2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 (1 minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART 1 block west of Martin Luther King, between Allston and Bancroft across from Bank of America Public Parking Lot - Click here for directions), Berkeley, California, 94703 USA
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"Om Namo Aryavalokiteshvaraya Bodhisattvaya Mahasattvaya Maha Karunikaya Om Sarva Abhaya!"

Introduction to Payment Policies

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The non-refundable application and registration fee donation and a suggested tuition donation must be received by the school before any student is sent the CD-ROM course materials (for distance learners) or may attend classes for credit (for in-person classroom-based learners).

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All fees are suggested donations.  No student is ever turned away due to lack of funds.  Only tuition donations are refundable, not the donations for application-registration fees or exam fees.  Click here to see our Tuition Donation Refund Policy.

Matriculation and Registration Fees

The initial application fee for matriculation into the school (non-refundable)   $ 54
Registration fee (non-refundable)                                                           $ 54

$108 application and registration fee ($54 each respectively) in the form of a check or money order made payable to “Medicine Buddha Healing Center” or via our website: www.Ayurveda-California.com using MasterCard or Visa.  These fees cover our initial interview with you (in-person, via telephone, or via e-mail), an optional in person Ayurvedic health consultation in Berkeley for those in the San Francisco Bay Area (must be used within 30 days of us receiving your application and registration fee donation), miscellaneous administration costs, such as record keeping, correspondence with you, regular shipping and handling fees for the CD-ROM updates (within the USA only) and duplication of the CD ROMs and other materials needed for the course.  Once you have been accepted into the program and the initial first shipment of 2 CDs has been mailed out to you, there is no refund of the $108 application and registration fee donation, even though tuition is refundable based on the schedule listed here.

 

Examination Fees

Retake Fee if student fails Final Oral Exam for any level $ 50
Entrance Examination to enter Level II after completing Level I $ 25
Entrance Examination to enter Level III after completing Level II $ 25
Entrance Examination to enter Level IV after completing Level III $ 25

 

Fees for Evaluation of Prior Learning and Experience and for Challenge Exams

Portfolio Evaluation or Credit for Previous Learning or Transfer Credit (per trimester unit) $8

Challenge Exam for Bypassing all of Level I Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) $108
Challenge Exam for Bypassing all of Level II Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist (C.A.H.) $108
Challenge Exam for Bypassing all of Level III Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist (C.A.H.S.) $108
 

Fees also apply to the India Study Abroad Ayurveda Gurukula Program Challenge Exam.
 

Miscellaneous Fees

Suggested Donation for Minister Ordination Ceremony from Medicine Buddha Healing Center (Medicine Buddha Wholistic Ministry) $ 54
 

Herbal Sample Study Packet Fees

Price per Herbal Sample Packets (includes bag, herb and labels) $ 2

25 Herbal Sample Packets for Level I Clinical Ayurvedic Therapist (C.A.T.) $ 50

Herbal Samples are not sent our of the United States.  To order herbs for students outside of the U.S.A., please visit: www.OmOrganics.com and www.BanyanTrading.com or www.BanyanBotanicals.com.