The Global Leadership Challenge 2025

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About Global Leadership Challenge

Opportunity Details

The Global Leadership Challenge 2025 will convene 100 young leaders selected through an open application process. Applicants will be evaluated on their passion for engaging with complex global challenges. We are looking for a diverse group of postgraduate students and young professionals who are ready to rise to the challenges of our time and develop themselves as the responsible leaders our world desperately needs now.

GLC Members can participate virtually from around the world.

Benefits of Global Leadership Challenge

  • Become part of a diverse global community of young, responsible leaders 

  • Engage with world-renowned academics and senior business and policy leaders

  • Develop action projects that address some of the most pressing global challenges using design thinking principles

  • Learn to lead in a way that not only advances personal ambition but actively seeks the wider good of society

  • Earn an official Certificate of Achievement

  • Receive bespoke leadership training and mentorship offered by the Oxford Character Project

  • Win an invitation to attend the 55th St Gallen Symposium in May 2026 as Leaders of Tomorrow, if your team is one of the top performing teams.

Global Leadership Challenge Requirements

  • You are a student (currently enrolled in a Masters or a PhD programme) or a young professional (aged between 21-30 years).

  • You have finished your undergraduate studies.

  • You have already demonstrated your commitment to responsible leadership through extra-curricular activities and/or work experience.

  • You are committed to investing around five half-days Mid-December 2025 in GLC. (exact days tba.)

  • Active participation in GLC sessions is mandatory to receive a Certificate of Achievement.

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Application Date and Process

Application

If you apply for GLC 2025 and your application is successful, you will be placed in a diverse group alongside four other GLC members. Your preferences will be considered when assigning challenge areas, ensuring the best fit for your interests.

Application window will open October 1st 2025

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