A business school built for one student at a time.

Year One exists for people who are serious about business and don't have four years and a student loan to give it. It compresses the useful core of a business and marketing education into twelve months, in the order a business actually needs it: read a business, then the numbers, then marketing, then brand and paid media, then strategy and sales, and finally design and defend a venture of your own.

How it's built

There are 13 courses across four terms, each with a week-by-week syllabus. Every week has a Monday lesson, a Wednesday lab, a Friday challenge and quiz, and graded assignments with rubrics. The faculty is a set of AI systems working from a fixed teaching policy: plain language, every term explained the first time it appears, applied work over essays, honest grades, and re-teaching of anything below mastery. Content is generated in advance from the syllabus and reviewed before students see it.

What it is not

It is not a university and not accredited. There is no degree, no recognised qualification, and no live human instructor. What you get is a real grounding, a transcript of work you actually did, and a plan for a business that is yours. We say that plainly on every page because a program that has to pretend isn't worth your year.

Where it comes from

Year One started as a private, single-student platform built in Dubai and is now open worldwide. The faculty adapts its examples and currency to where each student lives.