The Loyola School of Theology, through the Center for Family Ministries (CEFAM), offers a one-year non-degree program for the Professional Diploma in Family Ministries. The diploma program aims to equip priests, ministers, religious brothers and sisters, seminarians, lay-workers and coordinators of family life apostolate for the pastoral care of couples and families.

This program is for students who are for one reason or another disqualified from entering the degree programs of the school, but are otherwise capable of graduate work. Envisaged are students from other Asian countries in need of certification, who do not have an undergraduate degree or its equivalent and who, therefore, cannot enter graduate programs according to the requirements of the Philippines Commission on Higher Education (CHED), but have the intellectual capability and background to do graduate work successfully. The Certificate Program in Theological Studies parallels the MA in Theological Studies.

The Loyola School of Theology offers a Certificate Program in Pastoral Ministry for students who are capable of graduate work, but are disqualified from entering the degree programs of the School, because of lack of an undergraduate degree. The Certificate Program in Pastoral Ministry parallels the MA, major in Pastoral Ministry.

Migration is a growing phenomenon in Asia, and all indications suggest that it will remain an important aspect of the region’s landscape. The local churches in countries of origin and destination in Asia are called to promote theological reflection and studies on this phenomenon.

The Instruction Erga Migrantes Caritas Christi states: "Episcopal Conferences will likewise entrust to Catholic university faculties in their territories the task of studying the various aspects of migration more thoroughly for the benefit of concrete pastoral service for migrants. Compulsory courses of theological specialization could also be programmed for this purpose" (EMCC, 71).

To answer this call, Loyola School of Theology, the Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples (CBCP-EMCI), and the Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC) have established a special program in Migration Theology. The program is tailored to meet the different needs of lay pastoral workers, religious, and ordained persons involved in this ministry. It also aims to train students of theology in addressing this important concern of the Church today.

The requirements for enrolling in the Certificate Program are as follows:

a) proof of proficiency in the English language through the LST English Proficiency Test;
b) accomplished application and registration forms;
c) letter of recommendation from the superior, bishop or official of the applicant’s institution;
d) at least 2 years of college (or its equivalent) and a basic theology course

The required five courses for this program are offered during the first semester of each academic year (from June to October). Four courses are compulsory; one subject is chosen from a list of elective migration courses. All courses are open to auditors.