Key information
- Duration: Full-time, 36 months (3–4 years)
- Start date: September 2027
- Application deadline: Apply before December 2026
- Language: English
- Delivered: On campus
- Campus location: St Andrews, United Kingdom
- Discipline: Theology and Religious Studies
About the programme
Explore the shape of religious belief and practice in our society. At the University of St Andrews, Divinity studies focus primarily on Christian faith practices and consider the profound influence that the Jewish and Christian scriptures have had on Western civilisation. Courses address both the significance of faith today and challenges to it.
Programme Structure
Research in divinity typically falls into one of these themes:
- Biblical studies
- Systematic and historical theology
- Religion and politics
- Theology, imagination and the arts
- Analytic and exegetical theology
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 94
General requirements
Admission to the PhD is normally on the basis of a good Master’s degree in the applicant’s discipline (that is, an upper second-class degree or one with a minimum grade point average of B+ or the equivalent).
