Everything you need to complete your application — the sections of the form, the documents you upload, and the documents that must be requested officially and emailed directly to VaYU.
There is no application fee. The online form is made up of four sections.
Your SoP is where the Admissions Committee gets to know you.
Students should upload a short 500–1,000 word essay (1–2 pages) on why you should be admitted to VaYU’s Master of Science (Yoga). Focus on your aptitude and motivation for graduate study in yoga, including your yoga experience (previous yoga experience is not required), your academic plans or research interests in Yoga (if any), and your future career goals.
Documents to be requested officially and emailed directly to apply@vayuusa.org.
You should request an official copy of Transcripts (Marks Card) and Degree Certificates from the university you graduated from, to be sent directly to the VaYU admissions office. To ensure prompt response, have them emailed to apply@vayuusa.org.
In the interim, you can submit your personal copy of Transcripts and Degree Certificates. We can evaluate your application with these temporary documents in lieu of the official copy directly from your University. Upon evaluation, we could provide you with a conditional admission.
Your admission file should be complete with original documents at the time of your enrollment, a week before the first day of the first semester of your program.
VaYU requires you to submit one letter of academic or work recommendation as a part of your admission file. This recommendation cannot be from your relative or friend, as that will be considered a personal recommendation. You should have your recommender send the recommendation directly to VaYU by email at apply@vayuusa.org.
Additionally, download and send the Recommendation Form to your Recommender. Ask your Recommender to fill the form and email it directly to VaYU Admissions.
Existing certifications can reduce your coursework — and your tuition fee.
If you have VYASA YIC or YITC, you will get credit waivers.
You can elect to do a VaYU Bridge Course in your first semester and get waivers and save on MS (Yoga) Tuition Fee.
What happens once your completed application is reviewed.
Completed applications will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee on an ongoing basis. Successful applicants will be sent an Admission Letter via email.
Upon acceptance, Applicants will pay a $500 (five hundred dollars only) refundable deposit that will be counted towards the first-semester tuition fee.
Life happens — here is how deferral works.
An International Student is defined as someone with a non-US degree.
Have your scores sent directly to VaYU by email at apply@vayuusa.org.
You can claim a language score exemption if you have:
If your transcripts/marks card and degree certificate are not in English, we will require an evaluation of the International Student’s Transcripts and Degree Certificate from a foreign degree evaluator who is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).
Ensure that the details are sent from the evaluation services agency directly to VaYU at apply@vayuusa.org. These evaluation services agencies serve education institutions, professional organizations, regulatory and legal entities, employers, and individuals who need accurate assessments.
We recommend you to use Spantran as we have had good experience with them and you do not need to send your originals but scanned electronic copies. We do not have any business association with Spantran, other than being a satisfied customer. We have also found them to be relatively not very expensive.
Use this page as your checklist, then start your application in the VaYU student application system.
Remarks: No prior yoga experience is needed for admission to Online MS in Yoga.
