Graduate Theological Union

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The Graduate Theological Union is a consortium of nine independent theological schools and eight program centers in Berkeley, California. The close relationship among these schools is meant to encourage ecumenical and interfaith dialogue. Students may take classes at any of the member schools, most of which are within a few city blocks of one another. The GTU offers the Ph.D., Th.D., and M.A. degrees, while each of the nine member schools offers the M.Div. degree in preparation for the ministry. The GTU maintains a single comprehensive library for all of its member schools. It was founded in the early 1960s and today serves approximately 1300 students.

Member Schools and Centers

American Baptist Seminary of the West
The Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Episcopal)
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
Franciscan School of Theology
The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Pacific School of Religion (United Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, and United Methodist Church)
San Francisco Theological Seminary (Presbyterian)
Starr King School for the Ministry (Unitarian Universalist)

Center for Jewish Studies
Institute of Buddhist Studies
Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute
Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education
Center for the Study of Religion and Culture
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
New College Berkeley
School of Applied Theology

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