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Graduate Degrees in Dynamic Universal Systems
Ubiquity University is partnering with The Mereon Academy to offer students an opportunity to earn postgraduate degrees (MA, PhD, MA/PhD) in Dynamic Universal Systems (The Science of Critical Thinking, Decision Making and Co-creating relationships).
The Mereon Academy’s Certification Program, Dynamic Universal Systems, offers a transformative journey toward understanding the innate intelligences that generate wisdom. The curriculum applies the First Principles of a Dynamic Universal System to human and organizational development. By completing this program, students are qualified to earn an MA, a PhD, or a combined MA/PhD through Ubiquity University.
Students who pursue and complete the certificate program with The Mereon Academy will qualify to apply for Ubiquity postgraduate degrees.
About The Program
The Mereon Academy’s Certification Program, Dynamic Universal Systems, offers a transformative journey toward understanding the innate intelligences that generate wisdom. By completing this program, students are qualified to earn an MA, a PhD, or a combined MA/PhD through Ubiquity University.
“Dynamic Universal Systems” is rooted in Gregory Bateson’s quest to uncover the “Pattern that Connects”. Students will delve into the dynamic architecture of a whole-system model that reveals a universal Pattern that links the core and context of all living systems. Students will gain insights into how the First Principles of this System of systems govern not only individual lives, natural living systems, but the lifelike systems we co-create — ranging from relationships and families to communities and civilizations. In this program, students will revision their awareness of what defines fundamentals, discovering the true meaning of ‘whole-istic’ health that foster well-being. Opening a new understanding of coherence, students will be inspired and renewed through deep dialogue as remote learning and in-person experiences open wisdom. Through intentionally sequential courses, participants will explore how one’s core values regenerate the context of their personal vision.
Through this certificate you will
- Learn to apply the knowledge of natural growth in a dynamic system improves your ability to approach complex problems
- Sharpen your ability to make informed decisions that align with long-term goals.
- Understand the relationship between unity and diversity, and how leadership skills ‘inPower’ you to guide with insight and empathy.
- Focus on learning, unlearning, and relearning, a growth mindset fosters innovation and wisdom.
We recommend that your program begins with Ubiquity’s Creative Journey to Dissertation course, which will give you the tools to shape, and eventually write, your thesis or dissertation. You will then continue your studies program with The Mereon Academy, and return again to Ubiquity for the higher education credential.
This degree includes Ubiquity’s academic courses in addition to 4, 6-week core courses with The Mereon Academy.
Ubiquity’s Academic Courses
- Creative Journey to Dissertation Writing (all degrees)
- Great Books (only for PhD, MA/PhD combined students)
- Chartres Academy (only for PhD & MA/PhD Students)
First Principles: Fundamental Forms, Flow & Universal Functions
This course intends to take learners beyond static beliefs, unlocking their innate awareness that what changes everything is itself, changeless.
Discovering Wholeness
This course is an experience where students apply the First Principles to their lives, identifying the pieces of self required for inner peace.
Growing Global
Students shift their perspective from Me to We, applying the First Principles to relationships, building teams and organizations
Multiplicity in Perspective as a Catalyst for Collective Change
In this course, students discover that it is within the realm of interconnectedness where we negotiate, play, and co-construct new system
Program outcomes
- Develop advanced critical thinking skills through understanding universal, natural system patterns
- Gain clarity in personal decision-making through an evidence-based methodology
- Cultivate authentic self-expression and personal growth
- Enhance meta-cognitive awareness and self-reflection capabilities
- Acquires practical tool for navigating complex challenges
- Develop deeper understanding of personal core values and vision
- Strengthen ability to align actions with long-term goals
- Cultivate resilience through a "Plan BE" and “Ing” approach to life
- Increase capacity for innovative problem-solving
- Develop an enhanced self-awareness and personal transformation skills
- Gain expertise in building sustainable relationships from the inside out
- Develop skills for fostering intentional co-operation
- Enhance ability to appreciate and leverage diversity in every relationship
- Learn to engage in and facilitate judgment-free dialogues
- Develop capacity to bridge different internal perspectives and worldviews
- Strengthen ability to create safe spaces for authentic connection
- Improve skills in hearing, counselling, and conflict resolution
- Enhance ability to foster interdependent relationships
- Develop skills for building trust and mutual understanding
- Learn to facilitate transformative change in relationships
- Gain tools for effective organizational development
- Develop ability to build and lead high-functioning teams
- Enhance capacity to facilitate group transformation
- Improve ability to implement scalable interventions
- Develop skills for fostering collective wisdom
- Strengthen ability to guide others through change processes
- Enhance capacity to create meaningful community initiatives
- Develop expertise in facilitating group decision-making
- Improve ability to bridge individual and collective needs
- Strengthen capacity to build sustainable local systems
- Develop ability to contribute to advancement of systemic approaches to global challenges
- Link personal and local actions with global implications
- Enhance ability to foster cross-cultural understanding
- Build capacity to design and implement sustainable solutions
- Strong skills for simply, passionately and practically addressing complex global issues
- Effectively contribute to a collective knowledge based on the universality of systems, living and lifelike
- Enhanced ability to facilitate global cooperation
- Learn tools and material to build strong bridges, mending cultural and societal divisions
Students who pursue and complete the certificate program with The Mereon Academy will qualify to apply for Ubiquity postgraduate degrees.
Ubiquity’s Academic Courses
- Creative Journey to Dissertation Writing (all degrees)
- Great Books (only for PhD, MA/PhD combined students)
- Chartres Academy (only for PhD & MA/PhD Students)
Program Completion Requirements
MA in
Dynamic Universal Systems
Mereon Academy Coursework
Creative Journey to Dissertation
PhD in
Dynamic Universal Systems
Mereon Academy Coursework
Creative Journey to Dissertation
Chartres Academy
Great Books
Combined MA/PhD in
Dynamic Universal Systems
Mereon Academy Coursework
Creative Journey to Dissertation
Chartres Academy
Great Books
Electives (8 credits)
Pricing for Ubiquity’s Academic Courses
Note that these prices do not include the cost of partner coursework, Chartres in-person costs or costs of additional elective courses.
MA $5000
PhD $15000
MA/PhD $16600
Save up to
$830
paying full
Ubiquity offers a 5% discount for students that are able to make the full payment up front. That means you save $175 on a Masters, $750 on a PhD and $830 on MA/PhD.
Student Academic Journey
The duration of your student journey will vary depending on your degree pathway.
Ubiquity offers instalment plans for all degree students over an 18 month period.
Program Faculty
About The Mereon Academy
The Mereon Legacy CIC was established in 2013 to disseminate the knowledge and insight gained from a comprehensive 30-year investigation into a dynamic universal framework known as the Mereon Matrix. This system offers a theoretical model and experimental data that reveals how a diversity of forms drives complex interactions in natural systems, including human behavior and societal structures. It reveals the simple Pattern that connects form, function, and interactions and governs the flow. The primary goal of sharing this knowledge is to enable individuals and groups to grow and evolve from inside out, “InPowering”, and “InLightening”. This knowledge reveals a sequential progression of growth that promotes an intrinsic sense of well-being. Courses reveal how harnessing both personal and collective wisdom is essential for sustainable growth.
The programs offered by The Mereon Academy provide experiential learning opportunities, along with practical tools for decision-making. The underlying premise is that self-informed, intentional choices significantly influence and increase the quality of one’s life. By emphasizing authenticity, participants are guided to foster intentional co-operation, thereby leveraging both innate and acquired competencies. This facilitates the creation of healthy, interdependent, and sustainable relationships.
Who Is the Program For?
It is for those who seek to understand the intersection of personal transformation and collective impact. Ideal candidates are in professions where their role is helping individuals and groups cultivate the diverse perspectives that are essential to a best decision. Candidates for DUS have backgrounds in clinical practices, human resource training, organizational development, coaching, law, and academic research across multiple domains.
The Ubiquity Graduate Degree
The Ubiquity Graduate Program combines the US and European designs of graduate programs with a blend of taught learning with research and writing. The thesis or dissertation must demonstrate excellence at every level. It must show awareness of the history of the literature in your particular area; demonstrate careful analysis and understanding of the field in question; and, most importantly, show how your insight can be applied to the real world. The dissertation must be scholarly and utilize extensive bibliographical data and footnotes. It should, in other words, be an impeccable work of research.
The Creative Journey To Dissertation
It is a 1-week intensive designed by our Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Gyorgyi Szabo. The course is a critical part of the dissertation writing process and is a requirement for all MA/PhD candidates.
Faculty: Gyorgyi Szabo
Great Books
Faculty: Gyorgyi Szabo PhD, Jim Garrison PhD
The Great Books course at Ubiquity University delves into literature that has shaped human thought. Students discuss, analyze, and connect historical themes to contemporary global challenges, deepening their understanding of enduring literary works.
Chartes Academy
Our Chartres Academy is intended as a gathering point for a contemporary wisdom community to come together through the very same learning system that Fulbert and Plato used — the seven Liberal Arts.
Support during your Graduate Program
During your graduate dissertation writing you will be supported by a Major Advisor of your own choosing, as well as optional writing courses and writing mentorship.