The vision with The Educated Singles Club
With The Educated Singles Club, it was the vision to create an inspiring, safe and global community for highly-educated singles. We quickly learned that there were a lot of dating sites filled up with fake profiles and that had robots pretending to be real users sending messages, etc.
That discovery just confirmed the founders in that there was a huge need for The Educated Singles Club based on very different principles.
That is why we assess all membership applications carefully and manually verify identity and level of education. In addition to the manual verification, we have some tools helping us verify authenticity. In fact, we reject more than 90% of all membership applications because they either don't meet the requirements or they get rated as potentially fraudulent.
That way, we can live up to our initial vision and you can rest assured that all the members you meet in the club are who they appear to be.
About The Educated Singles Club
The Educated Singles Club is a global dating site for highly-educated singles, which in our terms mean that you must have at least a master's degree to become a member.
You can apply for a membership for many different reasons:
- You want to find the love of your life.
- You want to network with like-minded educated singles.
- You want to find well-educated travel partners.
- You are an educated single with an open mind to whatever might happen
- You are looking for a new job and are willing to relocate.
This means that you can be on Educated Singles for a lot of different reasons and meet really interesting people from your neighbourhood or from around the world. In this private club, you can pursue your aspirations at your own pace with the selection of members that suits you
What is an Educated Single?
An educated single is a person who holds at least a master's degree from a reputable educational institution. That is the definition we have chosen for The Educated Singles Club. We don't care about your income, job position, religion or anything else. We only care about your level of education.
Who can join The Educated Singles Club?
To join you need to have at least a master's degree from a well-established and respectable institution. You also need to have a mature LinkedIn profile.
We assess an applicant's ID and education level thoroughly before his or her application is approved. We reject the vast majority of the applications we receive. Either, the applicant doesn't meet the criteria or we suspect the profile to be fake. Our thorough assessment of the application process assures your authenticity and safety when connecting and communicating with fellow members.
What is a mature LinkedIn profile?
It is a profile that was not created recently and that shows that you have a substantial number of connections, endorsements, and meaningful contributions. And of course, your professional and academic records need to be up to date. If we don't find your LinkedIn profile to have the necessary quality we will reject your application
What if I don't have a LinkedIn profile?
If you don't have a LinkedIn profile and believe you are qualified to join "The Educated Singles Club" then you can ask for permission to send a copy of your national ID and copies of academic transcripts. We charge a non-refundable fee for that, which has to be pre-paid before we will accept your documents for evaluation. Please get in touch if you need to have your eligibility assessed.
What do I get for my educated singles membership fee?
- The opportunity to meet a lot of other well-educated singles from around the world
- The opportunity to participate in events in major cities around the world, exclusively for the members of Educated Singles
- Discounts on several different products and services
- Form and join Think Tanks, which can serve as significant public influencers
- Form new friendships when we are travelling together
- The opportunity to participate in and form interest groups
- A safe environment where all members have been validated
- A platform for you to develop a strong global network
- Maybe you will find the love of your life
What is the membership fee?
The non-refundable membership fee is 249€ per year or 29€ per month.
Your privacy is crucial to us, which is one of the main reasons why we don't have free profiles in The Educated Singles Club. None of the information you as a member have provided will be given or sold to a third party in any form. Your membership is a non-refundable subscription that you can cancel at any time to the end of a subscription period.
Is there an iPhone and Android App as well?
No, there is not and we have no current plans for launching any.
Instead, our site is fully mobile-friendly on all devices.
How does Educated Singles Club secure authenticity?
One of the main issues for online social groups in general and dating communities, in particular, is to verify that the members are who they appear to be. In Educated Singles we decided to prioritise authenticity over anything else. That means we assess each profile carefully before it is published and some structural elements help us keep this community safe, reliable and trustworthy for all members. The measures we have implemented are:
You have to pay a fee to have a profile with Educated Singles. With this model, we don't need as many profiles as possible (where a large portion of them would be fake). We can approve the members who fit our criteria. This is good for you as a member.
We ask you to provide us with a link to your LinkedIn public profile. We use the information in your Linkedin profile to verify your education and name.
If you don't have a LinkedIn profile you can provide us with a link to another professional networking site like Xing or Viadeo where we can do the verification.
There are no free profiles. Nothing in this world is free. It is free to have a profile on Facebook and to use Google but they make a lot of money from collecting information about you and selling them to 3rd parties. With The Educated Singles Club, you pay a small fee and you don't have to worry about being spammed with emails or being exposed to ads when you are using Educated Singles. We might have sponsored content. In that case, it is marked at the top of the post.
The information you provide us stays here. It is fair and transparent. Having no free profiles have another positive side effect, namely that it almost eliminates fake profiles because people who create profiles don't want to pay anything because their identity will be revealed.
We also do photo verification if we are in doubt of a profile's authenticity.
Why should I join Educated Singles?
Our business model is not based on advertising revenue like most other online communities. We think it is wrong. This means you have to pay a small fee to have a profile with Educated Singles. With this model, we don't need as many profiles as possible (where a large portion of them would be fake). We can approve the members who fit our criteria. This is good for you as a member. We ask you to provide us with a link to your LinkedIn public profile. We use the information in your Linkedin profile to verify your education and name. If you don't have a LinkedIn profile you can provide us with a link to another professional networking site like Xing or Viadeo where we can do the verification. There are no free profiles. Nothing in this world is free. It is free to have a profile on Facebook and to use Google but they make a lot of money from collecting information about you and selling them to 3rd parties. With Educated Singles you pay a small fee and you don't have to worry about being spammed with emails or being exposed to ads when you are using Educated Singles. The information you provide us stays here. It is fair and transparent. Having no free profiles have another positive side effect, namely that it almost eliminates fake profiles because people who create profiles don't want to pay anything because their identity will be revealed. We also do photo verification if we are in doubt of a profile's authenticity. Educated Singles allows you to connect with like-minded people around the world for Dating, Networking and Socialising The Educated Singles website offers a broad palette of services for you to use.
Ambassadors will build communities in the larger cities around the world and organise social and educational events You are safe in Educated Singles. It is our top priority to make sure that each member is who he or she appears to be We are global. We connect educated singles from around the world.