HDS Admissions Events Calendar

    Hello and welcome from HDS Admissions!

    We are pleased to offer an array of events over the coming months, ranging from casual Ask Me Anything sessions with the Admissions team and current HDS students to on-campus preview days. Please click on the headings below to access the registration links or navigate to our events calendar to sign up for the sessions that interest you. Each link will take you directly to the registration page with further information. Our events calendar will be updated regularly, so please check back frequently.

    We invite you to start by watching a video covering the many resources, opportunities for engagement, and degree programs offered at Harvard Divinity School, in addition to a general outline of our application requirements.

    Harvard Divinity School Overview title overlay of Swartz Hall Grey Stone Building

    Virtual

    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.

    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
      Register here

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

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

    • 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.

    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.
     

    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
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    • 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

    On Campus

    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!

    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.

    On The Road

    Each year, HDS Admissions travels across the US to meet with prospective students. This page will be updated with new travel information throughout 2025, so please check back soon! In the meantime, please see where HDS Admissions has been over the past three years on the map below.

    HDS Admissions on the Road 2021-24


     

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