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Admission & Financial Support

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APPLY NOW REQUEST INFORMATION

Application deadline: Jan. 2

Interview Week: February 23-25, 2026

Pre-application

We suggest that potential students fill out a pre-application form that will initiate a conversation about their fit to the program.

Program prerequisites

  • Being a practicing Catholic in good standing

  • A completed bachelor’s degree

  • Completion of at least 12 credit hours of theology or religious studies is strongly recommended

  • Diverse ministry experience that gives evidence of aptitude for professional ministry

Application requirements

  • Statement of intent that gives one’s ministerial goals and how completing Notre Dame’s Master of Divinity program will help one to meet them

  • Curriculum vitae

  • Autobiographical statement following this distinctive outline

  • Transcripts from all post-secondary schools attended

  • GRE scores

  • TOEFL scores for those for whom English is a second language

  • Three letters of recommendation, one of which must support the candidate’s aptitude for ministerial leadership

Timeline

Applications are reviewed shortly after the Jan. 2 application deadline. A select group of candidates will then be invited for a three-day campus visit, which includes formal interviews with M.Div. faculty, attending classes, lunch with faculty, and social gatherings with current students. These visits take place in mid-February with final admissions decisions being made shortly thereafter.

Financial support

The M.Div. program admits a small cohort of students each year and therefore offers generous funding to all admitted students. All students in the program automatically receive a full tuition scholarship, valued at more than $175,000 over three years. Additionally, students receive a yearly stipend (usually between $5,000–$8,000), a full subsidy for the University student health insurance, and assistance for meals on campus. In addition, a variety of fellowship and employment opportunities on campus are available.