Students & Alumni: Be the reason for a better world

The H4 Programmes get you equipped for solving our nation's most complex problems through innovation-led experiential learning, whilst gaining critical professional skills for your future career. In this class you will be one of 4-5 teammates learning and applying Silicon Valley Lean Start-up methods to solve real-world national security and defence problems in a fast-paced and exciting environment.

See if your University is currently running a H4 Programme.

The value of being a H4 student

Real problems, real people

Work on a real world problems from organisations such as UK MoD, alongside a Problem Sponsor and Industry Mentor to guide you along the way.

Skills beyond textbooks

Develop innovation based employability skills to enable you to compete in today’s job market.

Advance your professional network

H4 introduces you to a rich professional network, enhancing career development opportunities beyond university.

Student & Alumni Testimonials: Take their word for it

"The course built some amazing skills; leadership, teamwork, consultancy, problem-solving, and confidence. This was necessary for us prior to stepping into our professional careers."

— Muhammad Maaz Nasir, University of Glasgow

"The H4MoD course was one of the highlights of my Master’s degree. Going out there, interviewing as many people as we did, giving weekly presentations and getting feedback on each of these really taught me in a faster and more efficient manner. I’d highly recommend it to anyone considering taking part in the course!"

— Sajini Sivanandan, Imperial College London

“Choosing to do the Hacking for MoD module was honestly one of the best decisions I have made for both my professional and personal development. It allowed me to re-orient my career goals to what truly interests me, and it was instrumental in my achievement of them.” 

— Emily Glynn, King’s College London

Learn how to solve complex problems through innovation-lead experiential learning and gain critical skills for your future career. Then grow your network and enable impact on a global scale.

Access to the Impact Fund

Are you a current H4 student and looking for financial support to enhance your probelm discovery?

The Impact Fund provides students on our Mission Driven Entrepreneurship™ courses funds to accelerate discovery and solution development while they are on the course. Students can use these funds to travel to visit their sponsor, purchase materials to build prototypes, or for other activities that further their learning around their government problem.  

The Impact Fund is made possible by corporate sponsors in partnership with The Common Mission Project. If you are interested in becoming a corporate sponsor, please email info@commonmission.uk.  

If you are a student on any of our Hacking for Ministry of Defence (H4MoD) or Hacking for Sustainability courses, you can apply for up to £100 per team

Get in touch.

Emma Parsons and Julia Domagala are your points of contacts regarding access to the Impact Fund. If you have any questons for them or need confirmation on how to apply, please get in touch using this form or email below.

info@commonmission.uk

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