Thank you for your interest in the doctoral program at Southern Seminary. The following information is designed to give you insight into the Ed.D. application process. The Ed.D. application process occurs in two phases, which are described below.

Phase One

Phase one occurs as you go through the application process with our Admissions office. It includes two components. First, you should examine our Admissions Requirements for the Ed.D. program to ensure that you meet the minimum standards to apply and understand what you have to include with your application.

Second, you will submit an application for the Ed.D. program to our Admissions Office. Because the application includes several parts, we recommend that you submit as many parts as you can, as soon as you can. It normally takes a minimum of 1-2 months to turn in all the parts to the application, especially because GRE results and recommendations take time to arrive. Your application must be fully complete in the Admissions Office prior to the stated application deadline to be considered.

The application deadline for matriculation in the summer of 2012 is January 15, 2012.

Phase Two

After your completed application clears the Admissions Office, the Admissions Office invites qualified applicants to participate in an entrance exam and faculty interview. Students come to campus for one day in which they complete the entrance exam in the morning and then participate in the faculty interview in the afternoon.

Entrance exams are exams designed to give students the opportunity to demonstrate their comprehension of the subject area in which they are applying. You will find more details, including study guides for each subject area’s exam, on our Entrance Exam website.

Faculty interviews provide our professors the opportunity to interact with students who are applying in their area while allowing students the chance to get to know the faculty. Students should prepare to discuss not only their research interests but also their personal interests.

The entrance exams and interviews for those applying for summer 2012 matriculation will be conducted on Friday, February 24, 2012.