Student Benefits

- Coursework and degree certification

- Registration with The Shogaku Institute, including maintenance of electronic transcripts of records, recommendations, etc

- Evaluation of experience and coursework for unit credit toward degree

- Credit for experience, coursework across the program’s network

- Access to source and study materials and Shogaku only community

COBUDS coursework and degree certification

Buddhist students of COBUDS member organizations can register to have their coursework tracked, verified upon completion, and credited against a standardized 72-unit graduate-level Master's program of spiritual studies. Upon satisfactory completion of at least 72 units across ten (10) areas of concentrated study, students can receive a professional M-Div degree, conferred by their primary COBUDS member training center.

COBUDS coursework and degree certification

Buddhist students of COBUDS member organizations can register to have their coursework tracked, verified upon completion, and credited against a standardized 72-unit graduate-level Master's program of spiritual studies. Upon satisfactory completion of at least 72 units across ten (10) areas of concentrated study, students can receive a professional M-Div degree, conferred by their primary COBUDS member training center.