DEADLINES:
Fall:
February 15
Spring:
November 15
*Please note that the STM is happy to receive applications after our deadline dates, however, applications received before our deadlines may receive priority consideration for financial aid, scholarships, and housing.
Below are the admission process requirements for the M.Div., M.T.S., Th.M., S.T.L., and S.T.D. degrees.
- Complete the Degree Application for Admission online
- Request official transcripts to be sent to the STM Admissions Office from all colleges, universities, seminaries, or theological schools that you have attended. Official transcripts can also be sent along with other supporting application materials in a sealed, signed envelope.
- Three letters of recommendation – Two of the recommenders should be familiar with the applicant’s academic (or professional) competence and at least one should be familiar with their ministerial potential and experience. Recommendations should either be sent directly from the recommender to the STM, or submitted with other supporting application materials in a sealed, signed envelope.
- Personal statement or essay – Must be at least 1,000 words.
- The academic, professional, and personal development that has motivated you to apply to the STM. Include a sketch of your educational background and interests, any experience you have in ministry and/or religious education, and any other relevant professional and volunteer experience
- Your understanding of theological education and/or ministry in the context of the Church’s mission
- How you plan to apply your theological education
- Given your experience, how you assess your principal strengths for theological education and/or ministry as well as your areas of needed development
- S.T.D. applicants should include additional information (up to an additional 1,000 words) outlining your specific area and field of academic interest, how your previous academic, professional, and/or pastoral experience has prepared you for studies within that particular field, and the faculty member(s) with whom you would like to work.
- Curriculum vitae or resume.
- GRE Scores (M.Div. and M.T.S. only)– Scores need to be received directly from ETS. Our GRE code is 2508.
- Writing Sample. Academic paper, usually less than 10 pages, not to exceed 25 pages. (Optional but recommended for pre-doctoral M.T.S. applicants).
- Priests or members of religious orders must submit either the permission from major superior form (M.Div., M.T.S., Th.M., S.T.L., S.T.D.).
- $70 Admissions application fee. (Jesuits, current JVC members, and current BC students are exempt from this fee.)
- STM Financial Aid Form
- Personal Interviews are not required. However, the admissions committee may request a personal interview.
S.T.D. Additional Requirements:
- A letter of intent (in at least 1,000 words) – The letter of intent should name the area (Systematic Theology, Ethics, Word and Worship, Missiology, the Christian Spiritual Tradition) and the field (Christology, Bioethics, Patristics) which the student wishes to study. Such a letter should include the person or persons on the faculty with whom the applicant would like to work. The letter must also specify the service in the Church that one would render with the S.T.D. degree, why you are applying to STM, and how your previous pastoral and academic experiences have prepared you for the S.T.D.
- Copy of S.T.L. Thesis – The S.T.L. Thesis must be mailed or e-mailed to the STM Admissions Office.