High School Students: Get an Opportunity to Work with NASA, Meta, Google, and More!

TKS is the world's top innovation program for students aged 13-17.

Are you ready to make an impact?

TKS (The Knowledge Society) is the world's top innovation program for students aged 13-17. The program is designed to make students future-ready with the tools and mindsets needed to solve important problems in the world.

Click below to watch why we started TKS and what we're working on achieving.

Why TKS?

The TKS community is built of over 4,000 students and alumni from around the world. Through TKS you'll gain:

🚀 Coaching: Gain access to world-class mentors and coaches from organizations like NASA, SpaceX, MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Apple, and Amazon, just to name a few. Train online or in-person with 1:1 coaching from top mentors and industry experts globally. We'll work with you to set goals and develop a plan that's unique to you and your journey.

🏋️🔬 Training: Gain a deeper knowledge of cutting-edge advancements in emerging tech and science, and hands-on experience building projects and products. Work on real-world challenges during the program with organizations like Meta, Google, Microsoft, The World Economic and The United Nations. Acquire University-level skills, projects, and frameworks that can be used to stand out on University applications.

🌍 Unparalleled access to opportunities: Access a global network of the most curious and ambitious teens. Connect with mentors from the world's leading organizations like Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. Unlock opportunities to attend and speak at global conferences and gain internships at the most innovative companies and research labs in the world.

Apply to TKS 2024!

Program overview

TKS is a 10-month program with weekly interactive sessions in-person or online every weekend. Throughout the program, students learn about cutting-edge industries, build projects, receive personalized coaching, and work with innovative companies on real-world problems.

🤝 Weekly interactive sessions
📅 From September 2024 to June 2025 (10 months)
⌚ 3 hours/session on weekends
💻 In-person or online
🚀 Taught by experienced directors
🌎 Founded in 2016 with over 4,000 alumni today

A week at TKS

Wondering what a typical week at TKS could look like? Well, every week is interactive, exciting, and different. Some of the usual events include:

• Engaging in your weekly session to dive deep into how to solve the world's biggest problems and start thinking like a CEO
• Working on your Moonshot project to build projects like "the first of its kind, non-invasive, medical detection equipment"
• Connecting with like-minded teens from around the world and jamming out on topics that interest you
• Growing from a 1-on-1 coaching session with your Program Director
• Participating in a skills workshop on "How to land your dream internship with Google this summer"
• Attending a guest speaker event with an entrepreneur or tech product wizard

Program Directors

We believe that the next generation of innovators, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and disruptors are?not taught, they're coached.

Our Program Directors are not your typical teachers — they're talented individuals who bring differentiated perspectives and multiple years of industry experience from organizations like?SpaceX, McKinsey, Harvard, MIT, BCG, Johnson & Johnson, and more.

Outcomes

TKS alumni have achieved exceptional outcomes, including:

• Attending top universities including Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, Oxford, Waterloo, UBC, Yale, Carnegie Mellon and more — many have received full-ride scholarships.
• Being amongst the youngest employees at SpaceX, NASA, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, IBM, Neuralink, Shopify, and OpenAI.
• Working at top research labs in areas including genetic engineering, cancer research, artificial intelligence, and space exploration.

How to apply

Applications are due July 31st, 2024. We also have $2 million of financial aid available for up to 100% tuition support.