Offered by Heritage College and Seminary in Cambridge, Canada, Master of Divinity is a master's degree in Religious Studies programme. Tuition for international students is CAD 435 per credit (CAD 435 per credit for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Religious Studies
Local tuition: CAD 435 / credit
International tuition: CAD 435 / credit
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Master of Divinity at Heritage College and Seminary, delivered through Heritage Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Ontario, is a 90-credit-hour graduate degree combining biblical and theological study with ministry formation. The curriculum consists of 24 core courses and six elective courses, covering biblical Greek and Hebrew, Old and New Testament theology, church history, pastoral theology, expository preaching, counselling, and missiology, with language study supporting preaching and teaching from the original texts. Practical formation includes two supervised pastoral internship courses paired with faculty mentorship. The seminary offers multiple study options for the degree, including pathways aligned with particular ecclesiastical traditions and integrated routes with undergraduate study at Heritage College or Redeemer University. The program suits students called to pastoral ministry, preaching, teaching, chaplaincy, or intercultural and mission work who want a comprehensive theological and linguistic foundation paired with supervised ministry experience, distinguishing it from the seminary's non-practicum Master of Theological Studies.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:2.30 / 4.0
Admission Requirements: Applicants need a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum admission grade point average of 2.3 (C+); those holding an undergraduate degree in Bible, Theology, Religious Education, or Religious Studies may receive advanced standing based on credit hours, GPA, and individual course grades. Mature applicants aged 28 or over without a bachelor's degree may instead enter via Heritage's Graduate Certificate of Theological Studies pathway (requiring a 2.50 GPA to progress) or by demonstrating roughly 101 accredited undergraduate credit hours, and must submit a research essay assessing readiness for graduate-level theological study. Transfer applicants need an honourable dismissal from prior schools and a grade of C or better on any transferred course, and must complete at least 30 credit hours, or 50% of the degree, at Heritage. International applicants need TOEFL iBT 80 (20+ per section, code 1498), IELTS Academic 6.0, or CELPIP-General level 7, plus a WES evaluation; study permits are not being issued for 2026-2027, so entry that year is fall-term distance learning only.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Heritage College and Seminary sets the same domestic application cut-offs for both its College and Seminary programmes across three intakes: Fall (September start) applications are due no later than 1 September, Winter (January start) no later than 15 December, and Spring/Summer (May start) no later than 15 March; applying earlier reduces the application fee (from $200 down to $50 the further ahead an applicant applies), so admission is effectively rolling with an escalating late fee up to each hard cut-off. International applicants, who are advised to begin in the Fall, must complete their application by 31 March for a Fall start or by 31 July for a Winter start; no international deadline or intake is published for Spring/Summer entry. Heritage applies directly rather than through a third-party service, and none of these recurring dates carries an explicit admission year on the site. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
