Academics

The GTU provides students with the opportunity for intensive academic study of many religious traditions including forms of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, and Judaism, as well as interdisciplinary topics such as art and religion or theology and science.

93 %

Post-Graduation Placement Rate

In academic programs and professional careers

10 +

Unique Concentration Areas

At the most comprehensive center for religious education in North America

The proximity of our member schools, academic centers, and interdisciplinary programs creates a dynamic intellectual community that draws scholars from around the world. Students entering the PhD or MA program benefit from the GTU’s diverse, multi-religious environment and draw on the depth of faculty expertise available among the more than 100 full-time faculty members across this diverse consortium. 

Explore Our Doctoral Program

Our PhD curriculum builds on the ecumenical, interreligious, and interdisciplinary strengths of the GTU, offering rich opportunities for both specialization and cross-disciplinary study.

Discover Our MA Program

The GTU Master of Arts provides exciting opportunities to explore theology and religion in response to the challenges posed by contemporary cultures. 

Departments and Concentrations

GTU degree programs feature more than thirty unique concentrations - from Aesthetics to Yoga Studies - grouped into four interdisciplinary departments.

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Routed West: 20th Century African American Quilts in California

What: Routed West: 20th Century African American Quilts in California

When: Wednesday, July 23, 1pm

Where: BAMPFA, 2155 Center St. Berkeley, CA

RSVP: to alintzsmall@ses.gtu.edu by July 9

Price: FREE with student and faculty ID

Friend & family price: $5 children, $12 for staff, seniors, other...

BAMPFA
1:00pm

Bay Area MFA Show 4 Closing Celebration

Celebrate the closing of the Bay Area MFA Show 4 with refreshments, music, a chance to speak with the artists, and the opportunity to experience the immersive, traveling artwork, Symphony of a Missing Room.

Doug Adams Gallery
5:00pm to 7:00pm

CARe Dillenberger Lecture in Art History - Art as Divine Instrument

This symposium, presented by CARe’s Dillenberger Lecture in Art History program, centers on the functional aspects of art and material religion, and the way that late medieval devotional visual culture inspired embodied experience physically, emotionally, and intellectually

Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, Dinner Board Room
12:00pm to 5:00pm