If you are accepted into a degree program at STH, you will receive an e-mail with degree-specific registration instructions when registration opens. Once you receive your BU Username and Kerberos password, you can log into the Student Intranet and view the How to Register Page which details the registration process for all student populations.

Depending on your degree program, you may be required to fill out a Pre-Registration form or meet with a faculty advisor or degree program advisor in order to lift your Advising Hold on MyBU Student.  

If you want to register for an STH class as a non-degree student/ certificate student, e-mail sthadmis@bu.edu about getting admitted as a non-degree student. Once admitted, we will e-mail you registration information. 

You can view your program requirements on the STH Academic Bulletin and track your completion of those requirements on your Plan of Study. It is your responsibility to take classes that count for your degree program and meet program requirements so you can graduate by your program deadline. 

When choosing between free-elective options, you should read course descriptions and/or consult with your faculty advisor to select courses that will help you meet your academic or vocational goals. The purpose of free electives is to promote exploration as well as customization and specialization.  Reading STH faculty profiles may also be helpful in determining who you would like to take classes with. 

By studying at BU, you have an amazing opportunity to take courses throughout the University and the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium. We highly recommend you take advantage of this opportunity sometime throughout your program if you have free-elective options. 

OMDiv and DMin students are required to petition to take courses outside of the specified OMDiv and DMin course offerings, respectively. 

If you are planning to be ordained in a specific religious denomination, consult with your ordaining body regarding the classes that you are required to take for ordination. STH maintains a Denominational Resources webpage to guide UMC, UCC, and Anglican/Episcopal students who are in local ordination processes. However, it is always the students responsibility to follow the policies of their ordaining body. 

Yes! Students who have matriculated into an STH degree program and who are making satisfactory academic progress each term are eligible to cross-register in the schools of the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium (BTI). 

The steps to register for a BTI course are detailed on the BTI Consortium Registration webpage. 

There are degree-specific limits for how many BTI courses a student can take in their program over all and in a given semester. Only ½ of a student’s total courses for a given term can be taken outside of STH. 

Yes! Most STH students can register for graduate level courses throughout many of BU’s 17 schools in colleges if the course relates to the learning outcomes of a student’s degree program and plan of study. Please read STH’s Cross-Registration policy closely. 

Graduate level courses across BU schools are generally numbered 500 or higher. 

Not to worry! The programs at the BU School of Theology promote flexibility in coursework, and allow you to prioritize the classes that are most crucial to your academic and vocational pursuits. Even if you’re unable to register for a desired class in your first term, it’s highly likely that you’ll be able to take the course later on in your degree program. You may also email sthregfa@bu.edu to be added to a course waitlist, though we’re unable to guarantee that a seat will become available. 

The Office of the University Registrar maintains a calendar of semester dates for standard semester courses, including add, drop without a “w,” and drop with a “w” deadlines. 

There are alternative add and drop deadlines for classes with non-standard dates, such as DMin intensives, A-term/J-term courses, and 1 unit workshops, which can be viewed on MyBU Student. 

It is the student’s responsibility to understand the deadline for all of their classes. 

Your Faculty Advisor is an STH professor dedicated to providing support and mentorship as you advance toward your vocational and academic goals. This advisor will typically remain the same for the duration of your program in order to provide you with a consistent conversation partner throughout your academic experience at Boston University. If you are an MDiv, MTS, or MSM student, your Degree Program Advisor (DPA) is an STH administrator from the Student Services Team who will help you navigate degree requirements and course selection. You will be assigned a DPA prior to registering for your second term. You will then meet with your DPA during the registration period for each subsequent term. Your DPA may change throughout the duration of your program, but the entire Student Services Team is here to support you!

STH is developing two-year course projections that will be available to all students to assist with your planning.  Once this is available, this will be posted on the Course webpage. 

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STH students can take up to four Leaves of Absences throughout their time at the School of Theology. Students must apply with an STH-specific Leave of Absence Form, which will be reviewed by the STH Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. Students may be required to meet with the Associate Dean.

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All students are subject to BU’s Leave of Absence policy. 

Immigration regulations require F-1 and J-1 students to register for, and complete, a full course of study each Fall and Spring semester when they are studying in the United States. Full-time at the School of Theology is 9 credits or more for all programs besides the O-MDiv. 

International students studying in the United States have limits on the number of online courses they can take in a given semester, which you can find on the ISSO website. 

Please consult the ISSO website for detailed information as to when international students can be part-time students, such as for medical reseason or during a final semester. 

Yes. International students are permitted to take summer courses. However, just like domestic students, your financial aid package is not automatically applied to summer course. Consult the Understanding your STH Financial Aid webpage for details about summer financial aid. 

For your financial aid to be processed each year, students are required to complete the STH Financial Aid Application, which most students complete as part of 

Student Accounting Services maintains payment deadline information. Late fees will be assessed for any Late 

Please review the STH Federal Financial Aid webpage for all information related to Federal Financial aid. 

Students may enroll in a payment plan by navigating to “Student Account” from the Financials menu item on MyBU Student. Students can click on the “Nelnet Payment and Refunds” button to be redirected to Nelnet’s QuikPAY® site. Select “Payment Plans” from the left-hand menu to view available payment plans and complete enrollment. 

Full-time students can find additional information here. 

Part-time students can find additional information here. 

Contact Student Financials for any additional questions related to payment plans. 

The Sports Pass will automatically be charged to your Student Account if you are a full-time graduate student in a Charles River Campus-based program at Boston University. The Sports Pass will allow you admission to all home events for ice hockey, basketball, and lacrosse. To learn more, visit How to Claim Your Sports Pass Tickets. The Sports Pass waiver form may be accessed through MyBU Dashboard by selecting “Financials,” then “Sports Pass.” 

Student Accounting Services manages the student refund process and has many details on their website related to refunds.  

In order to receive a refund, students must link their bank account to your Nelnet Student Choice Refund profile to receive the funds, which can be found in MyBU Student under ‘Nelnet Payment & Payment Plans’.  

Once a student’s bank account is linked, students can complete the Graduate Refund Request Form. Student account refunds take approximately 1-3 weeks to process and can only be processed on the first day of classes in a given semester.

Boston University maintains a list of Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships that are available to all graduate students. If you graduated from Boston University for your undergraduate degree, you may be eligible for the Double Terrier Scholarship.  

In addition, the School of Theology. maintains a list of outside scholarship organizations. If you are affiliated with a specific religious denomination or organization, you should definitely apply to scholarships offered by that denomination or organization. These are the outside awards our students have the most success applying to.  

It is the student’s responsibility to research outside awards opportunities and apply by scholarship deadlines. Most scholarship applications are due sometime in the spring before the upcoming academic year. So while these are helpful opportunities, there is generally a long wait time between applying, hearing an official decision, and receiving a disbursement to your student account.  

If you qualify for in-school loan deferment for your previously borrowed Federal or private loans, download the deferment paperwork form your Student Loan Servicer and send the form to registrar@bu.edu or bring/mail the paperwork to the Registrar’s office at 881 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA, 02215. Only the Central BU Registrar’s Office can complete in-school loan deferment paperwork.  

Students can work with Student Financials to set up outside agency sponsorship agreements. All of the details are included on this webpage. If you have any additional questions about outside agency sponsorship agreements, reach out directly to Student Financials at studenta@bu.edu 

OMDiv and PhD students can always use their STH scholarship in the summer and they do not need to take any additional steps for the aid to be processed. Residential MDiv, MTS, and MSM students need to submit a Summer Financial Aid petition to use STH financial aid in the summer. For petition type, select “summer financial aid.”

The Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) is Boston University’s health insurance plan for students. It is offered through Aetna, a large national health insurer. SHIP may be the best—and most affordable—option for covering your healthcare outside of Student Health Services (SHS). Boston University automatically enrolls all students who are legally required to have health insurance in SHIP. This includes all full-time, three-quarter time, and all international students. 

The Student Health Services website has everything you need to know about the health insurance requirement, SHIP eligibility & coverage options, and SHIP benefits. 

If you decide to waive coverage, the Fall waiver must be submitted by September 20. If you are entering in the Spring, the waiver must be completed by January 31. Please note that the waiver does not carry forward and must be renewed each year. For more information about SHIP and eligibility for waiving coverage, please visit this website. 

STH is able to provide minimal financial assistance regarding student health insurance for incoming students. To request financial assistance specifically for SHIP, please submit this form and select “Financial Aid” as your petition type. Unfortunately STH is unable to support all incoming students’ health insurance needs, and financial support will be awarded on a case-by-case basis.