Empowering students to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Gain experience with international collaboration and join a team that tackles a Sustainable Development Goal challenge.
As part of ASU’s mission to address global sustainable development challenges, the Rob Walton College of Global Futures offers a unique three-credit undergraduate/graduate course to all students at ASU, Future 17: Global Innovation Challenge. The University of Exeter in the United Kingdom organizes Future17 in collaboration with QS ImpACT.
This fully online, hands-on, project-based course features multinational teams collaborating to deliver real projects requested by non-profit organizations, companies and government entities that address the UN SDGs. Student participants will collaborate virtually with universities around the world, gaining valuable professional skills in problem-solving and working with global partners. This hands-on approach provides students with practical experience and a firsthand look at the impact their work has on pressing global issues.
Course information
Future17 will run as a full-time course through the School of the Future of Innovation in Society, under the name FIS 494/GTD 598: Future 17 Global Innovation Challenge. It is open to all interested ASU students, including those based on the Tempe campus and online.
Student testimonials
After getting paired with a corporation that has its own sustainability questions, I got to work with a diverse team on solving such issues. For me, the real breakthrough moments involved realizing and being surprised at the scale and complexity of the problems the world is facing, especially those issues that perhaps we thought we already had a good handle on.
Caleb Lieberman Bachelor of Science in Innovation in Society
Future17 gave me the opportunity to collaborate with students from across the globe on a truly meaningful project. Our team’s work was valued and appreciated by our client. Even though climate technology wasn’t my specialty going in, I was fascinated by the space and gained knowledge I wouldn’t have otherwise pursued. It was rewarding to know our research made a genuine impact.
Emily Paget PhD in Innovation in Global Development
Check out a student case study
Emily Paget’s team analyzed climate technology trends and provided investment recommendations for Mercy Corps Ventures. Take a look at their project deliverables and the impact it made for their partner company.
Contact
Deputy Director and Clinical Professor
School for the Future of Innovation in Society
Not familiar with the SDGs?
According to the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Goals “provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.”
Sign up for the course in the spring
Future17 is a unique program that connects students from universities across the globe to learn skills and techniques to work collaboratively with diverse teams and develop solutions to one or more of the 17 UN SDGs.