Dutch University College - Hungarian Ayurveda Medical Foundation (DUC - HAMF) Organisation

In August 2013 Dutch University College (DUC) established a cooperation with Hungarian Ayurveda Medical Foundation PUO (HAMF) in Budapest. Dutch University College is an Institute for Academic Education and Vocational Trainings and a non profit foundation launched in 2004 in Deventer, the Netherlands.

The DUC-foundation has the following objectives:

* the positioning within the Netherlands of a political/religious independent intitute for academical and post-hbo education

* the development, organization and offering of vocational trainings and programmes in distance education in a.o. the disciplines: social sciences, cultural and religious studies, western and non-western health sciences, psychology and philosophy, with the help of available educational methods and means of communication

* organizing residential courses, workshops, in-company trainings and lectures

* issuing of recognised and accredited BA-MA certificates and diplomas

* promotion of scientific research in the area of the disciplines mentioned above

* cooperation with other educational institutes with an international scope.

Hungarian Ayurveda Medical Foundation was funded in 1996, with the aim of providing the necessary scientific background for introducing the knowledge of the ancient Indian medical system of Ayurveda to Hungary, disseminating its teachings amongst health experts and everyone interested in keeping healthy and fit, in order to elevate the health-level of Hungarian people.

Hungarian Ayurveda Medical Foundation, is allowed to offer their programmes of (online) study, complying to the standards of the Dutch University College. The diplomas are issued by DUC/HAMF to the students upon completion of the course.

Dutch University College:

Dean

Prof. Will Dubbeling MA, PhD.
Drs. Cultural and Social Anthropology (Radboud University - Nijmegen)
MA Education (Intercultural Open University - Drachten)
PhD Comparative Education (IOU Drachten)Associate Professor (Intercultural Open University: Dean of Undergraduate Studies)

DUC Executive Coordinator

Prof. Kush Visser
Master of Arts in Law
DUC University College Assistant Professor and Fellow
International expert/consultant Vedic Sciences/author

HAMF Executive Coordinator

Agnes Berenyi
Master of Science (Ec)
Commercial & Marketing Director of Hungarian Ayurveda Medical Foundation and Garuda Trade Ltd.

  DUC Faculty Members/Visiting Professors:

Istvan Riesz Dr. (Ayu) Hon
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Hungarian Ayurveda Medical Foundation of Public Utility PUO

Mariëlle Dubbeling MSc.
Director RUAF-Foundation
(International network of Resource centres on Urban Agriculture and Food security)
International Expert Permaculture-Urban Agriculture

Dr. Mária Oberkamp
Ayurvedic doctor, Panchakarma
Oriental Medical Centre Budapest

Prof. Kush Visser
Master of Arts in Law
DUC University College Assistant Professor and Fellow
International expert/consultant Vedic Sciences/author

Dutch University College for Social & Cultural Studies derives its principles (open, intercultural, freedom of organization of teaching) from the Unesco and takes the theme "Learning to live" as a guideline.