Our Story
During the past seven years, Apprentice University has sought to provide students throughout Indiana and beyond with access to education unrestricted.
Originally created to alleviate a talent shortage in the technology industry, Apprentice University has expanded to a diverse community of professionals and students. The interests of our apprentices range from cybersecurity to marketing to social entrepreneurship to media and storytelling. The model has undergone a few iterations, but throughout the changes the university remains a center of innovative education.
The Mission
The commoditized, impersonal system of higher education has become impractical.
AU offers self-motivated, entrepreneurially-minded high school graduates a unique, challenging, and targeted means of education that relies on:
- Hands-on professional experience
- Direct mentoring through apprenticeships
- A strong community
- Business creation and implementation
- Training in life and work skills
As they develop their skills, AU students will learn to become engaged entrepreneurs equipped with habits of character and practical market skills, such as:
- A mindset of ideation and innovation
- Complex problem-solving
- Leadership
- Clear communication
- Collaboration
- Lifelong learning
Apprentice University presents a customized solution that inspires the next generation to go beyond limits and expectations to become readily-employable professionals who can use their skills and strengths to serve others.
