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LOYOLA SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

Admission Requirements

 

ADMISSION TO:

Ecclesiastical Degree Programs (LST)

Civil Degree Programs (LST & AdMU)

Requirements

upon Application

§     Duly accomplished application form (for LST)

§     Bio-Data

§     Graduate School Entrance Test, administered by the Ateneo Center for Psychological & Educational Assessment (ACESS)

§     Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) for applicants from non-English-speaking countries

§     Photocopy of original Transcript of Records from previous school (undergraduate or graduate), and its English translation if needed.

§     Photocopy of original diploma or certificate of graduation

§     Three ID pictures (1” x 1”)

§     Personal Essay

§     If a candidate for the priesthood, an endorsement letter from his bishop

§     Application Fee (for LST)

§     Duly accomplished application forms (one for LST; another for AdMU)

§     Graduate School Entrance Test, administered by the Ateneo Center for Psychological & Educational Assessment (ACESS)

§     Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) for applicants from non-English-speaking countries

§     Two photocopies of original Transcript of Records from previous school (undergraduate and/or graduate), and its English translation if needed.

§     Two photocopies of original diploma or certificate of graduation

§     If needed, Certificate of Degree Equivalency issued by a Philippine consulate abroad.

§     Honorable Dismissal from previous school

§     Three ID pictures (1”x 1”)

§     Personal Essay

§     Three recommendation letters

§     Two photocopies of birth certificate

§     Two photocopies of marriage certificate (for married woman applicant)

§     Application Fees (one for LST, another for AdMU)

Requirements

upon admission

 

§     Original copies of Transcript of Records, Diploma.

 

§     Original copies of Transcript of Records, Diploma, & Certificate of Degree Equivalency

§     For foreigners: Valid Visa / Study Permit / validated ACR

§     For Student Visa applicants: 6 copies of Personal History Statement, and a Notarized Affidavit of Support & Bank Statement.

PROGRAM PREREQUISITES

STB

STL

STD

MA-PM

MA-TS

PhD

Academic Prerequisite

4-year bachelor’s degree with a systematic course

in Philosophy (36 units);

and college theology

(12 units)

STB, or 4-yr Seminary

Course with at least average grade of

B+ or 2.0

STL, w/ 2 major papers from which the candidate’s capacity to write a thesis is judged

4-year bachelor’s degree with at least 12 units of undergraduate theology & at least an

ave. grade of B

4-year bachelor’s degree with at least 12 units of undergraduate theology & at least

an ave. grade of B

Master’s degree

with at least 36 units of graduate Theology

Language Requirements

Proficiency in English

Biblical Greek, Latin, & 1 modern language besides English

Biblical Greek, Latin, & 2 modern languages besides English

Proficiency in English

Proficiency in English

Bib1lical Greek, Latin, & 2 modern languages besides English

Screening Committee

Admissions Committee

Standards & Degrees Committee

Standards & Degrees Committee

Admissions Committee

Admissions Committee

Standards & Degrees Committee

Probation period

Definitive acceptance only after propaedeutic courses are completed

Definitive acceptance only after propaedeutic courses are completed

Definitive acceptance only after 9 units of course work

Definitive acceptance only after propaedeutic courses are completed

Definitive acceptance only after propaedeutic courses are completed

Definitive acceptance only after 18 units of course work

 

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