Become a Member

 OSEAN membership is available for Osteopathic Educational Institutions who comply with the “OSEAN Educational Standard”. There is also a membership category for institutions in an early stage of development, who do not comply with those criteria yet, but are aspiring to do so in the future.

Member benefits include

  • finding strong partners for collaboration and innovation in osteopathic education and sharing their experience
  • staying up to date on developments in European and international osteopathy
  • being part of a network for exchanging teachers and students
  • helping to create a unified voice of Osteopathic Educational Institutions in a time of emerging European standards
  • having a word in the development of educational standards
  • using a strong trademark for high quality in Osteopathic Education

 Members have the following duties:

  • comply with the “OSEAN Educational Standard”
  • send a representative to at least one meeting per year
  • have a representative attend the majority of the monthly skype conferences
  • participate actively in the ongoing projects
  • pay the annual membership fee (currently 700,- Euro per school)
The complete bylaws of OSEAN are available for download here.


New members have to be accepted by a majority of the existing members. OSEAN's working language is English. 

  • download this spreadsheet,
  • fill in the form with the relevant data about your organisation, and
  • send the completed form by email to office[at]osean.com.