37 Theology and Divinity Degree Programs in South Africa

This programme enables graduates to work in a wide variety of community development projects (e.g. government, NGO, churches). We aim to produce community workers who approach their task from deep Christian convictions and acquire the sociological knowledge, tools and skills that development studies can provide.

This programme develops Christian leaders with a broad theoretical and practical foundation in Christian ministry. Graduates will be grounded in Biblical texts and equipped with the knowledge and skills to serve in churches and faith-based organisations. Academic study and personal faith are integrated to produce leaders with a mature, holistic spirituality.

This programme aims to produce a distinctive kind of counsellor: men and women who are deeply informed by both the Christian faith and the human science of psychology. We aim to produce graduates with a special ability to integrate Christian understanding of the human condition together with findings provided by the human sciences to help people on their journey to wholeness.

The curriculum consists of a dissertation that incorporates a research proposal to be completed within the first year of study

Do you have a passion to become an independent philosophical researcher or are you eager to know more about the relationship between religion, ethics and history? Our semester courses aim to encourage students to be more conscious, to be creative and critical in their thinking and to consider their own fundamental beliefs and values. If you are already studying in these fields then why not consider studying a semester abroad with a variety of courses in History, Religion or Philosophy at UCT’s Faculty of Humanities. Join the Semester Study Abroad Programme today! Choose from a variety of bachelor and master’s courses, across a wide range of disciplines for international credit transfer.

In Master of Arts in Religious Studies an appropriate bachelor honours degree, or an appropriate postgraduate diploma, or a 480 credit bachelor's degree with a minimum of 96 credits at NQF level 8 in Religious Studies or a related field with an average of 60%. A student who is admitted on the strength of a postgraduate diploma or a 480-credit bachelor's degree with a minimum of 96 credits at level 8 and who has not completed a module in research methodology may be required to complete such a module ((RST4804) at NQF level 8 for NDP before he/she will be allowed to register for the dissertation.

The Higher Certificate in Christian Ministry provides Christians with foundational and practical training to equip and empower them to build God’s kingdom in their sphere of influence.