Academics
Who must you be? What must you do? What kind of world must you help to create? Discover an academically rigorous degree program that matches your passion and purpose.
"The thing I like the most about being at CIIS is how it is both my safe space and the place where I constantly meet my edge."
Natalie Gomez
PCC Alum 2019
"CIIS was an essential step in my journey into diversity and inclusion. I was introduced to many different ways of being, knowing, and existing. I’m appreciative of the time I shared with faculty, staff, and students who are passionate about the way we show up in the world."
"My time at CIIS is a journey of profound change, grounded in inner work, spiritual development, and collective discourses of healing and liberation. To me CIIS is about combining academic rigor and holistic education with inner work and transformation."
Anna Franchi
PsyD Current Student
Life at CIIS
Ours is a mosaic of faces and philosophies, backgrounds and beliefs. Like our faculty and staff, students are intellectually engaged and socially active. Each day brings new experiences that broaden horizons and hone critical thinking. Programs, both inside the classroom and throughout the campus, inspire creativity, nurture community, cultivate curiosity, and foster social good.
What Makes Us Unique
Since its founding in 1968, CIIS has been at the forefront of cutting-edge thought, integrating disciplines, redefining boundaries, and pushing the academy to look at education differently.
25 Programs in things that matter
We offer degrees in spirituality and religion, psychology and counseling, cultural anthropology, organizational and leadership studies, health, and the arts. Our certificate programs in Psychedelic Research and Human Sexuality, among others, have earned a vanguard reputation.
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Progressive Faculty Dynamic Leadership
Scholars, practitioners, artists, and advocates, the faculty at CIIS are innovators in their fields. More than this, they are committed teachers, inspiring mentors, and conscientious advisors to students. They are fundamental in helping our students grow in knowledge, skill, and ability to make a difference in the world.
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Radical philosophy, grounded approach
Our approach to education is holistic and student-centered. We encourage students to look inward, while reaching out. At our core, we celebrate the multifarious aspects of people, place, and planet, and are committed to forging a more just world by giving our students the freedom and flexibility to explore.
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Breaking down barriers. Redefining boundaries. Challenging the norm. And opening doors to a life inspired. That’s who we are. That’s what we do. How about you?
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