Fuller Seminary Degrees Now More Affordable and Accessible Worldwide

Fuller Seminary is pleased to announce the launch of three refreshed degree programs, which have been redesigned to best meet the needs of students seeking preparation for Christian ministry and leadership today. In step with the seminary’s announced transition into a new digital-forward era, Fuller’s Master of Divinity (MDiv), Master of Arts in Theology and Ministry (MATM), and Master of Arts in Global Missional Leadership (MAGML) will offer revitalized curricula that require fewer credit units, making Fuller’s world-class education more accessible and helping students accelerate their progress toward their vocational goals.

The changes, effective in Fall 2025, reflect Fuller’s desire to more faithfully equip students for lives of ministry, and the seminary sees the revised programs as a streamlined progression of the quality education the institution has offered since 1947. Dr. Jeffrey F. Keuss, dean of Fuller’s School of Mission and Theology, said of the redesigned degrees, “Is this something totally different? No. We’re actually bringing more focus to what we’ve always been about. These degrees come from a deep soil of what’s come before.”

The refreshed degrees will further Fuller’s comprehensive approach of forming students—spiritually, academically, interculturally, vocationally, and emotionally—for biblically rooted and culturally engaged service in a variety of contexts inside and outside the church. The programs, which have fully online options, were shaped with student feedback in mind to be more flexible and time-efficient. Students will be formed as leaders in their respective fields in ways more affordable and attainable than ever. The required quarter units for the MDiv will go from 120 to 108; the MATM, from 80 to 54; and the MAGML, from 80 to 60.

President David Emmanuel Goatley said, “Fuller Seminary is continually listening afresh to God, churches, and partners; rethinking the challenges and opportunities for Christian leadership and service; and refreshing degrees to equip leaders for the work they are—and will be—called to do. We are excited about the recalibration of these degree programs that balance scope, scale, and schedule and about curricula that anticipate student capacities and needs in the second quarter of the 21st century.”