Are you looking to make a positive impact in your community? Expand your horizons? Make lasting connections both on campus and professionally? Improve your consulting skills?
Join a group of diverse individuals across the world! Work with a diverse group of clients via experiential learning!
We are a truly international and cross cultural organisation with an expanding branch network across 35+ countries across the world’s top universities and B-schools.
Learn more about how we invest in every individual to develop changemakers of tomorrow!
Fill out this form and officially start your 180 Degrees Consulting branch application process!
Applicants are required to meet certain criteria, which are outlined below:
Secure a founding team of 4-8 individuals to assist in founding a branch in your university.
Ensure that you have ample time remaining in your current university program (at least 9 months left of your course) and that you have thought through a succession plan.
Check with your university that you have permissions to set up and operate an externally affiliated organisation within the university.
Ensure you are able to set up an entity that can sign legally binding contracts and possess its own bank account.
Start reaching out to potential professional partners/mentors who are willing to support you through your operations.
How does the complete application process work?
Founding a branch is a lengthy process that takes many months to complete, and so we recommend that you plan for at least 6 months, from start to finish. The complete process is outlined below:
Fill in the above mentioned application form to the best of your ability to submit your application to start your own branch.
Show us your motivation for wanting to found your own 180 Degrees Consulting branch and your initial ideas on how to run your branch during an interview with our Growth Team.
Once you have convinced us during the interview, show us you have what it takes to run a branch by submitting a detailed branch proposal.
If you have what it takes, you’ll be welcomed with master-classes and hands-on training to prepare you for your branch founding.
You are now ready to create social impact by helping social organisations in your community with your new 180 Degrees Consulting branch.
After successfully completing each stage, you will receive more information regarding the next step in the application process. More information outlining the application process and what we expect from you can be found in this presentation. If you have any questions or concerns, please check our Growth FAQs or reach out to us at growth@180dc.org.
Make sure you understand who we are and what we do
Show us you are passionate about 180DC and making a social impact
Show us you have what it takes to be social impact leaders
Make sure your application is comprehensive and that you are able to think a process through from end-to-end
Show us you are curious and don’t be afraid to ask questions
Begin your social impact journey with us by starting your own 180DC branch! Show us you have what it takes to lead fellow students and the passion to create social impact in your local community by submitting your application today.
Start A BranchAbsolutely! We are looking for student leaders with ambition and drive to start a 180 DC branch, irrespective of prior involvement with 180 DC.
We usually recommend that you plan for at least 6 months from initial application to onboarding to found your branch. Hence, we also recommend that you apply to start a 180DC branch, when you have at least 9 months remaining in your course.
In the interview, we ask more detailed questions relating to your application, namely understanding your alignment with 180DC, discussing your organisational structure and any preliminary challenges or questions regarding your ability to open a branch. All future founding members are permitted to attend, just make sure you put down their respective email addresses in the meeting invite!
Unfortunately not. We require that you must be a university student with at least 9 months remaining in your course to start a branch. However, if you are a recent graduate, you are more than welcome to recruit current students and become a mentor for their branch application.
We provide support to our branches throughout the application: onboarding, training and successive phases of establishing a branch. This includes not only feedback, but also any necessary tools, guidelines and documents you need to establish your branch.
Furthermore, we have Learning and Development materials available to all branches, as well as a regional Branch Support and Collaboration (BSC) team specialist assigned to touch base with each branch. It is possible to schedule monthly calls with the BSC team once you are an established branch, which acts similar to a mentor for your branch.
We process new branch applications on a rolling basis, so we recommend that you apply when you are ready!