Offered by Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College in Toronto, Canada, Master of Divinity is a master's degree in Religious Studies programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,980 per year (CAD 7,980 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Religious Studies
Duration: 3 years
Local tuition: CAD 7,980 / year
International tuition: CAD 7,980 / year
Information for the 2023/24 academic year · Last checked September 2026 · Source: tbs.edu ·
Program details
Overview
The Master of Divinity at Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College is a three-year graduate degree for students with an undergraduate degree who are pursuing or continuing in pastoral ministry or church planting. The 90-semester-hour program includes instruction in biblical Greek and Hebrew alongside Scripture and Interpretation, Theology and History (systematic theology, apologetics, church and Baptist history, theological ethics), and Ministry and Spiritual Formation (homiletics, missions, pastoral theology, spirituality, and worship). Practical training totals 22 semester hours through ongoing ministerial field work, per-term mentoring groups, and a ministry internship. The degree also requires a thesis of roughly 30,000 words, with a prospectus approved by the end of the first fall term and an oral defence before three readers, chaired by the student's thesis supervisor, for which the candidate must be present on campus. The program suits those seeking a comprehensive theological and linguistic grounding for pastoral leadership alongside sustained field-based ministry experience.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Master of Divinity curriculum outline on the seminary's programme page states no admission section of its own; entry follows TBS's graduate and general admission requirements. Graduation from a recognized college with a B.A. or B.Sc. is required; applicants whose undergraduate degree already included biblical studies must show at least 30 credit hours in the humanities and/or sciences, with any shortfall made up through Seminary courses or an approved institution such as the University of Toronto or University of Waterloo while enrolled. Applicants also submit a signed application evidencing conversion, a working knowledge of the Word of God and Christian-ministry experience, three references, official transcripts, a physician's letter, a passport photograph, and the CAD $35 application fee ($100 for international applicants). Applicants whose native language is not English must score at least 550 TOEFL paper-based, 213 computer-based, 79 internet-based, or 6.5 IELTS overall; those below this are assessed individually.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College publishes no fixed application deadline for domestic or international applicants: candidates download and mail or email a completed application, along with pastoral and personal references and transcripts, and pay a $35 fee (domestic) or $100 fee (international), and the school states the review 'will take several weeks' while references are gathered and the file evaluated, after which a formal letter of acceptance is sent. International applicants whose first language is not English must also submit TOEFL or IELTS results. No provincial or third-party application service is used - applicants apply directly to the seminary - and, absent any published opening or closing date for the 2026-27 cycle, admission is effectively rolling and continuous throughout the year. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
