Admissions Overview

Welcome to Admissions

We are here to help you find the program that best suits YOU.

Whether you are planning to be a full-time, part-time or continuing education student or simply studying theology or philosophy for personal enrichment, the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (DSPT) has a program for you.

DSPT Professor Fr. Michael Dodds, OP assists DSPT studentDo you want to sit at the feet of the ancient Greek philosophers, the early Church Fathers and the great medieval philosopher-theologians and apply their wisdom to modern day concerns? Read more about our academic approach, using the whole tradition of philosophy and theology to answer the questions of today.

Do you want small classes and personal contact with faculty and staff but also access to the resources of a major research university? Through our membership in the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), students have access to the largest theological faculty in the United States and the resources of the University of California, Berkeley.

Do you want a school that is faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, where students and faculty seek the truth together, drawing from the long tradition of philosophy and theology? A school where academic integrity allows faculty and students to seek truth wherever it may be found, and where academic and pastoral interests are treated with equal value? These are some of the great reasons to choose DSPT.