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Pursue your unique passion and forge your own educational path with an individualized major.

video on the MIU Individualized Major

  • Select the courses that fulfill your unique vision
  • Gain real-world skills through optional internships
  • Receive extensive guidance from expert advisors
  • Thrive in a community focused on personal growth

Are you highly motivated?

Watch the video about designing your own major, 1 minute longWith our Individualized Major, you’ll mold classes from our existing programs along with internship options into a one-of-a-kind degree that fulfills your own personal vision.

Some Individualized Majors our students have designed include:

  • Consciousness-Based Community Development
  • Agro-ecology & Sustainability
  • Creativity for Social Change

You can also blend majors together to graduate sooner by focusing specifically on your area of interest. You’ll be guided through the creation process of your major by an academic advisor who will help you every step of the way.


How it works

After you enroll at MIU you create a written proposal summarizing your proposed major and its set of courses. Courses in the Individualized Major are flexible as you progress, allowing your degree to grow with your vision. Students with a large number of transfer credits can be fast-tracked into the Individualized Major soon after arrival on campus.


See how it all connects

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At the end of your program, you’ll prepare a senior thesis tying together what you’ve learned. Through our unique system of Consciousness-Based education, you’ll connect at the deepest level everything you’ve learned and see how it fits into your own life.

Our close-knit campus community will support your personal and academic growth, providing a positive, encouraging environment where you can become your best self.


Get started by contacting Theresa

Theresa Fross, admissions counselorTheresa Fross is this program’s admissions counselor for US students. Theresa will provide you with all the details of becoming a student, including connecting you with program faculty when you have questions. International students may connect with their admissions counselor through our contact form.

Theresa Fross, admissions counselor

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Transcendental Meditation

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All MIU students practice the Transcendental Meditation technique daily. This effortless, evidence-based technique has been found to enhance practical intelligence and creativity, promote clear, insightful thinking, and greatly reduce stress. Learn more ➤

Featured faculty

Cathy Gorini

Catherine Gorini

Cathy Gorini

Catherine Gorini is Director of the Individualized Major and Professor of Mathematics. She received an Award for Outstanding College Teaching from the Mathematical Association of America in 2001. Her research interests include Maharishi’s Vedic Mathematics; using the Transcendental Meditation® technique in the teaching of mathematics; geometry and symmetry; undergraduate mathematics education; using Geometer’s Sketchpad to study Euclidean geometry or analytic geometry; using JavaSketchpad to create interactive geometry web pages. Cathy received her MA and PhD from the University of Virginia and did her undergraduate work in mathematics at Cornell University.

Aditi Gentsch

“Instead of molding myself into a major, I wanted to create a major that expresses who I am. I’m able to pick courses that are immediately applicable, so I can start using what I learned immediately. I really appreciate that.”

— Aditi Gentsch

Individualized Major

Cost & Aid, 2023-24

International On-Campus Undergraduate

Annual Cost and Typical Financial Aid
Tuition and fees$16,530
Housing (single room) and meals$7,400
Health insurance (estimate)$3,506
Personal expenses, books, unexpected needs (estimate)$3,500
Cost Per Year$30,936

Full-time students may apply for up to $6,000 scholarship based on qualifying documented family income. Our undergraduate scholarship application form will be made available to you upon application to the university.


Tuition, other fees, scholarships, and financial policies are subject to change prior to the entry date.

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