In many African universities, students often sit in huge lecture classes. They take classes only within their major and often learn by rote. In contrast, Ashesi features a multidisciplinary and emerging transdisciplinary core curriculum designed to foster ethics and critical thinking, in addition to in-depth majors. Instead of traditional lecture-only classes, we offer a mix of small seminars, workshops, and hands-on learning through labs, community service, and senior capstone projects. Students tackle problems based on complex, real-world scenarios.

Ashesi aspires to be as demanding as a high-quality university anywhere in the world, with a curriculum designed for an African context. At Ashesi, we believe that for young Africans to stand up to corruption and bureaucracy, they must ask questions. To be innovative and entrepreneurial, they must stop memorizing old answers and instead analyze problems in fresh ways to create new solutions.