Master of Divinity (MDiv)

The course consists of a total of 75 credit hours apart from one-year pre-M. Div. course that is required for those candidates who will direct come from secular study background that is a bachelor in any stream. A total of 111 credit hours needs to be earned to qualify for graduation. Courses are concentrated in various fields such as Old Testament, New Testament, Theology, Mission, History, Biblical Studies, Religions, Ethics, and Practical Theology. The program aims to develop skills in Bible exposition, teaching Biblical sound doctrines, church administration, church plantation skills, and Christian counseling. Professionally oriented Master of Divinity as the foundational course prepares the candidates to pursue their further research-level degree of Master of Theology and it seeks to prepare candidates to be well dedicated and skillfully competent in the Christian ministerial capacities.

Entry Qualifications

1. An applicant must be a graduate with a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college and university.

2. An applicant must pass the qualifying examination minimum with a B grade.

3. An applicant who has obtained second class (B-) and above overall in B.Th. may apply for M.Div.

4. A graduate in B.A./B.Sc./B. B. A. who wants to go for the M.Div. program must first complete one-year Pre-M. Div. course which is specially designed for degree holders and then may join the M.Div. Course, (total of 3 years to complete M.Div.)

5. An applicant who has obtained below B- in B.Th. or etc. needs to study one-year pre–M. Div. course to qualify for 2 years M. Div. programs.

6. An applicant must pass the entrance written examination and an oral interview prescribed by the institution.

M. DIV. COURSES & CURRICULUM

First semester

Pastoral Theology & Practices - 3 credits
Healthy Church Leadership - 3 credits
Research Methodology - 3 credits
Interfaith Dialogue - 3 credits
Homiletics - 3 credits
Systematic Theology - 3 credits
Church History - 3 credits
Church Organization and Administration - 3 credits

second semester

Introduction to Biblical Theology - 3 credits
Christian Ethics - 3 credits
Preliminary Hebrew/Greek - 2 credits
Pauline Theology - 3 credits
Christian Institutional Management - 3 credits
Person and Work of Christ - 3 credits
Spiritual Formation - 3 credits
Introduction to Practical Theology - 3 credits

third semester

Biblical Hermeneutics -3 credits
Asian Christian Theology -3 credits
OT Theology -3 credits
Advance Hebrew/Greek -2 credits
Pastoral Counseling -3 credits
Pastoral Epistles -3 credits
Introduction to Philosophy and World View -3 credits
Christian Leadership & Church Polity -3 credits

Fourth semester

Christian Apologetics in Nepali Context - 3 credits
Contemporary Theology - 3 credits
NT Theology - 3 credits
Exposition of Romans - 3 credits
Intercultural Studies - 3 credits
Thesis - 12 credits