Admission to Maryhill School of Theology


	ADMISSION

	First Year Students
	Transfer Students
	Cross-Enrollees
	Foreign Students
	Audit Students
	Degree / Non-degree Students

	FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
	1. An applicant for admission to the First Year level is required to take the entrance test. He must submit a week beforehand the following items to the Registrar’s Office in order to be allowed to take the entrance test:
		1.1. Three (3) 1”x1” picture
		1.2. Letter of recommendation from his religious superior or bishop which certifies that the applicant resides in a duly recognized canonically established formation house and states the name of the formation community where he lives, its location and the name/s of its resident formators.
		1.3. Photocopy of his college Transcript of Records, attesting to a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
		1.4. For non-AB Philosophy graduates, a photocopy of certificate of at least 18 units of philosophy of any 6 courses of 3 units each from among the following courses: (a) Epistemology (Philosophy of Knowledge); (b) History of Philosophy; (c) Philosophy of Being Human (Philosophical Anthropology); (d) Logic; (e) Philosophy of Ethics (Ethics); (f) Philosophy of Being (Ontology); (g) Contemporary Philosophers; (h) Philosophy of Nature (Cosmology); (i) Philosophy of God (Theodicy); and (h) Philosophy of Religion.
		1.5. If a foreigner, a photocopy of passport, ACR and missionary or student visa.
	2. If an applicant passes the entrance test, the Admission and Promotion Committee will communicate to his formator, superior or bishop that he is admitted to MST and can proceed to enroll, subject to completion of requirements.
	3. A successful applicant must submit the original evaluation copy of his college Transcript of Records, the original copy of certificate of at least 18 units of philosophy taken by him (if not an AB Philosophy graduate) as well as a duly accomplished application form to signify his intent to formally enroll in the school.
	4. He is also required to submit a Certificate of Transfer Credential (if he has already obtained one) or pending that to file a request for such a Certificate in the last school he attended to facilitate the transfer of all his official Transcripts of Records (college and higher, if any) to CICM Maryhill School of Theology.
	5. A successful applicant who transfers from one formation house to another during the period between his application for entrance test and his enrollment is required to submit a letter of recommendation from his new formator, superior or bishop. If already enrolled during such a transfer, a student has the obligation to submit the said letter of recommendation.
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	TRANSFER STUDENTS
	1. After an evaluation interview with the Assistant to the Dean, a transfer applicant submits to the Registrar’s Office the following:
		1.1. Three (3) 1”x1” pictures
		1.2. Letter of recommendation from his religious superior or bishop which certifies that he resides in a duly recognized canonically established formation house and states the name of the formation community where he lives, its location and the name/s of its resident formators.
		1.3. Original evaluation copy of college Transcript of Records, attesting to a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
		1.4. If a foreigner, a photocopy of passport, ACR and missionary or student visa.
		1.5. A duly accomplished application form.
	2. He is also required to submit a Certificate of Transfer Credential (if he has already obtained one) or pending that to file a request for such a Certificate in the last school he attended to facilitate the transfer of all his official Transcripts of Records (college and higher, if any) to CICM Maryhill School of Theology.
	3. Transfer courses can be credited to a maximum of 50% of the total number of required units in MST, for the transfer student to be eligible for graduation.
	4. Only transfer courses with credit units and descriptions that are identical or comparable to GTP courses (except the synthesis courses) and with grades equivalent to more than 3.00 can be considered creditable.
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	CROSS-ENROLLEES
	1. Seminarians from other schools may cross-enroll in the GTP, provided they can present a letter from their Deans permitting them and specifying the courses they will take. Cross-enrollees may take a maximum of 12 units of courses, on a credit or audit basis. They are not allowed, however, to cross-enroll in the Fourth Year courses, except in the synthesis courses.
	2. GTP students may be allowed by the Academic Dean to cross-enroll in another school, if necessary.
	3. ATEP students may enroll in the GTP, while a GTP student may enroll in the ATEP but only for making up a failure. Other cases are subject to the Academic Dean’s discretion.

	FOREIGN STUDENTS
	1.They are required to present a degree equivalent in length and content to the four year A. B. or B. S. college program in the Philippines. They should be sufficiently proficient in English and have a satisfactory background in philosophy and theology.
	2. A photocopy of passport, ACR and missionary or student visa.

	AUDIT STUDENTS
	1. Aside from seminarians from other schools, ordained ministers and nonordained religious may enroll as audit students in the GTP by permission of the Academic Dean.

	DEGREE / NON-DEGREE STUDENTS
	1. A degree student is enrolled in the GTP while working towards a masteral degree.
	2. A non-degree student is enrolled in the GTP but not working towards a masteral degree.
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