At Regent College in Vancouver, Canada, Master of Arts in Theological Studies is offered as a master's degree in Religious Studies programme. The programme runs for 5 semesters, delivered in a hybrid format. Tuition for international students is CAD 34,080 per total (CAD 34,080 per total for local students).
The Master of Arts in Theological Studies is a 60-credit-hour graduate degree structured in three stages. A foundational core of 24 to 27 credits covers Old Testament, New Testament, biblical exegesis, theology, biblical languages, church history, and ministry, after which students complete concentration-specific coursework in an area of theological or biblical study. The program concludes with a comprehensive exam, comprehensive paper, or thesis, depending on the concentration chosen. Full-time students finish in five terms, while part-time students have up to six years, and as many as 30 credits can be completed online alongside on-campus study in Vancouver. The degree is designed for students seeking vocational discernment, spiritual formation, or renewed direction after a previous career, those preparing for church or parachurch ministry, and those planning further academic study such as doctoral work. Admission requires a bachelor's degree with a minimum 2.8 GPA, or mature-student status for applicants 28 or older with equivalent life, work, or ministry experience.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:2.80 / 4.0
Admission Requirements: Applicants need a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum GPA of 2.8 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent); applicants at least 28 years old without a bachelor's degree may instead apply as mature students by explaining how their life, work, ministry or educational experience is equivalent to a university degree. This program's page refers applicants to Regent College's general admission-requirements page, which sets the English-language requirement for non-native speakers at TOEFL 4.5, IELTS 6.5 or Duolingo 120 (scores valid for two years), with an exemption for applicants who studied at least four years at a post-secondary institution taught and tested in English. Applicants who fall short of the academic requirement may be admitted on probation, limited to 9 credits and a mandatory non-credit academic-writing course in their first term.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
Application Deadline:Regent College publishes recommended, not firm, application deadlines that recur annually with no printed cycle year: Canadian applicants are asked to apply by 1 August for September-start (Fall) programmes, 1 December for January-start (Winter) programmes, and 6 February for the May-start MALTS programme, while financial-aid applicants should apply by 1 January. International applicants face earlier recommended dates -- 1 May (Fall), 1 August (Winter) and 10 December (MALTS) -- to leave time for study-permit processing; as of this September 2026 check the Winter-intake international date has already passed for the January 2027 term. Regent states late applications are still welcome and processed as space allows, so admission functions as rolling past these recommended cut-offs rather than a hard close. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
