2012 • 2027 — Leading the Future
BCI Leaders Program 2027
15th Anniversary Edition
In 2027, the BCI Leaders Program celebrates 15 years with a special edition in Boston and Cambridge: an international experience of academic immersion and personal development built around leadership, future-ready skills, artificial intelligence, innovation, an entrepreneurial mindset, mentoring and project development.
BCI by the numbers
Fifteen years of international programs
- Years of history
- 15
- Participants
- 3,000+
- Sessions and experiences
- 32
- The institute's home base
- Boston and Cambridge
- The structure of every program
- Study, apply, present
Figures accumulated since the institute was founded in 2012.
Visits and educational activities
About BCI
International education that turns knowledge into action
Founded in 2012, The Boston Cambridge Institute builds international education programs for teenagers, college students and professionals. Every program combines academic content, cultural immersion and direct contact with the innovation ecosystem of Boston and Cambridge.
Over fifteen years, more than 3,000 participants have gone through experiences designed to build critical thinking, independence and the ability to execute. The learning happens inside the classroom and well beyond it, through visits, mentoring and projects that have to be delivered.
What stays with them
BCI does not hand over a trip. It hands over a project built from nothing, presented in public, and owned by the student who made it.
BCI archive
Flagship program
BCI Leaders Program
BCI's flagship program brings together students aged 11 to 17 for an intensive experience of about two weeks in Boston and Cambridge, with thematic classes, visits, American mentoring and a business project developed from scratch to a final pitch.
The content is organized in modules covering entrepreneurial mindset, opportunity recognition, business, applied artificial intelligence, leadership, communication and presentation. Each participant leaves with a project they built and presented in public.
- Participant age
- 11 to 17
- Approximate length
- 2 weeks
- Where it happens
- Boston and Cambridge
What the program covers
- Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Leadership
- Artificial Intelligence
- Innovation
- Communication
- Project Development
- Public Speaking
- Global Mindset
From the first module to the final pitch
BCI archive · Leaders Program
Pillars of the experience
Five pillars hold the program together
The structure repeats every edition because it works: content, real context, mentoring, delivery and recognition.
Thematic Classes
Academic content organized in modules, taught in English by educators and professionals, in language suited to the age group and always tied to practical application.
Visits and Learning Activities
Boston and Cambridge become an extension of the classroom. Universities, research centers, companies and startups visited with a clear academic purpose.
Mentoring
Sessions with local professionals and mentors who follow the projects as they evolve and bring the perspective of people building inside the American ecosystem.
Business Project
Each group identifies a real opportunity and develops a project from scratch, moving through ideation, development, mentoring and pitch preparation.
Closing Ceremony
The experience ends with the final project presentations and a ceremony that publicly recognizes each participant's work.
2027 Edition
A special 15th anniversary edition
The 2027 edition carries the theme Leading the Future and adds a commemorative layer to the program structure, marking BCI's trajectory and connecting those who came through the institute with those arriving now.
Leading the Future
The theme that guides the edition: preparing young people to lead what is still being built.
Special programming
Exclusive activities added to the regular structure of the BCI Leaders Program.
Alumni Networking
A meeting between the 2027 cohort and former participants from fifteen years of programs.
Innovation Challenge
An innovation challenge run inside the edition itself, with a deliverable and an evaluation.
Special Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony in commemorative format, at the center of the 15th anniversary celebration.
Commemorative medal
The 15th anniversary celebration includes a commemorative medal for every participant.
Dates, investment and detailed programming will be announced soon.
Discover the 2027 Edition
Where it happens
Boston and Cambridge
Few regions in the world hold this much academic and scientific density. Boston and Cambridge bring together universities, research centers, leading hospitals, established companies and early stage startups within a few miles of one another.
That environment is what gives the program its context. Participants move through places where science, technology, health, artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship are everyday work, and they leave with a concrete reference for what can be built.
- Universities
- Research centers
- Companies and startups
- Science and technology
- Health
- Artificial intelligence
- Entrepreneurship
BCI archive · Cambridge
Operations and safety
A structure built to host teenagers
Fifteen years leading groups of young people abroad produced a protocol of our own. For families, the operation weighs as much as the academic content.
An experienced team
Professionals and educators used to accompanying teenagers on international programs.
Continuous supervision
The team stays with the group throughout the schedule, inside and outside the academic activities.
Communication with families
Constant contact for the duration of the program, with an update to families at the end of each day.
Housing and transport
Structure organized and accompanied by the team, from campus housing to the daily transfers.
Defined protocols
Established procedures for transfers, activities and emergency situations.
Singularis partnership
BCI operates in partnership with Singularis, a travel agency with more than 30 years of experience, responsible for the logistical structure of the programs.
Custom programs
Programs designed to fit
Beyond its own programs, BCI develops custom educational experiences for institutions that want to take their groups abroad with a clear academic purpose.
Schools
Immersion programs for student groups, aligned with the school calendar and its academic plan.
Universities
Study Abroad, cultural immersions and academic modules designed together with the institution.
Companies
Executive programs and immersions in innovation and artificial intelligence for corporate teams.
History and gallery
Fifteen years on the record
From 2012 to 2027: cohorts, visits, projects and closing ceremonies in Boston, Cambridge, California, Central Florida and São Paulo.
BCI archive · Cohorts
BCI archive · Visits
BCI archive · Projects
BCI archive · Closing Ceremony
2012 • 2027 — Leading the Future
The future belongs to those who are prepared to lead it.
The 15th anniversary edition of the BCI Leaders Program is already taking shape. Talk to the team to receive the 2027 information as soon as it is released.