Students

Engaged students in class

Many resources are available to our students. Below are some links to information about student services. Also, please consult the GTU website for more resources.

Registration, Tuition, and Financial Aid

Online courses

Housing

Student Portals

IBS degree and certificate program students can access their student record, view their transcripts, and register for courses via Populi.

Students enrolled in the GTU MA program will use GTU Sonis.

All online courses are hosted by the GTU Moodle platform.

Student Resources

The IBS academic catalog and the GTU student handbooks can answer most of your questions, and contain policies, procedures, and deadlines for completing your program. Students should familiarize themselves with these important resources!

Student Faces

What’s an average IBS student like?

While we don’t have an average student, some words that come to mind are compassionate, self-aware and engaged!

    2025 Taitetsu Unno Memorial Lecture: Ruth Ozeki

    April 25, 2025

    4:00 pm to 4:00 pm

    Alumni House, UC Berkeley

    The Taitetsu Unno Memorial Lectures are hosted annually by the Institute of Buddhist Studies and, this year, cosponsored by the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, and made possible through the generosity of the Unno Family. Rev. Dr. Taitetsu […]

    IBS Spring Chaplaincy Workshop: “Humble Healing: Narratives, Story, and Silence in Spiritual Care”

    April 12, 2025

    10:00 am to 10:00 am

    Jodo Shinshu Center (IBS)

    Join us for our spring chaplaincy workshop at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley. Stories and the desire to tell them work in multiple ways within the spiritual care setting. We ask: How can chaplains facilitate healing through allowing others […]

    Pacific World at 100: Women in American Buddhism

    November 22, 2024

    4:00 pm to 4:00 pm

    Omni Hotel

    Please join us at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Diego on Friday November 22 for a roundtable discussion and reception to celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of […]