Where tomorrow’s entrepreneurs begin their journey

A one-year immersive fellowship connecting entrepreneurial UK students with the Startup Nation’s most innovative minds.

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What is Yozma?

The Yozma Fellowship is an immersive programme for entrepreneurial UK students looking for hands-on experience, learning from top entrepreneurs and investors who built and scaled global businesses.

Students who join the Yozma Fellowship will be part of a global community of founders and investors who sold their start-ups for billions of dollars and invested in unicorns and hundreds of start-ups across the globe. 

This programme is designed for students in their second year of university, with A 7-day overseas trip and full fellowship taking place during year three.

About Yozma

During the programme participants will

Witness entrepreneurship in action

Learn how startups, scale-ups, VCs, and innovation hubs actually operate through structured visits and discussions

Learn from people who’ve built global companies

Hear directly from founders and investors about real decisions, trade-offs, and lessons from scaling businesses

Understand the entrepreneurial mindset

Explore how resilience, speed, and experimentation shape company building in fast-moving environments

Keep learning beyond the trip

Return to the UK for a year-long programme of events, discussions, and peer learning alongside your studies

Participation is fully subsidised

Why Join?

Real-world insight

Get beyond theory with direct access to entrepreneurs, investors and decision-makers

Global exposure

Experience Israel’s thriving startup ecosystem and what makes it unique

Lifelong community

Build meaningful connections with peers, founders, advisors and future employers

The Fellowship at a Glance

12-month UK-based programme

12-month UK-based programme

  • Kickoff in the UK
  • 7-day immersive trip to Israel’s innovation ecosystem
  • Additional 6 hands-on educational events with UK founders and investors until June 2027

This Fellowship is for you if:

  • You see entrepreneurship as a path you want to pursue, either now or later in your career
  • You want more than just learning the theory but looking for real life, hands-on experience from founders who’ve built and scaled companies
  • You are in 2nd year at a UK-based university 
  • Curious, motivated and ready to step up

The small print

  • Participation is fully subsidised. A refundable £300 deposit is required and will be returned at the end of the fellowship year, subject to active participation.
  • The Fellowship is open to students from all backgrounds. We welcome applicants from diverse academic disciplines, career interests, and personal backgrounds who can demonstrate a strong passion for entrepreneurship and company building.
  • The Fellowship is designed to advance practical entrepreneurship education and to widen access to real-world learning and networks that are often unavailable to students without existing connections. Selection is competitive and places are limited, based on demonstrated motivation, curiosity, and commitment to learning.
  • Students apply during the second year of their undergraduate degree. The Fellowship begins at the end of the second year of undergraduate study in June and is delivered during the Fellow’s third year of university. The Fellowship structure, schedule, and content may be updated where necessary.

Israel is home to some of the world’s most brilliant technologists and has become NVIDIA’s second home.”

Jensen Huang, Nvidia
Source: NVIDIA Israel campus announcement, reported by Calcalist and Ynet, December 2023

The innovation that is happening in Israel is extraordinary. The density of talent here is unlike almost anywhere else in the world.”

Eric Schmidt, Google
Source: Remarks during visit to Israel, reported by Haaretz