Part of any priestly formation is the serious study of Theology. For this reason, theological subjects have been offered at San Carlos ever since the creation of the Seminary. This academic endeavor entered a new phase in 1987, when the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippine Government granted San Carlos Seminary the faculty to confer the master’s degree. That recognition paved the way for the creation of the Graduate School of Theology. This institution, while above all catering to the seminarians housed within the San Carlos Pastoral Formation Complex, also provides quality theological training to other seminarians, priests, religious and laity from the Philippines and abroad.
The intense pace of academic formation offered is characterized by an unwavering fidelity to the Gospel message and the Church Magisterium. This serves as a solid foundation for the school’s decidedly pastoral orientation, providing highly competent graduates imbued with the needed human and spiritual qualities for the service of the local and Universal Church. To assure this, the Graduate School of Theology has a pool of professors and resource persons from diverse backgrounds and modes of training, and from different dioceses and religious congregations. Each is presented to and approved by the Archbishop of Manila.