The Study of Judaism and Christianity (MLitt) at University of St Andrews

Programme overview

Two-year taught MLitt run jointly with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with the first year in Israel and the second in Scotland, studying Judaism and Christianity across languages, history, theology and philosophy.

Department: School of Divinity (with the Department of Comparative Religion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) | Duration: Two years full time | Intake: To be confirmed | Study mode: full-time | Location: St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students take three or four optional modules in each of Jerusalem and St Andrews, drawn from Bible, Comparative Religion and Jewish Studies and from biblical studies and systematic and historical theology, with language courses such as biblical and modern Hebrew, Koine Greek, Aramaic, Latin and German.

Career pathways

Graduates gain skills for academic and non-academic international job markets, and many continue to PhD study at St Andrews or elsewhere.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A 2.1 undergraduate Honours degree in Theology, Religion, Jewish Studies, Biblical Studies or a closely related discipline. Application requires a CV, an optional personal statement, a 2,000-word single-authored academic writing sample, one signed academic reference, and transcripts and degree certificates; further documents go to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on accepting an offer. International applicants may need to provide an English language test score, normally accepted only if taken within two years of the programme start; applicants with a UK degree or a degree taught entirely in English at a recognised institution in specified majority English-speaking countries may not need one.

Intake: To be confirmed

Duration: Two years full time

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