An accredited blended learning curriculum to equip university students with an entrepreneurial mindset and technical capabilities

17

university partnerships

1300 +

student learners and counting!

Mainstreaming entrepreneurship education in Cambodian higher ed

What happens when you bring together education, technology, and entrepreneurship, nationwide? You have the power to inspire and grow the next generation of leaders.

 

SmartStart Unipreneur Learning Platform (ULP) is the first Cambodian online learning program that introduces entrepreneurship through a blended online-offline learning approach. Designed and built in Cambodia as an initiative between Smart Axiata and Impact Hub Phnom Penh, the goal of the learning platform and course — formally accredited for use in public and private universities — is to develop students’ mindsets and technical capabilities in entrepreneurship.

A cheerful smiling face of a young male participants of SmartStart Unipreneur Learning Platform (ULP)

Next generation learning

Holistic Curriculum

The curriculum, which has been accredited by the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport, includes 30 hours of course learning time plus 15 hours of practicum activities and independent learning. It’s designed to be delivered through a 15-week course.

Custom Digital Platform

We developed a dedicated learning management system available on desktop and via our custom-made app, so students can learn from any device, anywhere with an internet connection. Instructors have their own platform to monitor and manage students’ progress.

Local Solutions, Global Exposure

The course material teaches global theories that have been adapted for relevance in the Cambodian market. The course also features local entrepreneurs’ success stories — thus introducing students to global innovation while bringing them closer to the local startup ecosystem.

Learning by Doing

The course is optimized for deeper learning through role play videos, written text, videos, quizzes, and practical activities both online and offline, individual and collaborative. It’s an engaging, student-centered approach to teaching and learning, departing from traditional styles of lecture.

Fully bilingual

Learners can easily toggle between content in English and Khmer language, making high-quality entrepreneurship education more accessible for young people in Cambodia.

Integrated

The majority of our university partners deliver the curriculum as a compulsory course as part of the relevant major. The course is taught by existing university lecturers, who we have trained in our methodology and course content.

Our university partners

ULP in Numbers

2470

student learners by the end of 2024

60 +

university lecturers trained to deliver the curriculum

5

active partner universities across 5 provinces

9 of 10

students said they learned skills that are not otherwise being taught in school

Hands-on teaching preparation

How can we best train and prepare lecturers from our partner universities to deliver the SmartStart ULP course? Put them in the shoes of their students.

 

We organized a 3-day “ULP Lecturer Hackathon” to train university lecturers on design thinking, ideation, business model canvas, and participatory teaching methodologies. They then did a real business simulation: developing an ICT idea to solve a societal challenge in just 48 hours, and pitching their business idea to a panel of judges. Our 2022 ULP Lecturer Hackathon had 30 lecturers from 9 universities participate.

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Get a Sneak Peak

In the words of students and lecturers

Are you a university that would like you to implement this curriculum?

Get in touch with our Director of Entrepreneurship Education,

Tithamatak (or you can call him Bobo!):

[email protected] | Telegram: (+855) 10 643 004

Contact Chhim Tithamatak Director of Entrepreneurship Education about SmartStart ULP

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