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SUMMER 2026 PROGRAMS

Five career tracks. Four global cities. One summer that changes everything.

Learn a real skill, intern at a company, live somewhere you'll remember forever. Explore what's possible, or let us match you in 30 seconds.

Rolling admissions to fill final spots

4,500+

Alumni from top universities.

85%

of iX Alumni land Fortune 500 jobs.

80+

Global internship partners.

100+

Expert teachers in our network.

EXPLORE BY CAREER TRACK

Choose what you want to become.

Explore each track: what it is, the curriculum, what you'll walk away with, and where you can do it. No experience required.

Management Consulting

Think like a strategist.

Frame business problems, structure analysis, and deliver recommendations the way the top firms do. Taught by ex-McKinsey, BCG, and Bain consultants.

Alumni now at
BCGBainDeloitteAccentureOliver Wyman

Curriculum arc

Week 1-2
Foundations
Business frameworks, case methodology, consulting toolkit.
Week 3-4
Live client work
Small teams on real projects from partner firms.
Week 5-6
Deliver + defend
Final presentations, interview prep, resume workshops.

What you'll walk away with

Case interview frameworks
Market sizing & analysis
Client communication
Financial modeling basics
Data-driven storytelling
AI-augmented research

Internship partners

ONEBIOSouthSouthNorthIthemba LabsLocal strategy firmsBain ThailandStartup Lisboa
Investment Banking

Master the numbers.

Financial modeling, valuation, and deal structuring, the technical foundation that separates analysts who get hired from those who don't.

Alumni now at
Goldman SachsJ.P. MorganMorgan StanleyBank of AmericaCitiGuggenheim

Curriculum arc

Week 1-2
Modeling fundamentals
Build three-statement models from scratch in Excel.
Week 3-4
Valuation + industry
DCF, comps, and precedent transactions on live companies.
Week 5-6
Deal simulation
Full M&A pitch built and defended like an analyst.

What you'll walk away with

Three-statement modeling
DCF & comparable valuation
M&A deal analysis
Excel mastery
Industry research
Pitch deck creation

Internship partners

Rand Merchant BankInvestecStanlibBoutique IBsPrivate equity shops
Data Science + AI

Build with AI, not about it.

Python, SQL, machine learning, and LLM integration, structured around real datasets and problems from our industry partners.

Alumni now at
GoogleMetaAmazonMicrosoftPalantirHedge funds

Curriculum arc

Week 1-2
Python + SQL foundations
Hands-on with real datasets from day one.
Week 3-4
ML + LLMs
Classification, regression, and LLM-powered workflows.
Week 5-6
Capstone + deployment
Ship a full data project and defend your approach.

What you'll walk away with

Python & pandas
SQL for analytics
Machine learning models
LLM integration
Data visualization
End-to-end ML pipelines

Internship partners

JumoAeroboticsData-driven startupsResearch labsFintech partners
Pre-Med Global Health

Medicine beyond the textbook.

Clinical shadowing, global health systems exposure, and applied learning, a meaningful, stand-out addition to any med school application.

Alumni now at
Harvard MedJohns HopkinsStanford MedColumbia P&SPenn MedNYU Grossman

Curriculum arc

Week 1
Orientation + ethics
Clinical observation protocols and global health context.
Week 2
Clinical immersion
Shadow physicians across primary care and specialties.
Week 3
Project + reflection
Research project and med school application prep workshop.

What you'll walk away with

Clinical observation
Global health systems
Public health research
Med school app prep
Medical ethics
Cultural competency

Internship partners

Cape Town clinicsPublic hospitalsNGO health partnersResearch labs
Pre-Law

Where law meets the real world.

A foundation for aspiring lawyers: legal reasoning, case analysis, and applied experience. This track is launching soon.

Graduates pursue
Law schoolClerkshipsCorporate lawPolicyIn-house counsel

Curriculum arc

Week 1
Legal foundations
Legal reasoning, case briefs, and the common-law method.
Week 2
Applied practice
Shadow legal professionals on real matters.
Week 3
Capstone + reflection
Build a case memo and law school application prep.

What you'll walk away with

Legal reasoning
Case analysis
Legal research & writing
Argument construction
Contract fundamentals
AI in legal work

Internship partners

Local law firmsLegal aid NGOsCorporate legal teams
Choose by destination

Pick where you want to go

See which programs run in each city, then dive into the one that fits you.

Cape Town
South Africa
Climate
Winter · 15-20°C
Currency
ZAR
Alumni
2,800+
“Tech meets nature. Live between Table Mountain and the ocean while interning at real companies.”
Programs available in Cape Town
Lisbon
Portugal
Climate
Summer · 20-28°C
Currency
EUR
Alumni
400+
“Europe's most dynamic startup scene: historic streets, modern work, endless sun.”
Programs available in Lisbon
New York
United States
Climate
Summer · 22-30°C
Currency
USD
Alumni
200+
“The world's most vibrant business hub. Live and work where deals actually happen.”
Programs available in New York
Online
Anywhere
Climate
Remote
Currency
Alumni
800+
“Full iX curriculum and a guaranteed internship, from wherever you are. Same rigor, your schedule.”
Programs available online

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THE COURSE

Management consulting, taught like the real thing.

Learn the frameworks the top firms actually use, straight from ex-McKinsey, Bain and BCG consultants, then put them to work on real problems.

McKinsey 7-step method
Hypothesis-driven analysis
Structured problem-solving
Data storytelling
Client-ready decks
AI for consultants
Shivani Ghai
Head Teacher, Management Consulting
WHAT'S INCLUDED

The course

Head teacher with 8 to 12 years of industry experience
Two TAs with 3 to 8 years of experience
10 hours of pre-course work
54 hours of live in-person teaching
Compulsory office hours and daily homework assessment
Capstone class project and student LMS
Full internship support and placement

Operations

Secure beachside apartment accommodation
In-city orientation covering do's, don'ts and safety
Centrally located classroom and co-working space
24/7 health and safety support from iX staff
Dedicated on-the-ground Program Management team
Airport pickup (arrival Sunday) and dropoff (departure Saturday)
iX swag

Experience

Welcome and final events with dinner and awards
Authentic African dining at spots like Golds or Spyced
Professional development workshops
Weekend excursions
Internship start celebration and Life after iX event
Cold water immersions and padel
Lifetime access to the iX Alumni Network
RECENT INTERNSHIP PARTNERS

Real companies. Real projects.

TRAVEL TECH

Travelstart

Students joined the AI Innovation Lab to explore how AI can transform marketing: researching and testing tools, and delivering practical solutions to enhance workflows and creativity.

CO-WORKING

Innovation City

Conducted on-the-ground research with members of South Africa's first international innovation space and delivered strategic growth recommendations to the executive team.

BEAUTY TECH / ESG SAAS

Prim-U

Supported expansion into trading raw cosmetics ingredients across Europe and Africa: product-market fit, customer segmentation and an actionable two-market entry plan.

UX DESIGN SERVICES

Now Boarding

Worked with the founding team to investigate new countries to expand services to remotely, leveraging exchange rates and Cape Town's exceptional talent pool.

Program pricing.

Complete program fees and estimated expenses for your Cape Town experience. iXperience offers needs-based financial aid that you can apply for during the application process.

$10,490
Tuition fee, includes a $950 non-refundable deposit.

Payment plans

Choose the plan that suits you. Every plan includes the $950 deposit due at enrolment.

$10,490total program fee

A single up-front payment, with no interest.

$5,245per payment (x2)

A $950 deposit is due at enrolment, then the remaining balance is split into 2 equal payments.

$2,622.50per payment (x4)

A $950 deposit is due at enrolment, then the remaining balance is split into 4 equal payments.

$1,748.33per payment (x6)

A $950 deposit is due at enrolment, then the remaining balance is split into 6 equal payments.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

One case. Three weeks. Every skill a first-year law student needs.

Most pre-law students arrive at the application having never briefed a case, written a legal memo, or argued a point of law out loud. There is no clinical pathway for law the way there is for medicine, so most applicants show up with grades, a test score, and an essay about wanting to make a difference.

This program was built to close that gap. Over three weeks in Cape Town, you will learn the foundational skills of the first year of law school: case reading, briefing, legal reasoning, issue-spotting, legal writing and oral advocacy, and practise every one of them on a single real case that runs the length of the program and ends in a moot before practising advocates.

The core 1L skill set, learned before your classmates meet it.
A portfolio of real legal writing for interviews and applications.
An argued moot, an experience most students will not have until their second year of law school.
Strong foundations for letters of recommendation.
A personal statement grounded in something specific.

This is for students who want to find out what being a lawyer actually feels like, before they commit three years and six figures to it.

PHOTO: STUDENT BRIEFING A CASE
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS

Three weeks. Three ways of seeing the law.

South Africa has one of the most admired constitutions in the world, and one of the widest gaps between the rights on the page and the reality on the ground. That distance, between law as written and law as lived, is the lens for everything you will do here. Each week examines it from a different side of the profession: three teaching days, two field days, one skill mastered at a time.

WEEK 1

Constitutional & human rights law.

Law as the architecture of a nation.
YOU'LL EXPLORE

How a written constitution actually reshapes a society, and where it can't.

Socio-economic rights: housing, education, healthcare as legal claims.

How public-interest cases are brought, funded, and won.

FIELD DAYS

A contested housing site, with the litigators fighting the case.

Robben Island, from a prison cell to a constitution.

YOUR OUTPUT

A written brief and legal analysis of a real constitutional judgment.

WEEK 2

Commercial & corporate law.

Law as the engine of an economy.
YOU'LL EXPLORE

The anatomy of a deal: term sheet to signature.

Where the money hides: risk, warranties, and the quiet clauses.

How AI is rewriting the work of junior lawyers.

FIELD DAYS

A full day inside a leading pan-African commercial firm.

A live deal simulation: negotiate, draft and sign, coached by transactional lawyers.

YOUR OUTPUT

A predictive legal memo, the writing form law schools value most.

WEEK 3

Justice, political economy & the future.

Law as it is actually lived.
YOU'LL EXPLORE

One country, two legal orders: customary law and the courts.

The criminal-justice pipeline, observed up close.

What punishment is for, and whether it works.

FIELD DAYS

A full day in a township magistrate's court.

Practitioners working inside the detention and rehabilitation system.

YOUR OUTPUT

A persuasive written submission, and the moot itself.

WHO IT'S FOR

Designed for students serious about law school.

Undergraduate students who are:
Considering JD pathways, from any major.
Political science, philosophy, history, economics, English, or none of the above.
Strong writers who want to become legal writers.
Curious about which kind of lawyer they'd actually be.
Wanting to strengthen their law school application.
Ready to test the decision before committing to it.
Ideal for students seeking:
Real legal reasoning, not law-adjacent exposure.
A global perspective admissions committees don't often see.
Interview material and work product that stand up to questioning.
An honest answer to "is this for me?"

"Pre-med students can volunteer in a hospital. Pre-law students have nowhere to go, until now. We built the program we wished existed: three weeks doing the actual work of a first-year law student, on a real case, in the most instructive legal system in the world."

Aaron Fuchs
iX founder | Yale alum