Academic Bulletin

General Information

• Overview
• Mission Statement
• Academic Calendar
• Academic Integrity
• Tuition and Fees
• Financial Aid
• Academic Credit Policy
• Registration
• Honors
• Faculty List
• Student Achievement Webpage (formerly Consumer Information Web Site)
• Student Accommodations

Read the Student Information and Policies for Academic Year 2024-25.

Academic Bulletins By Division

 

Division of Religious Leadership

Read the academic bulletin for the Rabbinical School and H. L. Miller Cantorial School.

 

Division of Educational Leadership

Read the academic bulletin for The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education.

 

Division of Academic Jewish Studies

Read the academic bulletin for Albert A. List College and The Gershon Kekst Graduate School.

 

Degree Requirements by Area or Program:

• Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation
• Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures
• Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Studies
• Modern Jewish Studies
  • Jewish Thought
  • Jewish Literature
  • Jewish Ethics
• Jewish Professional Leadership and Social Work (MA and MSW)
• Jewish Gender and Women’s Studies
• Jewish History
• Jewish Studies (MA)
• Jewish Texts and Interpretations (BA)
• Jewish Education 
• Hebrew Language

Academic Community

• Campus Life
• Residence Life
• Counseling Center
• Student Services
• JTS Policies

Libraries, Research Centers, and Institutes

• The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary
• Saul Lieberman Institute of Talmudic Research
• Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies
• Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue
• The Shalom Spiegel Institute for Medieval Hebrew Poetry

Israel, Europe, and South America

• Schocken Institute for Jewish Research
• Project Judaica 
• Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano

Affiliated Organizations 

• Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School
• Ramah Camps and Israel Programs
• The Jewish Museum

JTS reserves the right to revise or change its academic calendar, rules, charges, fees, schedules, courses, requirements for degree and any other regulations, policies, or practices affecting students whenever considered necessary or desirable. The foregoing changes may include, without limitation, the elimination of programs, departments, or schools. 

Registration or attendance at classes signifies an agreement by a student to comply with all the rules and regulations of JTS, whenever promulgated. It is the student’s responsibility to become aware of the contents of each new academic bulletin and to be thoroughly familiar with program and departmental requirements, including amendments to those requirements, as well as with the general policies of JTS. Ignorance of the rules will not be accepted as an excuse for failing to act in accordance with them.

This catalog, which is for the guidance of applicants, students, and faculty, is subject to change without notice and is not intended to be a contract between JTS and any person.