Theology has been studied here since the mid-thirteenth century but there is nothing old-fashioned about our course. We have invested in the first purpose-built theology faculty building in Britain for over a century. Opened in 2000, this stunning and award winning building is a sign of the strength and liveliness of the subject in Cambridge – and it’s very popular with our students as well. It is fully equipped with lecture and seminar rooms, multimedia library, and state-of-the-art audiovisual facilities. Other resources include the manuscripts held in the University Library, including the Codex Bezae (one of the most important early versions of the Gospel) and the Genizah collection (one of the world's most significant sources for medieval Judaism).

Our Divinity Faculty is now amongst the largest and best-staffed centres of theological study in the UK, with over 20 full-time professors and 16 lecturers. The international teaching staff is mostly lay, and includes members of several faiths. In addition, we draw on the expertise of other departments, especially History and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Consequently you will be taught about a wide range of cultures (from ancient Israel and India to modern Britain) by experts in many different fields: archaeologists, historians, philosophers and theologians.

You can expect up to 10 hours of classes and lectures each week (including six for non-language papers, one for a core paper and three for languages), as well as a weekly supervision. Entrance requirements The course has no specific entrance requirements. Part I is designed to be an introduction to theological and religious study with a high degree of flexibility. Thus it provides both for those who have some background in the subject (perhaps at A level) and for those who have not. You will find it caters for a wide variety of interests; biblical, historical, philosophical and comparative, as well as a mixture of any or all of these.

You do not have to be religious to study for this degree: our undergraduates belong to all religious traditions and none.

Changing course
The course is divided into three one-year sections: Part I, Part IIA and Part IIB, and students may join from other Cambridge Triposes at any point. So as well as the full three-year course, it is possible to do one or two years of Theology and Religious Studies, either before or after one or two years of another subject, such as English, Philosophy, Classics, History, Politics, Psychology & Sociology, Law, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology, and History of Art.

Careers
The wide range of skills you learn from languages and literary criticism to philosophy and history makes Theology and Religious Studies one of the best arts degrees.

For further information please see the faculty website at:

http//www.divinity.cam.ac.uk