Victoria University, including Emmanuel College

Victoria University, including Emmanuel College

Founded in 1836 in Cobourg, Ontario, by royal charter from King William IV, Victoria federated with the University of Toronto in 1890. It comprises Victoria College, an arts and science college of U of T, and Emmanuel College, a theological college of the United Church of Canada.

As one of the oldest universities in Canada, Victoria has earned a distinguished reputation for excellence and creativity, with alumni that include some of the country’s most recognized innovators, artists, athletes, activists, scientists, educators and political leaders: literary critic and scholar Northrop Frye, Nobel laureate and prime minister Lester B. Pearson, pioneering doctor Augusta Stowe-Gullen, Nobel laureate and co-inventor of the laser Arthur Schawlow, authors Margaret Atwood, John Bemrose, David Gilmour and Elizabeth Hay, artist Robert Bateman, poet Dennis Lee, actor Donald Sutherland, the Honourable Bill Blaikie, former ambassador Kenneth Taylor and filmmaker Norman Jewison.

About Victoria College

At Victoria College you will discover the best of all worlds - the academic advantages of Canada's leading university, the rich diversity of a big city and the close-knit social and intellectual community of a small liberal arts college.

About Emmanuel

Emmanuel College is a theological college of Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

Emmanuel is the largest theological school associated with the United Church of Canada, one of seven federated theological colleges within the Toronto School of Theology and a fully accredited member of the Association of Theological Schools.

Informed by its Christian heritage, relationship with both church and university, and its Canadian, urban, and pluralistic location, Emmanuel College provides an education characterized by rigorous theological inquiry, contextual analysis, commitment to justice, and inclusive practice.

Emmanuel College offers a variety of basic and advanced degree programs.  
 

Basic Degree Programs

• Master of Divinity (MDiv)
• Master of Pastoral Studies (MPS)
• Master of Theological Studies (MTS)
• Master of Religious Education (MRE)
• Master of Sacred Music (MSMus)
• Diploma in Community and Health Ministries

Certificates 

• Lay Certificate in Theology
• Canadian Certificate in Muslim Studies
• An Active Faith: A Certificate in Church and Community

Non-Degree Study

• Special Status Students
• Auditing Courses
• Admittands to the United Church of Canada
• Continuing Education

Advanced Degrees

• Master of Arts in Theology (MA)
• Master of Theology (ThM)
• Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
• Doctor of Theology (ThD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Theology (PhD)

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