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• Doctoral Admissions
• Doctoral Academic Policies
• Track I
• Track II

Doctoral Track 1
The Doctor in Ministry requirements are based on a
two-track program.
Track I is restricted to students who have a master's Degree in Divinity, Ministry, Bible, Pastoral Counseling, or an equivalent discipline from an accredited college or seminary. A total of 54 credits is required at the 700-800 course level to obtain a doctoral degree in Ministry. This is a three-year program. Refer to the Course Requirements Chart below. In addition, a doctoral candidate must have successfully completed two biblical languages courses that are parallel to the Biblical Languages I and Biblical Languages II courses offered by University of Fort Lauderdale in order to be accepted under Track I. The candidate must also have completed an Old Testament Survey and Research class and a New Testament Survey and Research class that are parallel to the classes offered by University of Fort Lauderdale. Passing scores from University of Fort Lauderdale's Doctoral Entrance Examination or passing scores from a graduate level examination such as the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, etc. must be submitted prior to entering the program. All students who begin their coursework prior to taking the qualifying examination or submitting their graduate examination test scores will be considered as conditionally admitted until the qualifying examination has been completed or test scores submitted.

The candidate in Track I is allowed five years to complete the doctoral program, which includes submission of the dissertation and the defense thereof before the Dissertation Review Committee. Credit by examination and credit for life are not granted in Track I. Track I requires a GPA of 3.0 to be considered in good standing.