THEOLOGY GRADUATE PROGRAMS

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 3 letters of recommendation
    • Note: If you are a member of a religious order or have been ordained within a Christian denomination that is governed by bishops, one of these three letters must be requested from your immediate superior or bishop.
  • Application Essay
    • Write an academic statement of purpose, two to three pages long and double-spaced, that discusses how you envision your course of study and research goals in the doctoral program. Please address how this course of study fits within Villanova's commitment to study faith in dialogue with culture, and how your two proposed areas of concentration will help you pursue your research goals.
  • Writing sample
  • Resume or Curriculum Vitae
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadline:
  • Fall: January 7
• Funding available: Yes
  • Deadline: January 7
  • Fall admittance only.
  • Learn more about funding opportunities.
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 87 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
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• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 2 letters of recommendation
  • Resume
  • Application Essay (500 words)
    
    • Prompt: Which situations, questions, and/or readings have motivated you to study theology within the Catholic tradition, and what are your goals for pursuing the degree?
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis for all deadlines except those tied to funding consideration. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  • Spring: December 1
  • Fall, with funding consideration: February 15
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: Yes
  • Deadline: February 15
  • Fall admittance only.
  • Learn more about funding opportunities.
• Credits and Tuition:
  
  • 36 credits
    
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
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Two Tracks: Pastoral Ministry or Chaplaincy Education

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 3 letters of recommendation
    • 2 of your recommendations should be academic, and one should be ministerial.
  • Pastoral Ministry Statement (500 or fewer words)
    • Prompt: Which situations, questions, and/or readings have motivated you to study theology and pastoral ministry within the Catholic tradition, and what are your goals for pursuing the degree? If you have elected to pursue the Chaplaincy Education track, please be sure to address that selection when detailing your goals.
  • Resume
  • Interview
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis for all deadlines except those tied to funding consideration. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  • Spring: December 1
  • Fall, with funding consideration: February 15
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: Yes
  • Deadline: February 15
  • Fall admittance only.
  • Learn more about funding opportunities.
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 48 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
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• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 1 letter of recommendation
  • Resume
    
  • Application Essay (300 or fewer words)
    • Prompt: Which situations, questions, and/or readings have motivated you to study theology within the Catholic tradition, and what are your goals for pursuing this certificate?
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  
  • Spring: December 1
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: No
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 15 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
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• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 1 recommendation letter
  • Resume
    
  • Application Essay (300 or fewer words)
    • Prompt: Which situations, questions, and/or readings have motivated you to study theology within the Catholic tradition, and what are your goals for pursuing the certificate?
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  
  • Spring: December 1
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: No
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 15 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
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• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 2 ministerial recommendation letters
  • Resume
  • Application Essay (300 or fewer words)
    • Which situations, questions, and/or readings have motivated you to study theology and/or pastoral ministry within the Catholic tradition, and what are your goals for pursuing this certificate?
  • Interview
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  
  • Spring: December 1
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: No
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 24 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
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