Theology Summer School 2024 (University of Oxford)

A two-week residential summer school for members of the clergy, lay ministers, theologians and teachers of religious education.

This is an intensive programme of study taught to an informed international audience.

Applicants should be confident that they are academically and linguistically prepared for such a programme.

Academic requirements

Applications are welcomed from:

• members of the clergy, especially as part of their continuing ministerial development;
• theologians;
• teachers of religious education; and
• lay people with an interest in theological study at university level.

Although the direction of the summer school is essentially Christian, religious leaders and members of other faiths will be warmly welcomed as participants.

English language requirements

As participants are expected to engage fully in seminar discussions and may be required to produce written work it is important that applicants can demonstrate an appropriate level of proficiency in the four language skills - listening, reading, writing and speaking.

Applicants for whom English is not their first language must provide evidence of their competency in the form of an original certificate or a certified copy that is not more than two years old on the date the summer school starts. These applicants must satisfy one of the following requirements:

• IELTS Academic - minimum overall score of 6.5, with not less than 6.5 in each of the four components
• TOEFL iBT - minimum overall score of 100, with not less than 25 in each of the four components
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) - grade C or above.

Fees

Residential: En suite (both weeks) - £3750; Non-residential: (per week) - £1250

Payment

Programme fees

• Residential (both weeks) - £3,750 total
  Fees include tuition (2 seminars per week and the weekly lectures); accommodation in a single room with private shower and toilet for the nights of Sunday 4 August to Friday 16 August 2024 inclusive (13 nights); meals in hall - breakfast and refreshments Mondays-Fridays and dinner Sundays-Fridays. Lunch is not provided. Lunch and dinner are not provided on Saturday 10 August, and lunch is not provided on Sunday 11 August.
• Non-residential (per week) - £1250 per week
  Fees include tuition (2 seminars and the weekly lecture); no accommodation; dinner and refreshments at Christ Church from Sunday-Friday.

Invoicing and payment

Successful applicants who accept their offer of a place on the summer school will be invoiced for the appropriate programme fee once they have been formally enrolled on the programme.

Invoices will be emailed to participants together with full instructions for payment. Fees may be paid online with a credit or debit card, or by bank transfer.

Participants are required to pay the full fee within 30 days of the date on which their invoice was issued.

Please note that:

• participants are expected to take out vacation cancellation insurance to cover the programme fee and travel costs (see "Cancellations", below);
• a participant's place on the summer school is not confirmed until their fees have been paid in full;
• places will not be held for participants whose fees are not paid in full by the due date; and
• in no circumstances will participants be admitted to the summer school unless all fees have been paid in full.

When you have paid your fees

Your place on the summer school is confirmed as soon as your payment is received by OUDCE.

You will receive a receipt for your payment: by email if paid online, or by post if paid by bank transfer.

If you are a non-EEA participant you will receive a letter by post confirming your enrolment and course details which may be used to support your application for a short-term study visa: this letter will be sent by post.