Applied Contemplative Approaches: Mindfulness and Compassion
Course overview
This three-year, part-time master’s course is delivered fully online. Our course has been designed for those who want to build strong skills in teaching mindfulness with confidence and use it in meaningful ways in their work. The course is useful for many areas, including: education healthcare wellbeing community work workplaces This course will give you the tools to teach contemplative approaches in ways that are trauma-sensitive, safe, inclusive, and suited to real-life situations.
The course combines: academic learning your own mindfulness practice guided teaching experience You will build skills in: leading groups teaching through reflection and discussion clear communication trauma-sensitive practice teaching mindfulness approaches in complex real-world settings By the end of the course, you will be ready to teach mindfulness in a professional and responsible way.
Key highlights
- Delivered fully online, combining academic learning with personal mindfulness practice
- Guided teaching experience to build confidence leading mindfulness groups
- Focus on trauma-sensitive, safe and inclusive contemplative teaching
- Applicable across education, healthcare, wellbeing, community work and workplaces
- Graduates ready to teach mindfulness professionally and responsibly
Entry requirements
- IELTS: 6 — 6.0 IELTS 6.0 (5.5) overall (figure in brackets is the minimum in each component)
Scholarships
Deans Scholarship - Postgraduate Research
20% reduction in the published Postgraduate Research tuition fee for each year of study.
Up to 20% of feesHeads of School Scholarship
10% reduction in the published Postgraduate Research tuition fee for each year of study.
Up to 10% of feesInclusive Bangor Scholarships
Payment towards tuition fees for one-year taught or research postgraduate Masters (or for two years if studying part-time). This will be capped at £9,500.
Refugee Scholarship
Vice-Chancellor Postgraduate Research Scholarships
50% discount on the published International Tuition Fee for each year of study.
Up to 50% of fees
Careers this course leads to
- Mindfulness teacher
- Mindfulness-based programme facilitator
- Wellbeing practitioner
- Workplace wellbeing coordinator
- Community wellbeing worker
Cost of study
UK/Home: £15,000 per year | International: £22,500 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Bangor University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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