This 21-month course offers extensive postgraduate education in a specialist field of theology for very able students. It includes a short thesis of up to 30,000 words based on independent scholarly research, which may contribute to a future research degree, and at least three formal examination papers or groups of assessed essays.

The choice of essays and dissertation topics is decided by the student, subject to advice from the supervisor and final approval.

Your supervisor will in most cases be the course co-ordinator for the specific subject stream of the MPhil in Theology that you are enrolled on. They will provide support, guidance and an overall direction for your studies.

The Faculty of Theology runs graduate seminars in different subjects, which offer a space for all those doing graduate work to meet regularly, to share aspects of your work with your peers and to be informed by that interaction. The seminars are an important way of staying in touch with peers and present some of your research at various stages of development.