New admissions to Sermey Thoesam School are done twice in an Academic Year:  in March and September.  Those seeking admission thereafter must wait in their respective Khangtsens/Houses till March of the following year.  There is no upper or lower limit to the number of admissions per year.  With the new classrooms in place, it is acceptable that the School can have strength of at least 500 students in a given year.

At the same time, students completing class VIII or those attaining 15 years of age join as full time monks of the Sera Mey Monastery after the winter break – sometime in late February or early March of a given year.  Hereby starts their very serious study of the Five Classical Texts of Tibetan Buddhism (Nalanda Tradition).  Many strive very hard and come to earn the Geshe Degree (Doctorate in Buddhist Philosophy).

Sera Mery Monastery is proud of its more than 600 Geshes.  Many of these Geshes had begun their journey from this Sermey Thoesam School!