Bali Digital Business
& Entrepreneurship
Bali runs on founders, creators and remote teams, one of Asia's liveliest digital economies.
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Winter Class 2026 has closed. Summer Class 2027 is open now on Early Bird, and Early Bird places are limited. Five minutes to apply, a personal reply within days.
It reads less like
a business semester.
What students tell us most often about this semester:
- →It feels different from a traditional business semester
- →Learning happens beyond the classroom
- →Ideas turn into real concepts
- →Technology becomes practical, not theoretical
- →The international group feels like a startup family
- →You build something that is truly yours
- →You leave with direction, not just credits
Six modules.
30 ECTS.
Taught, examined and credited by PIB College. Up to 30 ECTS. About 15 US credits is a rough workload comparison, not a recognition guarantee. The academic documents come from PIB College; we help you provide them to your home registrar.
Digital business models and the impact of digital transformation, set in the Indonesian and wider Southeast Asian market, with a visit to Draper Startup House Bali.
Advanced SEO, social media and visual communication, branding, content creation and influencer marketing, learned through hands-on workshops and a live campaign project.
Building, securing and optimizing online stores, the platforms that matter in Indonesia and the logistics behind them, with an e-commerce warehouse visit.
AI tools and data analytics for marketing, customer service and decision-making, plus the ethics of AI, with labs at GDP Labs, Le Wagon Bali and Fab Lab Bali.
The heart of the semester. An entrepreneurship bootcamp, design thinking, UI/UX and financial modelling, then a pitch of your own venture to a panel of industry experts.
Functional Bahasa Indonesia for business, Indonesian business culture and traditional Balinese values, with cultural immersion and village excursions.
ECTS, a full study-abroad semester. Certificate and Academic Transcript from PIB College travel home with you.
Idea to Demo Day,
in fifteen weeks.
The semester is built like a founding journey. You arrive with a curiosity and leave having pitched a venture of your own. Scroll and the arc fills in.
Arrive on campus, meet an international cohort and set up your semester in the first week.
Digital business models and the Indonesian context, with a visit to Draper Startup House and cultural immersion in Ubud.
Digital marketing, e-commerce and AI, hands-on: advanced SEO, content, GDP Labs, Le Wagon Bali and Fab Lab Bali.
Startup methods and business planning open the Digital Business Startup Project, where your venture takes shape.
Design thinking, UI/UX and financial modelling turn the idea into a working concept in a team.
Present your startup to a panel of industry experts, from concept through to final pitch.
A Certificate and Academic Transcript from PIB College, plus the venture you built, travel home with you.
Lectures, startup work
and field days.
choose a day to see the weekly rhythm ↓
MondayCampus lecturesTheory at the PIB Campus: digital business fundamentals, marketing strategy and AI in business, one of two lecture days each week.
TuesdayCampus lecturesThe second campus day, with case studies and group work feeding your running startup project.
WednesdayWorkshops & tech labsHands-on sessions matched to the week's module: SEO and content strategy, e-commerce backend setup, AI tools for business, design thinking.
ThursdayExcursion or industry visitA weekly academic excursion or industry visit: a startup hub, an e-commerce warehouse, an AI lab or a co-working space, part of the attendance rule; some weeks this runs on Friday instead.
FridayStartup project dayContinuous work on your own digital venture, plus mentorship and feedback sessions, then the weekend and the island are yours.
A startup
and 30 ECTS.
Certificate and Academic Transcript from PIB College documenting up to 30 ECTS. About 15 US credits is a rough workload comparison, not a recognition guarantee. Your home institution alone decides whether and how the credits count.
Your own digital business, developed from concept to pitch across the Startup Project module and presented to a panel of industry experts.
An international group that, students tell us, ends up feeling like a startup family. You arrive alone and leave with a group chat that never goes quiet.
Fifteen weeks inside Bali's founder economy leave you with practical confidence and a clearer sense of what you want to build next.
The runway
to your intake.
Two intakes a year. Each intake moves through Early Bird, Regular and Late, and your fee is set by the phase on the day you register. Winter Class 2026 has closed. Summer Class 2027 is open now on Early Bird.
All figures include the €350 registration, refundable when you cancel more than 8 weeks before intake, minus a €100 processing fee. Accommodation, flights and food are extra. Winter Class 2026 did not include the C9 student visa; Summer Class 2027 includes it.
Registration
is open.
Summer Class 2027 runs 12 April to 24 July 2027 at PIB College. Early Bird is the first of three fee phases for this intake, and the fee includes the student visa.
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Studios and labs
in the rice fields.
PIB College, the School of Tourism, Digital & Creative Arts, is a private vocational higher education institution in Tabanan, founded in 2017. Its resort-themed campus sits amid the rice fields and is often described as the most beautiful campus in Bali, with design studios and labs, a growing digital business department and industry ties across the island. Your modules are taught, examined and credited here.
Good
to know.
Housing, visa and ways to fund the semester.
on this programOn-campus dorms or a nearby student accommodation, including a riverside retreat near Canggu. Housing is optional, and you get the options and pricing after you confirm.
VisaWhat about the visa?→A C9 student visa, applied for by PIB College on your behalf, valid for stays of up to 180 days. You send passport scans and a photo. From Summer Class 2027 the visa fee is included in the program price; Winter Class 2026 charged it separately.
FundingCan I afford this?→Early Bird saves against the later phases, and the €350 registration is refundable when you cancel more than 8 weeks before intake, minus a €100 processing fee.
Questions about
this program.
Business background, what you build, coding, credits, visa and timing.
Do I need a business background to join?
What will I actually build?
Which visa do I need?
Do I need coding or technical skills?
Will my home university accept the credits?
When does it run and how do I apply?
Apply for this
program.
Winter Class 2026 has closed. Summer Class 2027 is open now on Early Bird, which holds until 15 October 2026. Five minutes to apply, a personal reply within days.
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