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UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics

UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics (BCSP), founded in September 2020 by a multidisciplinary faculty group including neuroscientist Michael Silver and author Michael Pollan, conducting psilocybin research into cognition, perception, emotion, and their neural bases in the human brain. BCSP's four pillars of basic science, journalism, culture, and community have established it as a leading interdisciplinary hub for psychedelic research and public engagement, producing The Microdose newsletter and a global clinical trials map.

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UC Berkeley’s Center for the Science of Psychedelics sits at the serious academic end of the field: research-led, interdisciplinary, and visibly rooted in Berkeley’s public-facing scholarship rather than boutique practitioner marketing. Its strongest fit is for experienced clinicians, chaplains, and other advanced professionals who want a university-backed grounding in psychedelic facilitation, alongside a broader, more public course for curious learners. The centre also carries notable intellectual lineage through figures such as Michael Silver, Michael Pollan, Tina Trujillo and David Presti, which gives it unusual reach across neuroscience, education, journalism and culture.

Who is UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics for?

Best for advanced healthcare, chaplaincy and spiritual-care professionals who want structured psychedelic-facilitation education, plus curious learners who want a fact-based introduction to the science, history and culture of psychedelics. It is also a good fit for researchers and public-interest learners who value an academic rather than commercial frame.

What do you need before you start?

For the facilitation certificate, BCSP targeted advanced religious, spiritual-care and healthcare professionals, including chaplaincy, ministry, medicine, nursing, mental health counselling, psychiatry and social work, as well as some trained traditional plant-medicine practitioners. The programme expected participants to be certified or licensed in their fields and to have at least five years of direct spiritual, mental or behavioural healthcare experience; healthcare providers with a bachelor’s degree and ten years of clinical experience, and experienced licensed midwives, were also considered.

Is UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics accredited?

The Berkeley Psychedelic Facilitation Certificate Program was approved as a Psilocybin Facilitator Training Program through the Oregon Health Authority and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission until 2027. UC Berkeley also describes the online course, Psychedelics and the Mind, as offering a verified certificate of completion.

How much does it cost?

The facilitation certificate’s standard enrolment fee was published at $10,000 to $14,000, later listed as $14,000, and that covered the instructional component; travel, accommodation, books and practicum costs were extra. The online course offers a free audit track and a paid verified track, which was listed at a discounted $85 from $135.

What do you walk away with?

Learners on the facilitation programme gained university-based training in psychedelic facilitation across clinical science, psychotherapeutic methods, spiritual care, contemplative science, ethics, diversity, equity and inclusion, and ancestral entheogenic traditions. The programme was designed to prepare advanced professionals to support psychedelic care or research where regulations permit, while the online course gives a certificate of completion and a broad grounding in the science, history and culture of psychedelics.

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Berkeley Psychedelic Facilitation Certificate Program (2022 – 2025)

By UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics

A nine-month professional certificate from UC Berkeley’s Center for the Science of Psychedelics, designed for advanced professionals preparing to support psychedelic care. The program included interdisciplinary instruction, in-person modules, online small-group meetings, and an optional practicum for some licensure pat

Source lists: 200 hours

Delivery: Berkeley, United States + Northern California retreat centers, United States + Online

Optional medicine self-experience

40 hours
Advanced
Price on request
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