Admissions at VERTEX
- Applications
- Not open yet
- Dates, fees and criteria
- Announced when each intake opens
- First to hear
- The launch list
- Founding cohort
- Small, on purpose
How to get in
Step 1
Join the launch list
Put your name down. The founding cohort will be small, and the list gets first access.
Step 2
Hear first
Dates, fees and admissions criteria go out to the list first, before the public sees them.
Step 3
Apply when your intake opens
Each programme announces its dates, fees and criteria when its own intake opens.
Step 4
Join the founding cohort
The founding cohort will be small on purpose.
Starting small is a genuine path in, not a consolation prize: strong performers in the shorter formats get fast-tracked toward the flagship PGP.
Who this is for
Two kinds of people, and they are equally welcome here. The first wants to start something. The second wants a career that actually goes somewhere: a role with real ownership, at a level a normal degree will not get them. Both need the same thing: the ability to walk into a room and solve a real business problem in front of people who can tell the difference. What we are not built for is someone who wants to coast through a brand name and be handed a safe outcome. If you would rather earn the outcome than be assigned one, you are the right fit, whichever of the two paths you take.
Before you apply
Is this a UGC-recognised degree?
No, and that is deliberate. VERTEX is not a degree-granting university and is not seeking UGC or AICTE accreditation. We are not competing to hand you a piece of paper: that market is saturated, and the paper loses value every year AI gets better at passing the exams behind it. What you leave with instead is a documented record of real work for real companies and a network of operators who watched you produce it. Be clear-eyed about this: if your target is a government role, a licensed profession, or a foreign masters that requires an accredited undergraduate degree, you need a university and we will tell you so. What we build is the thing that gets you hired or funded on the strength of your work, which is what the rest of the market now actually screens for.
Which programme should I pick?
The Foundry is the fastest way in and the easiest to fit around an existing job or degree: one real mandate, a founder-judged demo day, shortest commitment. VERTEX Bharat is for people who learn by moving: eight weeks across eight cities, learning India’s economy by standing inside it. The PGP is the full thing: deepest network access, Studio backing if you build, and the most direct line to hiring operators if you don’t. Strong performers in the shorter formats get fast-tracked toward the flagship, so starting small is a genuine path in, not a consolation prize.
More about admissions
Is VERTEX open for applications right now?
Not yet. We would rather tell you that plainly than collect your money before we are ready to be worth it. This site exists so you can decide whether this is the kind of institution you want to be part of before a single seat is sold. Dates, fees and admissions criteria go out to the list first, and the founding cohort will be small on purpose. Get on the list and you will be looking at it before the public is.
Can Foundry or Bharat lead to the PGP?
Yes. Strong performers in the shorter formats get fast-tracked toward the flagship PGP, so starting small is a genuine path in, not a consolation prize. Foundry participants who perform get priority consideration for the PGP.
Who can apply, and what are the eligibility requirements?
Eligibility requirements have not been published yet: dates, fees and admissions criteria are announced when each intake opens. VERTEX is built for two kinds of people: those who want to start something, and those who want a career with real ownership at a level a normal degree will not get them.
How does admissions work at VERTEX?
Applications are not open yet. When an intake opens, dates, fees and admissions criteria go to the launch list first, before they are public, and each programme announces its own intake. The founding cohort will be small on purpose.
How much does VERTEX cost?
Fees have not been published. Dates, fees and admissions criteria are announced when each intake opens, and the launch list hears first.
In ten years, the people running India’s best companies will not come from where you expect. They will come from VERTEX.
Some of them will have founded those companies. Most will be the ones those companies could not function without. The founding cohort will be small, and the list gets first access. Put your name down before the rest of the country finds out.