International Business Olympiad (IBO)
The 2025 International Business Olympiad (IBO) is a global online competition designed for high school students passionate about business and entrepreneurship.
Business, Economics and Finance
Aralia offers a wide variety of business courses to help students build up confidence and knowledge to participate in competitions. Business competition prep courses are designed to provide students with a solid foundation in business principles and practices and cover a range of topics including finance, marketing, and more.
SAGE World Cup
The Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) competition is an international program that empowers high school students to develop innovative business ventures addressing social and environmental challenges.
Model Entrepreneur® Competition
The Model Entrepreneur® Competition invites students to solve real-world business problems by conducting market analysis and crafting detailed business plans. Additionally, participants also create promotional videos and presentations to the judges.
EEO European Economics Olympiad
The EEO European Economics Olympiad is an international competition aimed at high school students passionate about economics and finance. The event challenges participants to apply their economic knowledge and critical thinking skills to real-world problems through tasks like case studies, quizzes, and presentations.
Harvard Pre-Collegiate Economics Challenge (HPEC)
The Harvard Pre-Collegiate Economics Challenge (HPEC), organized by the Harvard Undergraduate Economics Association (HUEA), is a prestigious international competition for high school students passionate about economics. HPEC tests participants’ knowledge of AP Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, as well as current economic issues, history, research, and applications in fields such as education and the environment.
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YIS Young Investors Society Global Stock Pitch Competition
The Stock Pitch Competition organized by the Young Investors Society (YIS) is an engaging opportunity for high school students worldwide to develop and showcase their investment analysis skills.
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Wharton Global High School Investment Competition
The Wharton Global Youth Investment Competition is an annual contest where high school students work in teams to develop investment strategies for a simulated client. The competition promotes critical financial literacy skills and culminates in regional and global finals, where top teams present their strategies to Wharton judges.
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FBLA Middle School & High School National Leadership Conference
The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) hosts an annual National Leadership Conference (NLC) for middle and high school students, providing a platform to develop leadership skills, compete in business-related events, and network with peers and professionals. The NLC will feature competitive events, workshops, and keynote speakers aimed at enhancing participants’ business acumen and leadership abilities.
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Conrad Challenge
Formerly called the Conrad Spirit of Innovation, the Conrad Innovation Challenge is an entrepreneurship competition for high school students. Participants develop a unique business concept and present it to a panel of judges. The Conrad Challenge encourages creative thinking and offers valuable lessons that go beyond what is taught in a traditional classroom.
DECA International Career Development Conference ICDC
The DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) brings together thousands of high school and college students to compete in business-focused events across areas like marketing, finance, and entrepreneurship. This event emphasizes skill-building, networking, and leadership development with competitions judged by industry professionals. Participants must qualify through regional or state events, and submissions vary by category, typically including role-play scenarios, written reports, and presentations.
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London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF) Financial Ability Assessment and Challenge
The London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF) Financial Ability Assessment and Challenge, hosted by Seedasdan, is designed for high school students interested in finance. Participants can compete individually or in teams to showcase financial literacy and analytical skills. The event evaluates contestants through financial knowledge tests and case studies, allowing for online or in-person submissions.
International Economics Olympiad
The International Economics Olympiad (IEO) is a global competition for high school students that focuses on economics, business, and finance. Participants compete individually and in teams through tests, case studies, and simulations. The competition aims to inspire and challenge students to explore economic theories and business practices.
Royal Economic Society Young Economist of the Year
The Young Economist of the Year competition invites students aged 16 to 18 in the UK to submit essays addressing current economic issues. The competition aims to enhance students’ understanding of economics and encourage critical thinking. Winners receive cash prizes, and their work may be published.
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LSESU Economics Society Essay Competition
LSESU Economics Society Essay Competition invites students to write an essay responding to questions spanning political economy, the financial sector, and macroeconomics. Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their analytical skills and economic insights.
Modeling the Future Challenge
The Modeling the Future Challenge offers high school students a thrilling opportunity to engage in real-world competition that integrates math modeling, data analysis, and risk management. Participants undertake research projects utilizing real-world data to analyze risks and provide recommendations to companies, industry groups, governments, or organizations.
Introduction to Data Analysis with Excel
Data Analysis and Statistics are important tools to transform data into meaningful information and make better decisions. Many programs in colleges have classes that require data collection, statistical analysis, and storytelling with data, but freshmen often start their degrees unprepared in terms of these quantitative skills. This course is designed to bridge that gap by teaching high school students essential skills in statistics, data analysis and visualization with Excel software.
Pirates Pitch Competition
The Pirate Pitch Competition allows high school students to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and idea generation. It’s a fun way for high school students to put their entrepreneurial know-how to the test and win cash prizes and Seton Hall University scholarships.
Blue Ocean Entrepreneur Competition
Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition is a global virtual pitch competition for high school students. Students will pitch their innovative business concepts to experienced entrepreneurs and business people, receive feedback on their ideas, join a community of like-minded students, and win prizes.
The National Personal Finance Challenge
The National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC) is an online personal finance competition for high school students in the United States. It is sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is designed to promote financial literacy among high school students.
National Personal Finance Challenge Preparation
National Personal Finance Challenge is the nation’s premier personal finance competition for teens. Through this program, students will have the opportunity to learn about topics such as budgeting, saving, investing, and credit management from experienced instructors.
National Economics Challenge Prep
The National Economics Challenge Prep is a course designed to prepare students for the National Economics Challenge, a nationwide competition that tests their knowledge and understanding of economics. This course will cover a variety of topics related to economics, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, and personal finance.
Intro to Investment – Focus on Crypto Currency
The group classes serve as an introduction to how to do research commonly used in economics, finance and investment. Students will become familiar with the concepts, methods, and applications of research and evaluation; learn how to critically consume and analyze research; and propose an appropriate research project to inform an important issue.
AP Microeconomics
The purpose of the AP Exam prep course is to equip students with knowledge and skills to excel in the upcoming AP Microeconomics exam. During the course, students will cultivate a profound understanding of economic concepts and principles. Additionally, they will develop the ability to define, analyze, and explain economic principles and models with clarity and precision.
Intro to Business Competition
Aspiring entrepreneurs will learn to create, promote, and market a company to win over the judges in a Business Competition. Intro to Business Competition course is designed and taught by an M.B.A. professor and judge of graduate Business Pitch competitions. Topics include the differences between start-ups and small businesses, business ideation, designing business plans, environmental scanning, raising capital, developing budgets, establishing organizational structure, marketing and promotion strategies, persuasive sales pitches, and pitch-decks.
National Economics Challenge
The National Economics Challenge is hosted by the Council for Economic Education, a long-standing organization committed to equipping K-12 students with knowledge and tools of personal finance and economics. National Economics Challenge is the only annual economic competition for high school students. The competition tests students on their knowledge of the world economy, specifically microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international and current events. In 2019, more than 10,000 high school students participated in 45 states nationwide.
International Relations Research Project
Under the guidance of the professor, students will write a 15-page paper on the topic of international relations; examples of research topics: What is globalization? How do we measure it? What are the pros and cons of globalization? What is the best way to reduce government corruption? Use the data of Transparency International, select a country and write a report, etc.
Business Research
This class is for students who are prepping to enter higher education with the hope of pursuing a research field in the context of business research. This course is taught by a scholar-practitioner who has extensive teaching and research experience at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. Under the guidance of the professor, students will write a 15-page paper on business research topics; examples of research topics: The global impact of the “Belt and Road” initiative, China’s 1989 economic reform, How social media makes the world global, Sino-US trade war and more.
Harvard International Economics Essay Contest (HIEEC)
The Harvard Undergraduate Economics Association (HUEA) is organizing its flagship Harvard International Economics Essay Contest with the collaboration of the Harvard College Economics Review.
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Diamond Challenge
Created by the University of Delaware Horn Entrepreneurship center in 2012, the Diamond Challenge provides a unique opportunity for 10,000+ teens to learn about entrepreneurship while putting their ideas into action. This is a high school entrepreneurship competition, and high school students participate in a year-long program. They will be developing ideas to address pressing challenges they’ve identified.
AP Macroeconomics
The purpose of AP Exam prep course is to equip AP Macroeconomics students to excel on the AP Macroeconomics exam. Throughout the course, you will cultivate a deep understanding of economic concepts and strengthen your ability to define, analyze, and articulate economic principles and models.
Diamond Challenge Preparation
Aspiring entrepreneurs will create, promote, and market a company to win over the Diamond Challenge Business Competition’s judges. In this intensive format, students will conduct the business ideation process, create a business plan, conduct environmental scanning, establishing the organizational mission, vision, and value statements, create marketing and promotion strategies, write the business proposal and create a pitch-deck required by the Diamond Challenge Business Competition.
Economics Research
Students will use college-level economic theory and models to analyze the financial impact on the global economy. The economic instructor will provide students with the models and tools necessary to write an economic research paper. The economic research project encourages students to integrate their acquired knowledge of economic theory, phenomenon, data, and policy.
Introduction to Economics
This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of the fundamentals of Economics. Of all subjects learned in the secondary setting, the fundamental principles of economics are essential. Students will apply economic principles to everyday scenarios during this course. They instructor will assist students to think economically and make rational decisions.
International Relations
This course is a survey of a wide range of topics in international relations. The course will cover several widely used theories that explain recurring patterns in international relations, including Liberalism, Realism, Marxism, and Constructivism. The course will introduce institutions that have been pillars of the world order since World War II, such as the United Nations, the Bretton Woods monetary system, and the world trading system.