One League

One League is a global education institution connecting the world’s highest potential talent with the world’s best opportunities by offering an Ivy League quality education, irrespective of financial means.

One League offers an Ivy League quality graduate-level education, via globally accessible live, synchronous online classes. One League fellows are championed by the organization’s extensive coalition of industry executives and leaders and receive guidance, support, and access to opportunities to seek venture funding to propel world-changing ideas.

One League offers financial support and industry guidance to select learners of the MITx MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science.

World map showing countries represented by One League's inaugural class: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgystan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Spain, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States — One League’s inaugural class includes learners from around the world.

One League is founded by Umaimah Mendhro, an accomplished Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Harvard Business School alum. Mendhro grew up in rural Pakistan and lived in exile in Saudi Arabia, with limited access to formal education for much of her life. Mendhro went on to attend two Ivy League institutions, Cornell University and Harvard Business School, where she was amongst the top 5% in her graduating class. She applied her education to build a multi-million-dollar e-commerce brand, VIDA.

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