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[[File:Bhakivedanta college1.jpg|thumb|College and castle view (artist's impression)]]

'''Bhaktivedanta College,''' located in [[Durbuy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bhaktivedantacollege.com/about-us/ |title=in a "Nutshell" |publisher=Bhaktivedanta College |date= |accessdate=2020-07-16}}</ref> in the rural [[Ardennes]] region of [[Belgium]], is a [[Vaishnava]] [[college]] administered by [[ISKCON]]. Programmes of study at Bhaktivedanta College include the study of [[Vaishnavism]].<ref name="Faculty">[http://www.bhaktivedantacollege.com/index.php?p=article&g=33 Faculty] Bhaktivedanta College</ref>

==History==
[[File:Satsvarupa-das-goswami-yadunandana-swami.jpg|thumb|College Principal, [[Yadunandana Swami]] (right), during summer 2009 with [[Satsvarupa das Goswami]] (left)]]
The college was opened by [[ISKCON]] in 2002 and aspires to be a [[Vaishnava]] university. The main offering of the college is the Ministerial Program. This program educates devotees to become preachers, teachers, leaders, scholars, and managers.<ref name="Faculty"/><ref>''The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant And Change'', Graham Dwyer, Richard J. Cole, 2007, {{ISBN|1-84511-407-8}} Referred as "the Bhaktivedanta Theological College in Belgium" p.55</ref>

Bhaktivedanta College is part of the educational vision for ISKCON developed by its Ministry of Educational Development. The Ministry creates institutes of higher education in Vaishnava Theology.

==Accreditation and validation==
Bhaktivedanta College is in partnership with the [[University of Chester]], a center for Theology and Religious Studies in the UK. This partnership enables Bhaktivedanta College to offer accredited academic courses for which students are awarded certificates and diplomas, leading to a degree externally validated by the University of Chester. Formerly, accredited degree programmes were externally validated by the [[University of Wales, Lampeter]].

== Goals ==

As an educational institution training young Vaishnava theologians. Bhaktivedanta College is preparing a new generation of [[ISKCON]] scholars trained inside [[ISKCON]]'s educational institutions.<ref name="Faculty"/><ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15892947_ITM Hare Krishna Marks 40th Anniversary; Eastern Tradition Grows Up to Find Many of Its Ideals Have Gone Mainstream, Announces ISKCON Communications.] Business Wire, 10 July 2006</ref> Bhaktivedanta College also aims to provide professional and practical training, through programmes such as the degree in Education, to train devotee students and enable devotees to serve in professional roles within as well as outside of ISKCON.

==Campus==
The campus of the college is located at Radhadesh, set in the hilly rural Ardennes region of Belgium. Radhadesh is a devotee center for [[ISKCON]] and receives tens of thousands of visitors a year.<ref name="Faculty"/>

==Programmes==
The college offers multiple degree programmes, accredited and externally validated by the [[University of Chester]]. The college offers a [[Bachelor of Arts]] with honours degree in Theology and Religious Studies (TRS), both on-campus and online. Additionally, the college offers Bachelor of Arts with honours degree in Education, Theology, and Religion (ETR).

In addition, the college offers non-degree courses on the study of [[sastra]], including the [[Bhakti Sastri]] certificate administered by the [[Vaishnava Training and Education]] organisation and the [[ISKCON Examination Board]], as well as the Certificate in Bhakti Yoga Studies. All non-degree certificate programs offered by the college are also offered online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bcoc.bhaktivedantacollege.com/ |title=Bhaktivedanta College Online |publisher=Bcoc.bhaktivedantacollege.com |date= |accessdate=2020-07-16}}</ref> The Bhakti Sastri course modules are also studied as part of the degree programmes.

==Leadership==
In February 2009 [[ISKCON]]’s [[GBC body]] approved the [[sannyasa]] initiation of [[Yadunandana Swami]] who is the principal of Bhaktivedanta College.<ref>
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|url=http://bhaktivedantacollege.com/the-bhaktivedanta-college-principal-and-the-principles-of-sannyasa-harmony-or-discord/
|title=Bhaktivedanta College Principal Accepts Renounced Order
|publisher=ISKCON News Weekly
|accessdate=2009-03-07
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090315004045/http://news.iskcon.com/node/1773| archivedate= 15 March 2009 | url-status= live}}
</ref> Disciple of [[Satsvarupa dasa Goswami]], Yadunandana Swami is originally from Spain, teaching among other subjects Bhaktivaibhava course at the college and is specialising on ''History of sannyasa in ISKCON''.<ref>
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== Staff ==
* [[Yadunandana Swami]] Principal of Bhaktivedanta College.
* [[Hanumatpresaka Swami]] General Secretary of the North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies.
* [[Kadamba Kanana Swami]] teaches [[Caitanya-caritamrta]].
* [[Radhika Ramana Dasa]] Assistant Professor of [[Religious Studies]] at the [[College of William and Mary]] in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]].
* [[Shaunaka Rishi Das]] Hindu Chaplain to [[Oxford University]].
* [[Urmila Devi Dasi]] teaches "History of ISKCON" and "ISKCON and Society."
* [[Prahladananda Swami]] teaches at the Vaishnava Institute for Higher Education.
* [[Anuttama Dasa]] International Director of ISKCON Communications, and a member of the [[Governing Body Commission]].

==References==
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[[Category:Colleges in Belgium]]
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[[Category:University of Wales, Lampeter]]
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