2026-27 Application and Resources

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Over the past three decades, our faculty has been involved in the emergence of transpersonal perspectives and frameworks worldwide, influencing research, practice and policy-making in diverse professional fields – including education, health, corporate leadership, social change and restorative justice.

Our collaboration with LJMU supports our learning community through excellent resources and facilities, as well as a solid quality assurance process.

Your final degree certificate will be issued by LJMU.

In accordance with the academic, postgraduate status of the MSc, the assessments invite students to develop rigorous scholarship through writing and research, which is enriched with insights from professional development and self-exploration. We encourage this level of student engagement using transformative teaching methods. Through progressive and engaged coursework, students gain essential research skills, self-knowledge and theoretical mastery of the topics covered in the programme, that can be applied in current professional work or to build new career pathways. Upon completion of the programme, students are also encouraged to publish their research (see Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology journal for published work by Alef Trust graduates).

In addition to content knowledge in the topics covered in the MSc, students also gain skills in critical thinking, reflexive narrative tools for critical self-reflection, group work and collaboration, transpersonal research methods, and the lived relationship between inner development and applications in the ever-changing and increasingly complex world. 

A main feature of our online teaching environment is that required webinars are taught live and also recorded, which allows for synchronous involvement in content and lively discussions during the question-and-answer portions of webinars for those in attendance. Webinars are generally scheduled well in advance, and are held on a varied schedule between 9:00-21:00 UK time. Although we cannot commit to accommodate all time zones for all webinars, we hope for students in our global community to have the opportunity for synchronous participation throughout the programme. When live attendance is not possible, recordings of webinars are available almost immediately and can be viewed at a convenient time, making the programme accessible regardless of location in the world. One-to-one and group meetings with personal tutors are scheduled at mutually convenient times.

Modules are 100% online using the online learning management system, Canvas, and taught via multiple methods of instruction that include teaching webinars (often accompanied by PowerPoint presentations), discussion forums (text-based prompted discussions, often between peers), discussion webinars, reflective circles, and practice sessions (which allow for embodied engagement with content). Several of the modules in the MSc programme also include group work, which supports students in collaborative skill building and deeper engagement with each other on a single project. 

This academic learning journey is held within a vibrant community, composed of faculty, staff, students and alumni from around the world, which forms the essential core of Alef Trust, and enriches all our programmes. Our holistic and integrative global learning community fosters rigorous scholarship development at the MSc level alongside transformational inner development. Transformative learning methods are utilised in all our modules, which support a deep level of self-inquiry while fostering connection with experiential learning of programme content, research skills, and personal and professional growth. 

You will find that we place a large emphasis on developing our learning community.
Our present learning community comes from many diverse professional fields, with students from 40+ countries evolving their practice in personal and professional projects.

We come together with the aim of evolving our shared knowledge base and applying learning to enrich our personal and professional lives.

Successful applicants will become a part of this global community and we look forward to supporting you in your projects and seeing your vision flourish.

By joining the MSc, you are making a three-year commitment to a rigorous academic and experiential programme, designed to challenge your thinking, as well as support your integrative development. An option is available to study the MSc over two years. This option is available only to those who already have an undergraduate degree in psychology or a cognate discipline, and who can demonstrate that they have the necessary time to commit to the increased level of study.

Our programme offers an immersive and intensive learning journey that is designed to stretch you. You can expect to spend approximately 15 hours per week (22 hours on the 2-year programme) studying learning resources, partaking in webinars, communicating in forums, and preparing assignments.

The programme structure ebbs and flows and it should be manageable alongside your other responsibilities. We will provide you with comprehensive schedule information, so you can plan ahead.

Alongside reflecting on the time commitment, you should consider what support and self-care you have in place to enable you to successfully complete the programme.

All students are allocated a personal tutor to assist them on the learning journey, and students are able to benefit from the Alef Trust’s Wellbeing Officer.

Please note that these services do not include personal or professional counselling services.

Applicants pay a non-refundable application fee of £100. The fee for the full Master’s programme for 2026-27 is £13,200. For students on the three-year track, it is payable over 3 years – £4,400 per year.

Applications for the 2026-27 academic year can be submitted from late March 2026, and we will continue to assess applications received until the middle of August 2026. You are strongly advised to submit your application as soon as possible. We cannot guarantee that places will still be available by mid-August.

We recommend that you explore our frequently asked questions in the application FAQs page.

Please contact Nicholas Theo for any further information. If you would welcome a conversation, he will be happy to schedule a time to speak with you by Zoom or WhatsApp.

Please do not approach LJMU directly, as all admissions processes are handled by Alef Trust.