Commitment
A realistic weekly schedule and evidence that you can sustain work after the novelty fades.
Admissions · Autumn 2026
Serious study
begins with intent.
Collegium Arcanum is proudly independent and unaccredited. We refuse to water down practical magick to satisfy secular government boards; our curriculum remains historically rigorous, functional, and uncompromised. We do not grant degrees for corporate employment. We confer internal distinctions of Mastery for systemic initiation.
The admissions sequence
Membership opens the door.
Matriculation begins the work.
- 01
Establish membership
Create the verified adult identity used for your application, correspondence, and eventual academic record.
- 02
Essay, ethics & inscription
Submit the formal essay and electronic signature on the Occult Code of Ethics. The $99 USD inscription fee is due with submission and is non-refundable except where mandatory law requires otherwise.
- 03
Faculty panel interview
A faculty panel conducts an academic and esoteric interview, tests readiness, and may request further written clarification.
- 04
Offer & matriculation
Admitted applicants receive a formal offer, cohort placement, orientation requirements, and tuition instructions.
Admissions standard
Selective by design.
Exacting by tradition.
Entry into the Academy requires a formal application essay, an academic and esoteric interview with the faculty panel, and an electronic signature on our Occult Code of Ethics. We deliberately maintain selective cohorts to protect their working egregore.
No magical tradition, religion, or metaphysical conclusion is required. Applicants must examine sources, distinguish claims from evidence, accept constructive criticism, and treat others with dignity.
Reflection
Clear reasons for studying now and a thoughtful relationship to previous experience.
Intellectual honesty
A willingness to revise conclusions, cite sources, and name uncertainty.
Cohort conduct
Capacity for disagreement without harassment, recruitment pressure, grandstanding, or personal attacks.
Choose your level of study
A class, a course, or full matriculation.
Programme tuition is reserved for students entering long-form academic study. Classes and courses are available as substantially smaller individual commitments.
Begin with the level of study that suits your commitment. Programme tuition applies only to long-form academic study.
A focused one-to-three-hour session, purchased individually.
Two days to six weeks of scheduled study; requirements are stated in each listing.
One to four academic years with small-cohort teaching, assessment and supervision.
These are general starting prices. The fee and currency shown on an individual class or course listing are the final published price. Free offerings, including the launch Left Hand Path course, remain clearly marked as free.
Fully inclusive Programme tuition
One academic charge.
No hidden laboratory fees.
Your tuition ensures direct one-to-one mentorship with a designated Thesis Advisor (Adept), comprehensive supervision of practical ritual journals, and a formal physical parchment diploma finished with a traditional wax seal at the annual in-person graduation gala.
It also includes the Digital Grimoire Archives, Remote Viva Voce Proctoring, and Semesterly Practical Lab Syllabus Materials. The Collegium academic year runs November 2 through June 21; classes end June 2 and June 3–21 is reserved for examinations, projects, marking, and faculty review.
Programme · 2026–27Long-form tuition schedule
Inscription / application$99 USDone time · non-refundable except where law requires
Annual tuition$7,900 USDper academic year · all academic fees included
Annual upfront$7,900 USDone payment · $99 inscription fee waived
Quarterly installments$1,975 USDevery 3 months × 4 · first-year total $7,999
Monthly cohort subscription$666 USDmonthly × 12 · first-year total $8,091
Tuition includes 2–3 scheduled classes each week in a cohort of 7–10, direct faculty guidance, Digital Grimoire Archives access, Remote Viva Voce Proctoring, Semesterly Practical Lab Syllabus Materials, assessments, projects, examinations, and the student platform. Taxes, when required, are shown before payment.
Before the application
Establish your academy identity.
Admissions applications are tied to a verified adult member account so private records, decisions, and later study history remain connected.