HTC On-Line - Postgraduate Research Degrees

Highland Theological College UHI has been supervising postgraduate students for a number of years. These students have, until recently, been registered with the University of Wales: Lampeter and with the Open University. However, since 2004, through our memorandum of agreement with UHI Millennium Institute (of which HTC is a constituent Academic Partner), HTC has been registering all of our MPhil/PhD students with the University of Aberdeen.

Supervision of the degree will be carried out by the academic staff of the Highland Theological College, students will be registered with UHI and their programme will be administered by HTC/UHI. However, successful candidates will be awarded their MPhil or PhD degree from the University of Aberdeen.

HTC must be satisfied that a prospective student is of the required academic standard to complete the scheme of research proposed. Students will be expected, therefore, to have completed an honours’ degree in theology at upper second class level (or the overseas equivalent).

Prospective PhD students who do not already have the MPhil degree or its equivalent (Th.M or M.Th) will be registered as M.Phil students until the completion of a probationary period, after which they can apply to be upgraded. This probationary period will normally be one year for full-time students and 18 months for part-time students.