Faculty - Princeton Theological Seminary

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