Bachelor of Theology

Entrance Qualifications

• Successful completion of 12 years of schooling or its equivalent.
  
• In special cases, older mature candidates (25 and above) who may not have completed the schooling may be admitted upon successful completion of the Diploma program and/or fulfilling a qualifying assessment.
  
• Credits from non-accredited institutions are to be accepted only on the basis of validation or a period of probationary study. [Extract from ATA Accreditation Manual, pg 18]
  The entrance requirement into the three year Bachelor of Theology degree programme is successful completion of 12 years of schooling or equivalent. Those who have appeared for the HSC /+2 and are awaiting their results may be admitted provisionally until the end of the first term/semester. Those who cannot produce their pass certificate should not be admitted.

Equivalency:

The ATA-accredited two-year Diploma in Theology is an equivalent 1of the HSC/+2. Applicants who have completed successfully a two-year programme that has an entrance requirement of successful completion of 10 years of schooling [SSC], but is not ATA-accredited, must appear for and successfully pass a qualifying examination consisting of three papers set at the Final year DipTh in Biblical Studies, Theology and Christian Ministry. Unless this is done they are not qualified for entry into an ATA-accredited BTh degree programme. However, no such applicant can be granted any advanced credit toward the BTh degree.
Mature candidates who do not have meet the required entrance qualification, but are at least 25 years of age, may be admitted into the programme on the basis of a Qualifying exam set at the 12th standard level [at least three subjects]. There ought not to be more than 10% of mature candidates in any given class/batch.

Master of Divinity

Entrance Qualifications

• Successful completion of a Bachelor degree.
  
• In special cases, older mature candidates (30 and above) who may not have completed the schooling may be admitted upon successful completion of the qualifying assessment. (Not more than 10% of the class should comprise of this category of students.) [Extract from ATA Accreditation Manual, page 21]
  The entrance requirement into the three-year Master of Divinity degree programme is successful completion of a University graduate degree, Bachelor degree in Arts, Science etc.
  

Equivalency:

Those who have appeared for the Final BA/BSc/BCom degree examination and are awaiting their results may be admitted provisionally until the end of the first term/semester. Those who cannot produce their pass certificate should not be admitted.

An ATA-accredited Bachelor of Theology [BTh] degree is an equivalent to a University undergraduate degree. However, advanced credit – up to 10 subjects - towards the Master of Divinity degree can be granted only to those who have secured a B grade average or above in their B.Th. degree programme.

Equivalency: Applicants who have successfully completed an un-recognized BTh degree programme will need to appear and successfully pass a qualifying examination consisting of three papers set at the Final year BTh degree in Biblical Studies, Theology and Christian Ministry. However, no applicant with an unrecognised theological degree is to be given any advanced credit towards the MDiv degree.

Mature candidates who do not have meet the required entrance qualification, but are at least 30 years of age, may be admitted into the programme on the basis of a Qualifying exam set at the Bachelor degree level [at least three subjects]. There ought not to be more than 10% of mature candidates in any given class/batch.