Wisdom Studies

Graduate Degrees in Wisdom Studies

Our flagship degree program combines ancient wisdom with modern thought leadership to cultivate embodied expertise

Our flagship offering, Graduate Degrees in Wisdom Studies provides the opportunity to blend modern thought leadership with global wisdom traditions in order to contribute embodied expertise to aid a world in transition.

Our flagship offering, Graduate Degrees in Wisdom Studies provides the opportunity to blend modern thought leadership with global wisdom traditions in order to contribute embodied expertise to aid a world in transition.

The program was created to serve a new educational paradigm. It recognises that the current global challenges we face must be met holistically, with rigorous academic discipline and research matched by profound self-reflection and inner work.

Our degrees are transformational, nurturing a community of committed, intentional changemakers with deep roots in the wisdom of both head and heart.

The program was created to serve a new educational paradigm. It recognises that the current global challenges we face must be met holistically, with rigorous academic discipline and research matched by profound self-reflection and inner work.

Our degrees are transformational, nurturing a community of committed, intentional changemakers with deep roots in the wisdom of both head and heart.

Course Structure

Course Structure

There are several tracks that you can take to gain your MA or PhD or combination degree.

You may elect courses offered solely through Ubiquity, or you may choose courses offered through our partners. These organisations work closely with us to provide pioneering training in such fields as entheogenic medicine, regenerative living, consciousness studies and more.

You will also be required to join us on an annual pilgrimage to a sacred site, either virtually or in-person.

Pathways & Sample Tracks

Pathways & Sample Tracks

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The Art of Being: Enhanced Meditation Practices

Explore practices that cultivate presence and connection to self and source

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The Art of Influence: Conscious Business

Become a leader in the field of conscious business

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The Art of Dialogue: Learn the Language of Consciousness

Learn the language of consciousness for dialogue with other species in the natural world and beyond

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The Art of Precision: Regenerative Design

Gain skills in regenerative design and healthcare

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The Art of Dimension: Science and Consciousness Studies

Delve into the convergence of the worlds of science and consciousness

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The Art of Harmony: Ancestral Wisdom

Discover ancestral wisdom and its counterparts in modern therapeutic practices

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The Art of Wholeness: Transformative Healing Modalities

Delve into transformative healing modalities

What You Can Do with a Wisdom Studies Degree

What You Can Do with a Wisdom Studies Degree

What You Gain

A Recognized postgraduate degree

A major research project in your field 

Academic supervision

A global network of peers & faculty 

A bridge between practice and scholarship

Meet Our Alumni & Students​

Meet Our Alumni & Students​

Playlist

4 Videos
About Alumnus / Alumna

Founders of the New England Goddess Temple and UU graduates talk about the degree they now offer with Ubiquity

Why Ubiquity?

Why Ubiquity?

For almost 20 years, Ubiquity has nurtured learners to lead with wisdom and heart. Our programs foster the skills, mindsets, and inner capacities needed to meet today’s urgent global challenges with clarity, compassion and impact.

At Ubiquity, education is more than knowledge—it is a path of self-discovery, deep inquiry, and meaningful action. We weave the timeless insights of ancient traditions with the latest discoveries in science, consciousness, and human transformation.

Together, through collaborative learning and global community, Ubiquity is building a thriving, regenerative future.

For almost 20 years, Ubiquity has nurtured learners to lead with wisdom and heart. Our programs foster the skills, mindsets, and inner capacities needed to meet today’s urgent global challenges with clarity, compassion and impact.

At Ubiquity, education is more than knowledge—it is a path of self-discovery, deep inquiry, and meaningful action. We weave the timeless insights of ancient traditions with the latest discoveries in science, consciousness, and human transformation.

Together, through collaborative learning and global community, Ubiquity is building a thriving, regenerative future.

Experiential Events

Experiential Events

Join us at our community events:

  • Office Hours: Our friendly monthly meetings are a great opportunity to connect with fellow students, ask questions, and share updates about your personal and academic journey
  • Wisdom Circles: Peer-led study circles facilitated through our lively community platform
  • Annual Pilgrimage: Join our community and progress your inner and outer academic journey on pilgrimage to sacred sites such as Chartres in France or Teotihuacan in Mexico
  • Annual in-person gathering with Ubiquity alumnus and faculty Rev Dr. Calen Rayne at his home in Maine

Attend the Information Session

Attend the Information Session

On May 7th at 9.30AM PST we’ll be holding an information session for the program with founder Jim Garrison, Dean of Graduate Studies Gyorgyi Szabo and Wisdom Studies alum.

Lead Faculty

Lead Faculty

Studying at Ubiquity

Studying at Ubiquity

For more information on student life at Ubiquity, please visit our Students Resources Page. In addition to your major advisor, you’ll also have the option to be paired with another student at Ubiquity who has been studying for longer.

Payment Options

Ubiquity University is designed to keep your tuition fees globally affordable and allows you to “pay-as-you-go” each term as you register for your courses.

Tuition fee payments are made through Ubiquity’s online platform or directly to the Registrar’s office. Your purchase receipt provides confirmation of your course registration.

Please find an overview of our program costs below. For any questions regarding your purchases or course registration you can contact the Registrar’s Office.

Please review in detail our Refund Policy prior to making your purchase.

*Courses taken outside of Ubiquity’s course library will incur a credit transfer fee.

What Our Students Say

What Our Students Say

“My acceptance into Ubiquity University has been one of the biggest confidence boosters I have ever received. I feel the fuel of this newfound confidence backing me every single day. Evidenced by the action of Ubiquity University, I feel seen and heard as a student and as a service-oriented change-maker.”
Sierra Gonnella
MA/ PhD Student
"As my scholarly journey has proceeded, so has my internal one."
Ronnie Duntez, PhD​
Alumnus
“I’ve found an educational home expansive and daring enough to transform what I’ve learned over the past decade into more grounded, formal research—work I plan to develop into my life’s calling within the university in the coming years.”​
John Wolfstone
MA/PhD Student​

Explore Our Free Offerings

Explore Our Free Offerings

Monthly Meditations

Great Books

Weekly Discourse on a World in Transition

Monthly Meditation with Matthew Robertson

Apr 17 Fri 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM UTC+7 (Beginners Welcome!)

March 10 & April 14 Gyorgyi Szabo, PhD on The Door, by Magda Szabo

The Door is an unsettling exploration of the relationship between two very different women. This book is a masterwork of a major modern European writer. In 2012, an award-winning film was made based on this book, starring Dame Helen Mirren.

Watch our weekly Humanity Rising broadcast, in conjunction with State of the World Forum​

The Ubiquity Graduate Degree

The Ubiquity Graduate Program combines the US and European designs of graduate programs with a blend of taught learning with research and writing. The thesis or dissertation must demonstrate excellence at every level. It must show awareness of the history of the literature in your particular area; demonstrate careful analysis and understanding of the field in question; and, most importantly, show how your insight can be applied to the real world. The dissertation must be scholarly and utilize extensive bibliographical data and footnotes. It should, in other words, be an impeccable work of research.

The Ubiquity Graduate Program combines the US and European designs of graduate programs with a blend of taught learning with research and writing. The thesis or dissertation must demonstrate excellence at every level. It must show awareness of the history of the literature in your particular area; demonstrate careful analysis and understanding of the field in question; and, most importantly, show how your insight can be applied to the real world. The dissertation must be scholarly and utilize extensive bibliographical data and footnotes. It should, in other words, be an impeccable work of research.

About Our Required Courses

About Our Required Courses

The Creative Journey To Dissertation

This 1-week intensive designed by our Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Gyorgyi Szabo. The course is a critical part of the dissertation writing process and is a requirement for all MA/PhD candidates.

Faculty: Gyorgyi Szabo

Dissertation Manual

Great Books

Faculty: Gyorgyi Szabo PhD, Jim Garrison PhD

The Great Books course at Ubiquity University delves into literature that has shaped human thought. Students discuss, analyze, and connect historical themes to contemporary global challenges, deepening their understanding of enduring literary works.

Chartes Academy

Our Chartres Academy is intended as a gathering point for a contemporary wisdom community to come together through the very same learning system that Fulbert and Plato used — the seven Liberal Arts.

Support during your Graduate Program

Support during your Graduate Program

Banafsheh Sayyad

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Banafsheh is the Co-director of Chartres Academy and faculty at Ubiquity University.
A master Persian sacred dancer, choreographer, transformational teacher and founder of Dance of Oneness®, she performs and teaches internationally, initiating people into the wisdom of their body, inspiring them to live their everyday life as a sacred dance. Banafsheh is one of the only dance artists who has mastered a fusion of high level dance technique with spiritual embodiment. She is among the few bearers of authentic Persian dance in the world, and the pioneer in creating a liberated feminine expression in the Sufi dance genre previously performed only by men.
Banafsheh’s dance certification program, Dance of Oneness® is dance practiced as a spiritual path and science of embodiment—a joyful, loving and contemplative way to embody spirit and live freely, peacefully, passionately and of service in the world. Operating in 3 dimensions: the art of dance, rigorous technique and self-expression; wisdom teachings; and healing; Dance of Oneness® is based in Sufi ritual and whirling, flamenco, Persian and Modern dance, Tai chi and Chi gong. Sufi teachings and the poetry of Rumi, Divine Feminine wisdom, Science of Mindfulness, the Gurdjieff Work, Chinese Medicine and the Chakra system are the theoretical groundwork.
With a Masters of Fine Arts in Dance and Choreography from UCLA and a Masters in Chinese Medicine, Banafsheh is dedicated to individual and collective healing through conscious dance. Banafsheh’s award-winning work has been presented in North America, Europe and Australia. Her dance film, In the Fire of Grace traces Rumi’s journey of the soul in dance. Based in Topanga, California, she performs and teaches across North America, Europe and Turkey. Banafsheh teaches at the annual Chartres Academy.

Jim Garrison

Founder, President, Chief Academic Officer, Faculty

Jim Garrison, PhD, has had a lifetime of social and political activism beginning in the 1960s with the anti-war, anti-nuclear, citizen diplomacy and environmental movements. He founded Ubiquity University having served as President of Wisdom University from 2005 – 2012 which was acquired by Ubiquity in 2013. He has spent his entire professional life in executive leadership, including as co-founder and president of the Gorbachev Foundation/USA (1992 – 1995) and State of the World Forum (1995 – 2004) with Mikhail Gorbachev serving as convening chairman. Jim received his BA in History from the University of Santa Clara, an MA in History of Religion from Harvard University, and a PhD in Philosophical Theology from the University of Cambridge. He has written numerous books, including “The Plutonium Culture,” “The Darkness of God: Theology after Hiroshima,” “The Russian Threat,” “Civilization and The Transformation of Power,” and, “America as Empire.” Jim teaches a range of courses at Ubiquity in philosophy, history and global affairs.

Gyorgyi Szabo

Dean of Graduate Studies, Faculty

Gyorgyi is Dean of Graduate Studies at Ubiquity University. She was a Co-Founder and Academic Dean of the ‘Ervin Laszlo Center for Advanced Study’ (ELCAS). She served as the Director of Research and Development of the Center’s Exploratoria Program. She was co-creator of the WorldShift International Foundation, and the WorldShift 2012 organizations, and currently serves as the Executive Director at the Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Memnosyne Foundation. She lectures worldwide and has published two books; papers in The Scientific and Medical Network’s Review, The Shift Network, and World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research. Gyorgyi Szabo holds a PhD in Sociology – Summa Cum Laude awarded by the Sorbonne, University of Paris. She is also a trained Reiki and Reconnective Healing practitioner. Her holistic approach to metaphysics and interest in conscious evolution serves as foundation for her work in facilitating cooperative evolution toward a peaceful and regenerative world.