Affiliations

Theological Education Committee

The operation of the College is vested by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria in the Theological Education Committee. This committee, of which the Rev Neil Chambers is the convener, meets regularly at the College. It also has responsibility for the candidacy of students for their course of training for the ordained ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria

Australian College of Theology

The Presbyterian Thelogical College (PTC) is affiliated with the Australian College of Theology (ACTh). It is approved to teach the awards of ACTh on its behalf.

The Australian College of Theology (ACTh) is a national provider of state accredited higher education courses in Theology. The College was established under the auspices of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia in 1891. It is now an ecumenical consortium of some 2,000 students enrolled in 19 affiliated colleges approved to teach the awards of the College on its behalf. These awards range from two-year diplomas, three year undergraduate and coursework masters degrees to masters and doctoral research degrees.

The College is the legal entity that offers the courses and is responsible for all regulations relating to the courses of study that it owns. Its degrees are accredited by the higher education authorities in each mainland state.

The College has a centrally devised and managed curriculum and quality assurance process that is applied across the whole network of affiliated colleges. The day-to-day educational system is managed by the Dean from the College office in Sydney. Three academic boards share this responsibility. The boards oversee policy, regulation, review of units, and course structure for research, coursework and diploma awards. The boards are mostly comprised of principals or senior faculty members of affiliated colleges. A number of senior university academics also sit on the Research and Coursework Awards Committees to help ensure that the practice of the College (especially in the outcome of the consideration of research examiner’s reports and general academic policy) remains in line with best practice in the university sector.

The College is governed by the Board of Directors. Its members are drawn from the General Synod of the Anglican Church in Australia, college principals and other persons consistent with the requirements of the Australian Government and the NSW Department of Education and Training.

ACTh welcomes students from overseas to study at its affiliated colleges which are authorised to accept international student enrolments wherein PTC is one.

The PTC CRICOS provider number is 02809J.