:: Admission______________________________________________________________________

• BD or its equivalent.
• At least 2 or 3 years of practical experience in church work.
• The minimum TOFEL score is 173 (500 paper-based) or overall band scores 5 for IELTS taken not more than 2 years before admission.
• Pass entrance exam

• A degree in theology, or equivalent, with 5 years christian ministry experince

• A church member.
• A recognised university degree.

• A church member.
• A recognised college or university degree.

• A church member of 19 years of age or above.
• Form 6 (STPM), A level pass and above.

• A church member of 19 years of age or above.
• Form 5 (SPM), Grade 3 and above, or (after 2001) 6 passes including bahasa malaysia in one exam with 3 credits.

• A church member of 19 years of age or above.
• Form 5 with 4 SAP subjects and above, or (after 2001)
• 5 passes including 2 passes with credits in one exam.

• A Baptized church member of 19 years of age or above
• Form 5 and above

• A church member of 19 years of age or above.
• Form 5 , with 4 SAP subjects and above.
  or
• A church worker (evangelist or pastor) with at least two years of ministerial experience.
• A certificate from a two to four-year bible training institution.
  Form 3 (SRP) and above.

• A baptised christian age 17 or above.
• Form 5 (SPM) or above.

• A christian.

• A christian.
• Complete CCM programme.

• Student spouse.

• Open to senior citizens and persons interested in the ministry with senior citizens.

1.Successful completion of courses with grades as required by the seminary.

• MTheol requires four areas of concentration and a thesis with an average of 80%
• MMin requires 30 credit hours and an average of 80%
• MDiv requires 98 credit hours and an average of 80%.
• MTS requires 65 credit hours and an average of 80%
• BD requires 136 credit hours and an average of 80%.
• BTh requires 136 credit hours and an average of 75%.
• DipTh requires 132 credit hours and an average of 70%.
• Diploma in Pastoral Counseling requires 42 credit hours and a minimum average of 65%
• CTS requires 65 credit hours and an average of 65%.
• Short Term Mission Training requires the completion of a 3 month course.
• CCM requires 16 credit hours and a minimum average of 60% in every course taken.
• DipCM requires CCM plus 16 credit hours or a total of 32 credit hours.

2.Faculty approval of Christian character.

3.Satisfactory completion of field education program as required by the seminary.

4.Satisfactory completion of the research paper (MDiv, BD).

5.Full payment of fees. A student with outstanding debts to the seminary cannot be allowed to graduate.

The Academic year begins in early January. Therefore, the last date for submission of application is 1st November of each year.

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English application form [200 kb pdf file]
BM aplication form [238 kb pdf file]
Chinese application form [249 kb pdf file]

Fees and Expenses
M.Div./B.D/Dip.Th./B.Th./CTS

M.Min., MDiv II

M.Theol

Married-Student Housing

The Following accommodations are available to married students and their immediate families at the rates indicated:

Accomodations for guest are available on campus, STS provides housing facilities for retreats, conference, camps and seminars. Rates and other information may be obtained from the office.

Sabah Theological Seminary,
P.O.Box 11925,
88821 Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah, Malaysia
Tel : 6088231579, 217523, 217569
Fax : 6088-232618
Email : enquiry@stssabah.org