Studying week

Earning a Bachelor's degree in Vaisnava Theology takes three years of study. The studies are full-time studies, which mean that there are generally three days of studies per week. The year consists of two semesters. Seminars and practical themes like Music, Vedic Cooking, Rhetoric (speaking skills) and Leadership & Management contribute, in addition to lectures, to students practice of communication and personal activity. Corresponding studies are available on weekends. The three years of studies lead to the final examination, essay and thesis writing and its defence. The thesis is a final synopsis of students personal research.

Full-time studying week

The week program consists of three days of studies and of practical services. Lecture days are made up of themes in accordance with curriculum. Parts of the studies are completed as intensive courses under the guidance of visiting lecturers.

Lectures are arranged on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Practical services consist of temple services, attending Indian Experience programs and exercises in lecturing in different educational institutions. Intensive courses are also held in summer and there might be some study trips abroad, for example, to India.

What is College preparing for?

After finishing one's studies a student can take different teaching assignments inside the Krishna movement like an expert lecturer in universities and high-schools, an assistant in the Bhaktivedanta College. He or she may become a leader in different spheres of the movement or continue to the Master course, and after that maybe even to a doctoral thesis. Generally, a doctoral thesis is examined in Hungary. After a Master course there is an opportunity to receive a pedagogic degree as a teacher, at which point a person can become a teacher of Krishna religion in schools. If a person wants to take advantage of his studies in the universities of Finland, it is possible according to the Bologna Treaty.

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