Graduate Theological Union - Definition and Overview

The Graduate Theological Union is a consortium of nine independent theological schools and nine program centers in Berkeley, California. The close relationship among these schools is meant to encourage ecumenical and interfaith dialogue. Students may take classes at any of the member schools, most of which are within a few city blocks of one another. The GTU offers the Ph.D., Th.D., and M.A. degrees and maintains a comprehensive library for all of the member schools. It was founded in the early 1960s and today serves approximately 1300 students.

Member Schools and Centers

• American Baptist Seminary of the West
• The Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Episcopal)
• Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
• Franciscan School of Theology
• The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
• Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
• Pacific School of Religion (United Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, and United Methodist Church)
• San Francisco Theological Seminary (Presbyterian)
• Starr King School for the Ministry (Unitarian Universalist)

• Center for Jewish Studies
• Institute of Buddhist Studies
• Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute
• Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education
• Center for the Study of Religion and Culture
• Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
• Center for Women and Religion
• New College Berkeley
• School of Applied Theology

Resources

• Graduate Theological Union (http://www.gtu.edu/)