Master of Theology is a master's degree in Religious Studies programme offered by Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered in a hybrid format. Tuition for international students is CAD 13,632 per total (CAD 13,632 per total for local students).
The Master of Theology is an advanced graduate degree for students who already hold a master's degree in theological or biblical studies. Delivered through seminar-style classes in small cohorts, the program develops research, writing, and analytical skills applied to a specific theological question tied to the student's vocation. Students choose between two 24-credit tracks: a thesis track combining a nine-credit thesis with two seminars, a research-methods course, and electives, or a major-paper track built around a three-credit paper of roughly 7,500 to 10,000 words plus electives. Up to six credits can be taken online, and completion ranges from a minimum of one year to a maximum of five. Admission requires a master's degree of at least 60 credits in theology or biblical studies, foundational coursework in biblical studies and theology, six credit hours of advanced coursework in the intended concentration, and a minimum GPA of 3.5 for the thesis track or 3.3 for the major-paper track. The degree suits pastors building on prior education, those considering doctoral study, and others whose careers call for an advanced theological credential.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need a master's degree in theological or biblical studies with a minimum of 60 credit hours, foundational coursework in biblical studies, theology and the history of Christianity, and at least 6 credit hours of advanced coursework in the chosen concentration, with extra prerequisite or co-requisite courses possible where that background is lacking; the cumulative GPA threshold is 3.5 on a 4.0 scale for the thesis track or 3.3 on a 4.0 scale for the major-paper track. Regent College's general admission-requirements page, which this program's page refers applicants to, sets a higher English-language bar for this program than for its other graduate programs: TOEFL 5.5, IELTS 7.5 or Duolingo 140 (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.
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.
