Six types of awards, validated by the University of Winchester, are available to students:

• HE Certificate in Theology for Christian Ministry and Mission (Cert HE)
• Foundation Degree  in  Theology for Christian Ministry and Mission (FdA)
• Bachelor of Arts top-up (Honours) in Theology for Christian Ministry and Mission
• Postgraduate Certificate in Theology for Christian Ministry and Mission (PG Cert)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Theology for Christian Ministry and Mission (PG Dip)
• Master of Arts in Theology for Christian Ministry and Mission.

Foundation Degrees are higher education qualifications that combine academic study with work-based learning.

On entry, if you are studying for one of these awards as part of your initial ministerial training, you will usually register for the award corresponding to the time for which your church authority has sent you to STETS, after account has been taken of any AP(E)L claims. 

Our FdA and BA (Hons) top-up courses consist of substantial academic modules in which ministerial development and spiritual formation are fully mainstreamed. That is to say, each module helps students to become better ministers, whose conduct is informed by thorough study of theology and scripture that is personally grounded in God and God’s mission, and who have developed key professional competencies.

Similarly, our Masters programme, which has been applauded for its distinctive contextual approach that enables students to undertake a thoroughly practical theology, offers fully integrated training for mission and ministry. Its popularity with a variety of students – including pioneer ministers, curates, probationers and lay preachers – speaks for itself. Here is a course that appeals because it combines the stringent demands of postgraduate study with an opportunity for creative thinking about the Church of tomorrow.

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