Our three-year Master of Divinity program prepares students for religious leadership in congregations through a unique program that integrates academic learning with fieldwork in community and congregational settings. While we are a Unitarian Universalist seminary, we encourage those from other faith-traditions.

If you are seeking to provide pastoral care and spiritual leadership outside of a church, such as in a hospital, correctional facility or school setting, our Master of Divinity program provides opportunities for an interdisciplinary approach and in-depth study in specific areas of concentration.

If you are interested in leadership work in a social agency that provides direct service or want to enact social change through interfaith mobilization, advocacy and/or spiritual leadership, our Master of Divinity program may be for you.  Or, if you prefer, our two-year Master of Arts in Religion program provides an interdisciplinary approach to theological reflection, religious experience and ethical action.

Our Master of Arts in Religion, with a focus in religious education, contributes to credentialing as a religious educator within Unitarian Universalism. Courses provide not only introductions to RE theory, history, and philosophy, but an opportunity to teach and learn using strategies rooted in UU theology. As the host for the Fahs Collaborative for Leaders and Faith and Learning, Meadville Lombard students are able to experience cutting edge educational practices and innovations that re-open heads, hearts and minds to the wonders of the human experience.

If you are in the midst of an educational and spiritual journey that will take you through a doctoral degree, our Master of Arts in Religion provides a solid foundation.

Our Doctor of Ministry program is designed for experienced religious professionals. It integrates the theological and practical through peer and faculty engagement. We are currently not accepting applications to the Doctor of Ministry degree program as we are revising the program.

Our Master of Arts in Leadership Studies also provides advanced work for lay people, ministers, and ministerial students in the theory and practice of leadership within congregations and/or community-based ministries.