International Student Information

The Sydney College of Divinity (SCD) is recognized by the Commonwealth Government as a Higher Education Provider, offering state accredited higher education courses in theology and ministry. The College was established in 1983. It is an ecumenical consortium of some 2,000 students enrolled in nine Member Institutions approved to teach the awards of the College on its behalf. These awards range from two-year diplomas, three-year undergraduate degrees and course work masters degrees, to masters and doctoral research degrees.

The College is the legal entity that offers the courses and is responsible for all regulations relating to the courses of study that it owns. All of its awards are accredited by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities. Many of its awards have also been accredited in Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia.

 The College has a centrally devised and managed curriculum and a quality assurance process that is applied across the whole network of member institutions. The day-to-day education system is managed by the Dean from the College office in Sydney. The Academic Board and its Committees share this responsibility. The Academic Board oversees policy, regulation, review of units, and course structure for research, coursework and diploma awards.

The Academic Board and its committees are comprised mostly of principals or senior faculty members of member colleges. A number of senior university academics also sit on the Board and its committees to help ensure that the practice of the College (especially in the outcome of the consideration of research examiner’s reports and general academic policy) remains in line with best practice in the university sector.

The College is governed by a Council. Its members are drawn from college stakeholders and members of the public.

The Sydney College of Divinity welcomes students from overseas to study at its member colleges which are authorized to accept international student enrolments.

The Sydney College of Divinity does not use agents to recruit and or administer overseas students.

In New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia the SCD is a registered Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) provider and the legal entity for all courses offered by member institutions in these states.

The CRICOS codes for these states are:

New South Wales : 02948J
Queensland : 02904K
Western Australia : 03284C

In New South Wales the following member institutions are endorsed to enrol overseas students:

• Catholic Institute of Sydney
• Emmaus Bible College
• Salvation Army Booth College
• St Andrews Greek Orthodox Theological College
• Sydney College of Divinity

In Queensland the following member institution is endorsed to enrol overseas students:

• Nazarene Theological College

In Western Australia the following member institution is endorsed to enrol overseas students:

• Emmaus: Perth Bible College Campus

The following courses may be offered to overseas students:

Specific Policies for International Students:

SCD Information Sheet
Overseas Student Enrolment Agreement
Admission Requirements
Recognition of Prior Learning Policy
Monitoring Overseas Student Course Progress Policy
Overseas Student Suspension, Deferral and Cancellation Policy
Refund Policy
Policy governing transfer between registered providers

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