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Arete for societies

Real opportunities for your members. Free for your society.

Members get first access to Solve & Hired Hiring Challenges.

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A shared competition, fully supported

Your student community

A real problem worth sharing.

An Arete Career competition

Your members do the work. We run it.

Work companies can explore

The submission and the reasoning behind it.

01

First access to Solve & Hired Hiring Challenges.

Members get first access. Applying is always free.

02

A project built on their own profile.

From each member's own CV and the role they want.

03

An Arete portfolio.

Your projects and decisions in one link, shared like your LinkedIn.

04

Feedback on their reasoning.

Present your thinking to professionals, and get feedback on how you reasoned.

Choose a format

A format that fits your community.

Format 01

An Arete competition for your community.

Give your members a focused career event, with personalised preparation and a project they can keep.

  1. 01Your society
  2. 02Your members
  3. 03Their work and portfolio
Your committee

Share the competition with your members and co-promote.

Arete

Set up the platform, participant guidance and submission flow.

Discuss this format Free for your society, always.
What your members get
Your societyFree for your society, always.
Your membersLike every student, your members get their first project and first competition free; membership is £6 a month after that.
Hiring ChallengesMembers get first access. Applying is always free.

What we ask: judge introductions and co-promotion.

Students from these universities have applied to and taken part in Arete.

  • Cornell University
  • Duke University
  • The University of Hong Kong
  • HKUST
  • Imperial College London
  • King's College London
  • LSE
  • McGill University
  • McMaster University
  • National University of Singapore
  • NYU
  • UCL
  • UT Austin
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Bristol
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Tokyo
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Warwick
  • University of Waterloo
  • Wharton

Judges and mentors in our network have worked at

  • McKinsey & Company
  • EY
  • Boston Consulting Group
  • Bain & Company
  • Deloitte
  • PwC
  • Goldman Sachs
  • BlackRock
  • CIBC
  • Morgan Stanley
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Accenture
Firm logos indicate professional backgrounds, not partnerships.

From our competitions

See the work come to life.

Consulting Career Hackathon presentation preview
Consulting Career HackathonFinal presentations / 1 August 2026Watch the presentation
Finance Career Hackathon presentation preview
Finance Career HackathonA finalist presentation / June 2026Watch the presentation

A few practical questions

Before we begin.

Is it free for our society?

Free for your society, always.

What does membership cost for students?

Like every student, your members get their first project and first competition free; membership is £6 a month after that.

Does paying affect selection?

Applying is always free. Paying for Arete Career never affects selection.

Who owns member data?

You own the work you create on Arete Career. You choose how it is shared. See Data and consent.

Let's build your next competition

Your community.
A new way in.

Free for your society, always.

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