Faculty - Princeton Theological Seminary
Faculty - Princeton Theological Seminary
Faculty - Princeton Theological Seminary
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deadline for receipt of all applications is December 31. All applicants, including<br />
alumni/ae, are required to pay a $70 nonrefundable application fee. Please note:<br />
A reduced fee of $50 is charged for applications with supporting documents<br />
received in the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid BEFORE November 20. Any<br />
application received after November 20 must include the full $70 fee or it will not<br />
be processed.<br />
<strong>Princeton</strong> <strong>Seminary</strong> does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, sex,<br />
age, marital status, national or ethnic origins, or disability in its admission policies.<br />
Application credentials include the following:<br />
1. Completed application form, with designation of the desired academic<br />
area and field. Application for an interdisciplinary program requires a<br />
statement defining the unifying principle and setting forth a rationale for<br />
the whole.<br />
2. A sketch of your intellectual history (700–1,000 words), indicating the factors<br />
that have brought you to your present focus of intellectual interests<br />
and vocational objectives, educational and ecclesiastical, and what you<br />
hope to learn from doctoral study at <strong>Princeton</strong> <strong>Seminary</strong>.<br />
3. One academic paper (written in English, no more than thirty pages long)<br />
in your intended area of concentration and representative of your best<br />
work, demonstrating scholarly capacity in the field selected. (In the field<br />
of homiletics, the paper should be in homiletical theory or in theology or<br />
ethics, and three written sermons are to be submitted with the paper.)<br />
The paper will be evaluated by the following standards: (1) understanding<br />
of the subject treated and the materials used, (2) knowledge of relevant<br />
bibliography, (3) cogency and clarity of argument, and (4) constructive<br />
originality of thought.<br />
4. References:<br />
• Three letters of academic recommendation from individuals, ordinarily<br />
professors, who can write knowledgeably about your personal and academic<br />
qualifications and your suitability for your chosen field of study.<br />
<strong>Princeton</strong> <strong>Seminary</strong> reserves the right to contact your references and<br />
others for additional information pertinent to your application.<br />
• A letter of reference from an appropriate ecclesiastical officer (e.g. bishop<br />
or presbytery executive if now engaged in professional church employment;<br />
supervising individual or committee chairperson if a candidate for<br />
ordination; local church pastor if other categories are inappropriate).<br />
• A report of your academic standing at the institution where you are currently<br />
enrolled or that you most recently attended. The form should be<br />
completed by the dean, registrar, or other proper official.<br />
• If an institution such as a college, seminary, or other body (other than a<br />
local church) has indicated its probable intention to employ you upon<br />
completion of Ph.D. work, an appropriate officer (e.g. dean, president,<br />
director) of that institution may complete the optional Institutional<br />
Endorsement Form.<br />
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