Many paths.
One shared purpose.

Yes. VaYU is a Candidacy-Accredited university till 2030 under the Western Association of Schools and Colleges(WASC) Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), a US Department of Education–recognized accreditor. Our graduate programs are licensed by Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE), State of California. The MS (Yoga) Therapy specialization is accredited by IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists).

MS (Yoga) with Yoga Therapy, Yoga Philosophy, and Yoga Research  specialization is an online program with low residency (1 week each Academic year at VaYU LA Campus). The 4+1 Program, also online  requires a 6-week Study Abroad Integrative Medicine Clinical Observership residency in India.

No. Prior Yoga knowledge is not required.

Application is online under Admissions. Upload the following documents to complete your application:

• Resume
• Unofficial transcripts/marks card and degree certificates scan from your Bachelor’s degree (mandatory) and any other degrees obtained. Provide English translations of the documents if they are not in English. Students in the US and Canada are required to in send in official transcripts from their institutions directly to VaYU.
• Statement of Purpose
• Letter(s) of Recommendation – one for MS, two for MS/PhD, and two for PhD programs
• TOEFL scores*

Required only for international applicants if the medium of instruction was not English in at least one of your degrees.

A very small, limited number of first semester scholarships, and continuing student ‘work study’ opportunities are available to admitted students on a ‘first come first serve’, merit, and need basis. Registered and continuing students should contact registrar@vayuusa.org for forms.

Yes. As a non-degree student, you can take courses for Credit or for Audit (audit costs 50% of the credit tuition).

If you take a course for Credit
You can transfer it to a degree program later — either at VaYU or at another university.

If you take a course for Audit
You may choose to complete the assessments (homework, exams, and so on). If you do, the faculty will grade your work for no additional charge and you’ll receive an internal course grade. However, your official transcript will still show the course as “Audit,” with no grade.

Converting from Audit to Credit
You can convert an audited course to Credit within 5 years from the time the course was taken, provided you had completed all assessments at the time you took the course for Audit and received an internal grade of “B” or better at the time. To convert, you pay the difference between audit and credit tuition at the rate in effect when you convert. VaYU then issues a transcript showing the course for Credit, which you can transfer to another program at VaYU or to another university.

If you did not submit assessments when you audited the course, you would need to retake the course for Credit in order for the course to be counted towards a VaYU program or for transfer to another university.

Note: VaYU encourages you to enroll in a degree program if you wish as soon as possible and complete the degree with your starting cohort.

This institution is provisionally approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education to offer the degree program.

To continue to offer this degree program, this institution must meet the following requirements:

• Become institutionally accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, with the scope of the accreditation covering at least one degree program.
• Achieve accreditation candidacy or pre-accreditation, as defined in regulations, or full accreditation by the extended deadline of August 4, 2027.

If this institution stops pursuing accreditation, it must:

• Stop all enrollment in its degree programs, and
• Provide a teach-out to finish the educational program or provide a refund.

An institution that fails to comply with accreditation requirements by the required dates shall have its approval to offer degree programs automatically suspended.

Non-Degree students choose this status in the Application Form. Such applicants fill up demographic information, submit official transcripts, and Degree Certificates to be admitted as a Non-degree student. No letter of reference, Statement of Purpose (SOP) is needed.

Non-degree students can apply for being admitted to a VaYU degree program at any point of their choosing by submitting an application form providing letter(s) of reference, Statement of Purpose (SOP), among other requirementss. Non-degree students can then transfer the courses they took at VaYU for Credit into the program they are admitted to provided their grades in each transfer course is ‘B’ or better.