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Buddhist Mindfulness and Spiritual Care

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Entry requirements

Who can join

This course is taught and assessed on Beginner Bachelor's level (completed first year). The course is open to anyone interested in Buddhist Spiritual Care and mindfulness either for their own benefit, acquiring or deepening new knowledge and insights or for those who wish to apply, share and practice mindfulness and spiritual care from a Buddhist perspective in order to help others.

Furthermore, participants of the VU Buddhist mindfulness summer school course will acquire deepened and new insights.

The course is open to everyone including to those who are simply curious; those who are interested as health and care practitioners; to students, professionals, and academics; and also to practicing Buddhists nationally and internationally.

If you have doubts about your eligibility for the course, please contact us: amsterdamsummerschool@vu.nl

Summer courses

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Fees, discounts and scholarships

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Application and admissions

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Applying and paying via our form
Applying to VU Amsterdam Summer School is as easy as clicking the blue 'Apply now' button at the top of any page of your chosen course and filling in our online application form and submitting your payment.
Before we can finalise your application, payment must be made. After you complete the application form you will be taken to a secure payment page. We accept most major credit cards.
Required documents

In the application form you will be asked to provide the following two documents (no larger than 1 MB per document):
- Curriculum Vitae/Résumé (mostly important for us to understand your educational background)
- Transcript of records (a print screen of your most recent grades is sufficient and needs to include your name and the name of your university)
These documents will be shared with the professors before the start of the course.
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Applying via invoice

Under some circumstances we allow payments via invoice. To apply and pay by invoice, please contact us first at amsterdamsummerschool@vu.nl
Application deadlines

The standard application deadline is 01 May 2025 (23:59 CET)
To benefit from a €50 'early bird' discount, please submit your form before 14 March 2025 (23:59 CET). This discount will automatically be deducted from your total when completing the application form.

Tutition fees

Tuition for two-week courses

Students, PhD candidates and employees of VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC or an Aurora Network Partner	€765
Students and PhD candidates at partner universities of VU Amsterdam *All Dutch universities and hogescholen are partners of VU Amsterdam.	€1035
Students and PhD candidates at non-partner universities of VU Amsterdam	€1140
Professionals	€1360

Tuition for one-week courses

Students, PhD candidates and employees of VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC or an Aurora Network Partner	€545
Students and PhD candidates at partner universities of VU Amsterdam *All Dutch universities and hogescholen are partners of VU Amsterdam.	€705
Students and PhD candidates at non-partner universities of VU Amsterdam	€815
Professionals	€1035