HDS Admissions Events Calendar

Join us for virtual events designed to introduce our degree programs, discuss each application component, and learn about our community. We hope to see you there!

Open House

Join us for a daylong virtual event with a variety of synchronous and asynchronous sessions for prospective students to learn more about Harvard Divinity School, our degree programs, and the HDS community. There will be ample opportunities throughout the day to pop in and out of events and ask any questions you may have. Recordings of panels will be made available to registrants.

• Wednesday, November 19, 2025
  9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
  Register here

Academic and Student Life

Hear directly from the faculty leads of three of our degree programs — the Master of Theological Studies (MTS), Master of Divinity (MDiv), and Master of Religion and Public Life (MRPL) to best discern which program is the right fit for you. These hour-long webinars will also provide insight from current and former HDS students about their experiences with these programs and how they made their decision.

We are also offering two additional sessions for prospective students to hear about applying to HDS as a mid-career applicant, and from the Office of Financial Aid about commonly asked questions regarding HDS' institutional grant aid.

• Exploring the Master of Theological Studies
  Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 5:00 to 6:00 PM ET

• Exploring the Master of Divinity
  Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 5:00 to 6:00 PM ET

• Exploring the Master of Religion and Public Life
  Thursday, October 30, 2025, 5:00 to 6:00 PM ET

• Applying to HDS at Mid-Career
  Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 5:00 to 6:00 PM ET
  Register here

• Office of Financial Aid FAQs
  Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 5:00 to 6:00 PM ET
  Register here

Ask Admissions Anything

Ask any questions you may have about application components, deadlines, admission, programs or HDS in general in these hour-long, drop-in sessions with HDS Admissions Staff.

All sessions run from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern Time.

• Tuesday, September 30, 2025
• Wednesday, October 22, 2025
• Thursday, November 13, 2025
  Register here
• Wednesday, December 17, 2025
  Register here

Ask Current Students Anything

Curious about student life, advising, workload or the HDS community? Stop by one of our 'Ask Current Students Anything' sessions, hosted by Admissions Graduate Assistants, themselves current HDS students.
 

• Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 3:00 to 4:00 PM ET
• Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET
• Thursday, November 6, 2025, 3:00 to 4:00 PM ET
  Register here
• Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET
  Register here

The Association of Academic Divinity Schools (AADS)

The Association of Academic Divinity Schools (AADS) is a collaborative organization comprised of seven member institutions – Candler School of Theology, University of Chicago Divinity School, Duke Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, Union Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt Divinity School, and Yale Divinity School. The AADS provides opportunities for prospective students to connect with each member school and learn about their graduate studies in religion and other offerings.

Registration links will be added soon!

• General Divinity School Information Session
  Thursday, September 25, 2025, 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET

• Exploring the Master of Divinity
  Tuesday, October 21, 7:00 to 8:30 PM ET

• Exploring the Master of Theological Studies
  TBA

• Exploring Field Education
  TBA

HDS Virtual Visits

HDS is hosting two virtual information sessions as an opportunity to meet an HDS Admissions representative and learn more about our programs and the application process. If you are interested in a virtual session with HDS at your institution, please let us know at admissions@hds.harvard.edu.

• HDS at Brown University
  Thursday, September 11, 2025

• HDS at Carleton College
  Thursday, November 6, 2025

Preview Days

We are pleased to invite you to join us on campus this fall! HDS is hosting two in-person, full-day events where prospective students may come and connect with HDS students sit in on a mock class led by an HDS faculty member, and take a tour of the HDS campus.

Please check our website again soon for registration links!

• Wednesday, October 8, 2025
  8:30 AM to 5:00 PM ET

• Wednesday, November 5, 2025
  8:30 AM to 5:00 PM ET

Information Sessions and Campus Tours

Join us for an on-campus information session and tour. Hear from HDS Admissions about our four degree programs and learn about the application process. Registration for these sessions is required and must be submitted 72 hours before the event.

• Monday, November 24, 2025
  2:00 to 4:00 PM ET
  Register here

Harvard Divinity School will be on the road this fall! Come out to say hello and chat with a member of the Admissions team at a location near you. For more information on our visit, please reach out to the Religious Studies or Theology departments at the listed institutions.