Admissions
For curious minds.
We don’t ask for grades. We ask what you’re curious about.
Paradigm University is an AI-native university built around you, and only you. You get the resources of a whole university and an expert professor who understands how you learn and grows with you.
Students graduate with a university diploma. We’ll announce the diploma program in 2027.
Enroll nowWho can apply
Anyone who is curious. You might be in high school, halfway through a career, or retired with a list of things you never got around to learning.
You can apply from anywhere in the world, and there is no application fee.
Admission timeline
Rolling admission. There is no deadline. Apply any day.
Enroll nowThe application
Everyone starts by creating an account. Then you choose the kind of student you want to be.
Visiting student. Come in and look around. Take any course, whenever you like, with nothing to apply for. When you’re ready, you can apply to become a diploma student.
Diploma student. Diploma students are admitted through an application and earn a university diploma when they graduate. Everything you study here counts toward it. We’ll announce the diploma program in 2027.
Stage 1: Create an account.
You will provide:
- An email address
- Your choice of visiting or diploma student
We do not ask for transcripts, standardized test scores, or letters of recommendation.
Stage 2: Write an essay. Diploma students only.
You will provide:
- One essay of 250 words or fewer, answering one of these prompts.
- What have you wanted to understand for years, but never found the right teacher for?
- Tell us about a time school got in the way of your learning.
- If you could start your own university, what’s the first rule you’d break?
- What can’t you stop thinking about right now?
We read for curiosity. Typos welcome. There are no wrong answers, only boring ones.