of Commerce, government, and leading businesses created Genoa Entrepreneurship School — a bridge between academia and startups.

Genoa ES offers the first mix between an accelerator and a Master’s.

Companies our experts have experience at:

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Master’s in International Business Creation

This Master’s program is the result of a collaboration between Genoa Entrepreneurship School in Genoa, Columbia Business School in New York City, Sapienza University of Rome, and leading Silicon Valley startup experts.

Development stage: from ideation to pre seed

Locations: New York, San Francisco, Genoa

One-third of classes are taught by
professors, two-thirds by experts.

One semester between NY and SF and
one in Genoa with tailored timetables.

Workshops hosted by startup experts
to provide students guidance.

Over 10 hours of 1:1 meetings with experts
and company visits per student a week.

Conclusion with a Master’s degree and a
pitch to over 100 investors.

Program Overview

Duration

8 months, full-time, on campus

Cohort

60% international students

Credits

60 ECTS European Master’s

Admissions

Applications closing on 30/06/2025

Intake

1/09/2025

Requirements

1 month internship experience,
BSc/BA degree, and IELTS 7.0+

Tuition

€23,000
Scholarships are available

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Network of global industry leaders

Personalized guidance from +100 startup experts for life,
even if you don’t launch.

+100$ Billion

Assets managed by our +80 mentors investors

+7.5$ Billion

Raised by our +100 mentors founders

Douglas Leone

GMP at Sequoia
$88B under management

Flavia Oliveira

Enterprise Account Executive
$65B valuation

Edoardo Serra

Eng. Manager at Apple
$3.3T valuation

Companies our mentors have experience at:

One-of-a-kind insights and experiences

Students visit leading technological companies, meet potential-co founders, and gain experience through a network of experts.

Google’s AI leader in San Francisco hosted the entire Genoa ES cohort at his apartment for an exclusive Q&A session.

Thanks to Genoa ES, 20-year-old Kris was invited to a 1:1 lunch with an investor who was the first backer of 9 unicorns.

Google’s AI leader in San Francisco hosted the entire Genoa ES cohort at his apartment for an exclusive Q&A session.

Thanks to Genoa ES, 20-year-old Kris was invited to a 1:1 lunch with an investor who was the first backer of 9 unicorns.

Giulia started without a startup idea but thanks to Genoa ES found her co-founder and secured her first customer in New York.

Ali, a UCL alumnus, receives daily one-on-one feedback from YC founders through Genoa ES.

Every student in the 2025 cohort — regardless of their stage — secured paying customers within month 1 of the program, thanks to the guidance of GES mentors.

Why Genoa ES?

Taught by Columbia and Sapienza, with +100 startup leaders, the Master’s is a tailored, solid and unique solution for young talents aiming to build a company or work in Europe and in the US.