Launch a startup. Get your degree.
Sandbox is one intense year spent creating a venture-scale startup, surrounded by the hungriest young builders in the country.
Sandbox integrates with your college degree, so you can go all in and not drop out.
Launch a startup. Get your degree.
Sandbox is one intense year spent creating a venture-scale startup, surrounded by the hungriest young builders in the country.
Sandbox integrates with your college degree, so you can go all in and not drop out.
Our Manifesto
Education should be one of the most inspiring things we do, but it isn't.
Education has become sterile classrooms, obsession with grades, and cramming for tests. It’s hoop jumping and box checking — we refuse to accept this.
We’re relentless about creating a world where classrooms are replaced by premium workspaces, lectures by hands on building, irrelevant class projects by things you care about, and anonymous student bodies by tight knit, ambitious cohorts.
And we're committed to doing all that while still granting fully accredited degrees.
Our mission: no more hoops, no more boxes, just education that genuinely inspires.
Chris Crittenden
CEO, Sandbox
chris@sandbox.ing
Our Manifesto
Education should be one of the most inspiring things we do, but it isn't.
Education has become sterile classrooms, obsession with grades, and cramming for tests. It’s hoop jumping and box checking — we refuse to accept this.
We’re relentless about creating a world where classrooms are replaced by premium workspaces, lectures by hands on building, irrelevant class projects by things you care about, and anonymous student bodies by tight knit, ambitious cohorts.
And we're committed to doing all that while still granting fully accredited degrees.
Our mission: no more hoops, no more boxes, just education that genuinely inspires.
Chris Crittenden
CEO, Sandbox
chris@sandbox.ing
Sandbox Programs
Sandbox Fellowship
Our most intense program. Fellows build full time for 12 months at a Sandbox Space and receive a Masters.
University Programs
Our program for top students at partner universities. Students replace up to 18 credits of their senior year with Sandbox.
Sandbox Programs
Sandbox Fellowship
Our most intense program. Fellows build full time for 12 months at a Sandbox Space and receive a Masters.
University Programs
Our program for top students at partner universities. Students replace up to 18 credits of their senior year with Sandbox.
Real companies, not side hustles
Sandbox isn’t for side hustles.
Over a dozen Sandbox companies have been venture backed at a combined valuation of $180M.
6 Sandbox companies have been accepted to Y Combinator.
Sandbox alumni are among the most in-demand hires at today’s fastest growing companies.
Real companies, not side hustles
Sandbox isn’t for side hustles.
Over a dozen Sandbox companies have been venture backed at a combined valuation of $180M.
6 Sandbox companies have been accepted to Y Combinator.
Sandbox alumni are among the most in-demand hires at today’s fastest growing companies.
Endorsed by top startups and VCs
Endorsed by top startups and VCs
Endorsed by top startups and VCs
Education doesn't have to be this way
Sandbox started as a simple question: What if students spent less time in class and more time building?
The result: A new generation of creators, founders, and venture-backed startups.
Education doesn't have to be this way
Sandbox started as a simple question: What if students spent less time in class and more time building?
The result: A new generation of creators, founders, and venture-backed startups.
Stop asking permission.
Start building.
Ready to stop checking boxes and start building something real? Apply to Sandbox today.
Stop asking permission.
Start building.
Ready to stop checking boxes and start building something real? Apply to Sandbox today.
