Certificate in Christian Studies
• Application
• Official transcripts
• $25 Application fee (waived with online
application)
• Personal history essay
• References from:
• A professor or academic administrator
• A lay person
• The pastor of the church you attend, or
another minister
• A personal friend or acquaintance
• 2.75 / 4.00 GPA
• Applicants whose grade point average falls
between 2.50 and 2.75 may be admitted on a ¡°reduced
load¡± basis. For applicants whose grade point
average for all college work is below a 2.50,
a report of a score of 410 on the Miller Analogies
Test or a 500 on the verbal section of the Graduate
Record Examination is required.
Master of Divinity (MDIV)
Master of Arts in Biblical Studies (MABS)
Master of Arts in Christian Education (MACE)
Master of Arts in Christian Leadership (MACL)
Master of Arts in Christian Ministries (MAXM)
Master of Arts in Theological Studies (MATS)
Master of Arts in World Mission & Evangelism
(MAWME)
Master of Arts in Youth Ministry (MAYM)
• Application
• Official transcripts
• $25 Application fee (waived with online
application)
• Personal history essay
• References from:
• A professor or academic administrator
• A lay person
• The pastor of the church you attend, or
another minister
• A personal friend or acquaintance
• 2.75 / 4.00 GPA
• Applicants whose grade point average falls
between 2.50 and 2.75 may be admitted on a ¡°reduced
load¡± basis. For applicants whose grade point
average for all college work is below a 2.50,
a report of a score of 410 on the Miller Analogies
Test or a 500 on the verbal section of the Graduate
Record Examination is required.
Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC)
Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling (MAPC)
• Application
• Official transcripts
• $25 Application fee (waived with online
application)
• Personal history essay
• References from:
• A professor or academic administrator
• A lay person
• The pastor of the church you attend, or
another minister
• A personal friend or acquaintance
• Counseling Addition to the Reference Forms
• Completion of tests and inventories (Note:
Tests and Inventories cannot be scheduled until
GPA has been verified.)
• Personal interview
• 3.00 / 4.00 GPA
• All application materials, including tests
and inventories, must be completed by February
1st for the Fall semester and July 1st for the
Spring semester. Test and inventories will not
be scheduled until all academic transcripts are
received.
Master of Theology (ThM)
• Application
• Official transcripts
• $25 Application fee (waived with online
application)
• Personal history essay
• References from:
• A professor or academic administrator
• A personal friend or acquaintance
• Two colleagues
• Accredited master of divinity degree or
an academic or professional (two-year or 60 semester
hours) master¡¯s degree in an appropriate theological
or missiological discipline, with a minimum of
30 semester hours in biblical and theological
studies
• 3.00 / 4.00 GPA
• Research-oriented paper
• For applicants whose native language is
other than English, a TOEFL score of 575 (231
paper based) or an IELTS score of 7.5
Doctor of Missiology (DMISS)
• Application
• Official transcripts
• $25 Application fee (waived with online
application)
• Personal history essay
• References from:
• A professor or academic administrator
• A personal friend or acquaintance
• Two colleagues
• Accredited master of divinity degree or
an academic or professional (two-year or 60 semester
hours) master¡¯s degree in an appropriate theological
or missiological discipline, with a minimum of
30 semester hours in biblical and theological
studies
• 3.00 / 4.00 GPA
• Research-oriented paper
• For applicants whose native language is
other than English, a TOEFL score of 575 (231
computer based) or an IELTS score of 7.5
• Two years of ministry experience, normally
in a culture where the applicant will serve and/or
do research
• Knowledge of field language where the
applicant will serve and/or do research
Doctor of Philosophy in Intercultural
Studies (PhD)
• Application
• Official transcripts
• $25 Application fee (waived with online
application)
• Personal history essay
• References from:
• A professor or academic administrator
• A personal friend or acquaintance
• Two colleagues
• Accredited master of divinity degree or
an academic or professional (two-year or 60 semester
hours) master¡¯s degree in an appropriate theological
or missiological discipline, with a minimum of
30 semester hours in biblical and theological
studies
• Demonstrated capability for languages
(biblical research or field languages) other than
English. The capability can be demonstrated by
transcripts showing 12 hours (college or graduate)
of language study (normally in a single language)
with a grade of ¡°B¡± or better, or by documented
proficiency in any language(s) or other research
tools necessary for the dissertation research.
• GRE score of 600 on the verbal section,
with a 5 on the analytical section. The analytical
section is a writing part of the exam and is graded
0-6.
• A Miller Analogies Test score of 441
• 3.50 / 4.00 GPA
• Research-oriented paper
• For applicants whose native language is
other than English, a TOEFL score of 600 (250
computer based) or an IELTS score of 8.0
• Three years of ministry experience, normally
in a culture or subculture different form the
applicant¡¯s home culture
Doctor of Ministry (DMIN)
• Application
• Official transcripts
• $25 Application fee (waived with online
application)
• Personal history essay
• References from:
• A leading lay official in your present
church
• Your immediate supervisor in ministerial
appointment (e.g., your District Superintendent)
• Two colleagues
• Master of Divinity degree or its educational
equivalent from an accredited seminary. The educational
equivalent is 75 hours of masters-level work with
30 hours in Bible, Theology and Church History,
including at least one completed masters degree.
• 3.00 / 4.00 GPA
• Miller Analogies Test (MAT) score of 425
• Letter of congregational or institutional
approval
• Three years full-time ministry experience
subsequent to the master¡¯s degree
• For applicants whose native language is
other than English, a TOEFL score of 550 (219
computer) or an IELTS score of 7.5
• Access to the Internet ? registration,
course schedules, syllabi and much of the program¡¯s
communication is online
• A research paper is to be submitted if:
you are an international student, your grade point
average in previous graduate work is less than
3.00 / 4.00 and/or your MAT score is less then
60. The Dmin Research Paper Guidelines are located
on the web.
Additional Requirements for Beeson Pastor
and Beeson International Leaders Track
• Submission of a video-taped sermon
• Personal Interview
International Student Admissions
With more than 145 international students from
50 countries, international students enrich the
Asbury Theological Seminary community and are
encouraged to apply for admission.
In order to help you learn more about international
student opportunities at Asbury, please examine
the contents of this page. It is our hope and
prayer that this information will help aid your
inquiry process. For further details or assistance,
refer to the current ATS catalog (here), contact
our Admissions Office via e-mail (international_admissions@asburyseminary.edu),
or phone 1-800-2-ASBURY.
Requirements for admission include (but are not
limited to):
• Application
• $25 Application fee (waived with online
application)
• Four references
• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 2.75 / 4.0
GPA
• Applicants whose GPA falls between a 2.75
and a 2.5 may be admitted on a ¡°reduced load¡±
basis
• Copies of course-by-course official transcripts
(English translation preferred) from all schools
attended since high school
• For students whose first language is not
English,
• A minimum TOEFL score of 550 (213 computer
based) or IELTS score of 7.5 is required for admission
to the certificate, master of arts, master of
divinity and doctor of ministry degree programs.
• (This may be waived for students who have
completed a post-secondary degree at an institution
in which the primary language of instruction is
English.)
• A minimum TOEFL score of 575 (231 computer
based) IELTS score of 7.5 is required for the
master of theology and doctor of missiology degree
programs
• A minimum TOEFL score of 600 (250 computer
based) IELTS score of 8.0 is required for the
doctor of philosophy degree program
More information on the TOEFL exam can be found
on their website at www.toefl.org. Asbury ¡¯s test
code is 1020.
• A minimum IELTS score of 7.0 is required
for the Masters programs and the Doctor of Missiology
program
• A minimum IELTS score of 7.5 is required
for the PhD program |