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Students desiring admission to the Shaw University Divinity School Master of Divinity Program should request the Shaw University Graduate School Application for

Admission Form From:

The Shaw University Divinity School
118 E. South Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 (919) 546-8569 or 8570


or

The Admissions Office of Shaw University
118 E. South Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 1-800-214-6683

The completed Graduate Application for Admission should be returned to
Shaw University Divinity School along with the following:

Prospective students are required to:

  1. Submit a $25.00 non-refundable application fee,
  2. Request an official transcript from their college,
  3. Complete a two-page essay,
  4. Request two people to complete letters of reference, and
  5. Have their physician complete a health form.

Student Classification

Student Classifications are based upon the number of credits accumulated as follows:

Junior less than 30 credits
Middle 30 - 60 credits
Senior 61 credits or more.

Application Deadlines

Students desiring to enroll for the fall semester should apply by July 15th, students desiring to enroll for the spring semester should apply by November 15th; and students desiring to enroll for the summer semester should apply by April 15th.

Every candidate for the Master of Divinity degree is required to complete the 10 courses prescribed by the Divinity School as a basic core curriculum, a total of 30 semester hours of credit. Eleven (11) additional courses (33 hours) and nine (9) electives (27 hours) are required to complete the requirements for the Master of Divinity degree.

Students may take a maximum of three courses on Saturday and may take additional courses during the week. It is strongly recommended that full-time pastors or bi-vocational students who are employed 35 or more hours per week limit their course load to three courses or nine hours per semester. Any decision to do otherwise must be approved by the Dean.