About University of Southern California (USC), Iovine & Young Academy (IYA)

About company

The USC Iovine and Young Academy seeks to empower the next generation of thought leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs through a unique educational experience focused at the intersection of four essential areas: the arts and design; technology; venture management; and communication. These new literacies for the 21st century combine to create a new disciplinary expertise that will prepare our graduates to adapt quickly to rapidly changing work landscapes, and to rethink, reimagine, and reapply. Our students will develop high-level problem solving abilities and skills that can be applied across a broad spectrum of industries, fields, and areas of endeavor, and a mindset that embraces lifelong learning. Through the strategic application of human-centered design fueled by diversity and inclusion, technology, agency, and unbridled creativity, Academy alumni will develop new ways of working, learning, collaborating, and engaging with our communities, and drive positive change for society and the environment.