as an undergraduate degree offered at two colleges

The University of Oxford

as Bachelor of Theology for Ministry offered at five colleges

The University of Cambridge

validated by the University of Glasgow

Edinburgh Theological Seminary

as a distance learning degree

University of Aberdeen

South West Baptist College

Cardiff Baptist College

for the Church in Wales, validated by University of Wales, Trinity Saint David

St Padarn’s Institute

as a three-year, Level 8 degree

St Patrick's College, Maynooth

Carmelite Institute of Britain and Ireland

In the United Kingdom and other European nations, the Bachelor of Theology is a three to five year degree for students pursuing ordination.


BTh is currently offered at:

United States[edit]

Within the United States, the Bachelor of Theology (or Bachelor of Divinity) is generally identical in coursework and requirements to the Master of Divinity.[6] [7] More common than the Bachelor of Theology in the US are dual-degree programs where one may earn an undergraduate degree in Bible and(or) theology and a Master of Divinity simultaneously.[8] [9]

Rev. Canon Prof. Susan Gillingham

Bishop of Gloucester (2015–present)

Rachel Treweek

Bishop of Loughborough (2022–present)

Rt Reverend Saju Muthulaly

Bishop of Tewkesbury (2013–2016), Bishop of Leicester (2016–present)

Martyn Snow

Bishop of Repton (1985–1999)

Henry Richmond (bishop)

Bishop of Islington (2015–present)

Ric Thorpe

Bishop of Barking (2002–2014)

David Hawkins (bishop)

Bishop of Tewkesbury (2016–present)

Robert Springett

Bishop of Tonbridge (2018–present)

Simon Burton-Jones

Archbishop of Armagh (2020–present)

John McDowell (bishop)

Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle in Australia (2011–2021)

William Wright (Australian bishop)

Australian Methodist minister and renowned scholar of Middle Eastern languages and manuscripts

Arthur Jeffery

Associate of Theology

Bachelor of Divinity

Bible College

Ordination

Licentiate in Theology

Seminary