Academics

The University of Philosophical Research is dedicated to providing graduate-level degree programs for students wishing to integrate the values of an idealistic philosophical education. The tradition out of which UPR grows is shaped by such seminal thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, Socrates, Manly P. Hall, Sri Aurobindo, Lao Tzu and all the philosophers of history who perceived an intelligible world with progressive, dynamic and emergent properties of consciousness.

Towards this end UPR has developed its graduate programs, presented through distance learning curricula by a world-class faculty of gifted teachers, who draw freely upon the entire cultural, spiritual and scientific heritage of humanity with a view towards synthesis and integration.

The emphasis is not solely upon objective acquisition of information, as important as it is, but upon participation in the process of learning that leads to knowledge. It is in conscious participation that understanding and meaning emerge and are translated into wisdom. Many institutions of higher learning today are focused upon the acquisition of information which leads to skills development and hence to “making a living.” The University of Philosophical Research aims towards “making a life” and becoming more fully human and “making a world” or providing the inner tools for consciously shaping civilization’s future.