Ayn Rand’s ideas are wide-ranging and deep, spread across panoramic novels and voluminous essays. They can be incredibly inspiring—but to fully grasp and apply them takes more than inspiration. It takes a full, firsthand understanding, cultivated through structure, guidance, and practice.
This brand new series of seminars—taught live by Onkar Ghate for the first time in 2026-27—is designed to help you get there. Guided by Ghate and other world-leading experts on Objectivism, you’ll follow a well-crafted path through key elements of the philosophy.
You’ll deepen your knowledge not just about what Rand thought, but why—and how to think through these issues yourself. The result? A more integrated, confident, and practical grasp of Objectivism, readily applicable to your own life.
Join live online classes via videoconferencing.
View the same course content, assignments, and resources available to graded students. Auditors are welcome to do assigned work but should not expect that it will be reviewed or graded by ARU faculty.
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Onkar Ghate
ARI reserves the right to cancel or reschedule live courses. Students have the option to be refunded, credited, or transferred to another course should this occur.
ARU courses are for avocational and professional development purposes. They are not licensed and not accredited.
ARU course participants must abide by our Code of Conduct and Confidentiality policies, and any other course policies communicated to participants.
Students should have read (at minimum) Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and some of Ayn Rand’s nonfiction.
We offer foundational courses in Objectivism and objective communication each year, as well as courses in special topics such as epistemology, literature, business, and intellectual history.
