The launch of Maharishi College of Management and Technology

September 1996

This month sees the launch of a new university-level college, Maharishi College of Management and Technology, offering the best of conventional curriculum combined with the most effective technologies to unfold the full creative potential of every student.

Dr Geoffrey Clements, Vice -Chancellor, explained : " Higher education should develop higher consciousness. Maharishi College of Management and Technology uses the Transcendental Meditation programme to bring about the systematic development of higher states of consciousness for every student. This is accompanied by the growth of creativity, intelligence, and learning ability, as well as greater enjoyment and integration in life. "

University of London Degrees

For 1996-97, Maharishi College will be offering tuition to prepare students for the prestigious University of London degrees, through the External Programme, in the following subjects:
BSc(Management)
BSc(Accounting and Finance)
BSc(Economics) including specialisms in: Economics, Economics & Management, Information Systems & Management, Banking & Finance
The University of London degree is recognised world-wide for its academic excellence. The University of London is bound by its Statutes to ensure that all candidates, Internal and External, meet the same academic standard.

Unique Integrated System of Education

Every student should feel on completing his or her university studies that not only have they gained useful and satisfying knowledge pertaining to a particular field of life, but also their consciousness has grown so that in every aspect of life they are able to express their full potential, enjoy life to the full and contribute most to the life of society.

By incorporating the simple technique of Transcendental Meditation (practised for 20 minutes morning and evening) into the academic timetable, Maharishi College of Management and Technology provides every student with this invaluable element.

In addition, Maharishi College of Management and Technology will be using teaching methods that enable students to gain the most from any curriculum. In every subject area, the faculty members make use of Unified Field Charts which map the hierarchies and structure of each area of knowledge and provide an integrated picture of the whole discipline at a glance.

Unified Field Charts allow students to see the commonalities between different subjects of study. Interrelationships are found between areas of knowledge that are usually considered as separate and quite different in their character. This means that students feel at home with every field of knowledge.

The charts also enable students to make the connection between the universal laws of nature which underlie and structure every discipline and the functioning of those same laws of nature within their own inner intelligence and lives. Every subject of study thus becomes more meaningful and relevant.

Students have been found to experience a higher level of academic motivation and greater understanding of every field of study.

Well-Qualified Faculty Members

Maharishi College of Management and Technology has a resource of over 200 faculty members who have undertaken to participate in the degree programmes it will be offering.

Leading faculty members for 1996-97 include:

• Dr. Huw Dixon, Professor of Economics at York University
• Dr. Steven Hubball, Lecturer in Mathematics, Statistics and Information Technology at West Cumbria College
• Drs Frans Van Assche, associate Professor at the School of Economics St. -Aloysius, Brussels. He has been the reviewer of two ESPRIT projects, and an evaluator and rapporteur on behalf of the Commission of the European Communities
• Dr Brian McEnery, former lecturer at University College, Cork in the areas of mathematics, computational physics and computer programming. -Dr James Kemeny, former Reader and Subject Head in Social Policy, Department of Applied Social Sciences, University of Plymouth, currently Professor of Sociology at Uppsala University, Sweden.

International Connections

Maharishi College of Management and Technology is affiliated to organisations in over 100 countries. The integrated system of education that is used by the College is already utilised in a number of universities, colleges and schools throughout the world.

Institutions of higher and further education are in operation in the USA, Russia, the Ukraine, Cambodia, Thailand, Sweden and Denmark. Schools using this system of education are to be found in the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada, the Netherlands, Dominican Republic, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Thailand, India, and South Africa.

At the Maharishi School in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, for example, students have performed consistently well above the national average in the GCSE examinations. Over a 6-year period between 1990 and 1996, the average number of passes at grade C or above was 73.4%, while during the same time period, the national average moved between 48% and 53%.

At the university level, students at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa in the USA consistently perform in the top percentages in nationally-evaluated tests, as well as being regular recipients of national and state awards

Scientific Research

During the last 25 years, over 500 scientific research studies have been conducted on the effects of Transcendental Meditation and the more advanced TM-Sidhi programme. Many of these research studies, a substantial proportion of which have been published in leading scientific journals, have examined the educational benefits of Transcendental Meditation and unified field based education.

These include:

• improved academic performance
• increased alertness, vitality, persistence and enthusiasm
• improved memory and learning ability
• cumulative improvements in creativity and intelligence

Furthermore, there is a wide spectrum of results that, although not pertaining directly to academic performance, are nevertheless of great value to any student, indicating overall development of mind, body and personality. These include:

• increased orderliness of brain functioning
• development of a more mature and integrated personality
• increased inner calm and tranquillity
• decreased depression, anxiety, tension, nervousness, instability and mental turbulence
• increased self-sufficiency, self-reliance and self-confidence
• decreased negative habits, such as alcohol and tobacco usage and drug abuse

Catering for the Needs of International Students

The self-contained residential campus arrangements at Maharishi College of Management and Technology, together with a focus on the needs of international students, create an environment in which students from a wide diversity of geographical and cultural backgrounds can feel at home, and can participate in a friendly, creative and integrated campus life.

Expansion of Maharishi College of Management and Technology

In forthcoming years it is is planned to expand the range of degree courses offered to include a comprehensive range of subjects in the sciences, technology, the arts, and the humanities. The next degree planned is a BSc in computing, for which the projected starting date is the academic year 1997-98.

Excellence in Education

" We warmly invite you to join our campus family, where we place an emphasis on excellence. We aim to provide every student with the highest quality of education, in which the academic qualification of international standing is taught by well-qualified faculty members who are dedicated to bringing you the full value of the curriculum together with the opportunity to develop your full creative potential. " --Dr Geoffrey Clements, Vice-Chancellor