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The Newman Institute in Uppsala (Sweden) may award the academic degree of Master. The Swedish Government, in accordance with the recommendation of the competent authority for higher education, has decided to grant the Jesuit University the right to award a Master's degree in theology.

The new academic degree offers students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of systematic theology, one of the main focuses of the institution, which was founded in 2001. The Newman Institute has been entitled to award a Bachelor's degree in theology for exactly ten years. Since then, the School of Philosophy, Theology and Cultural Studies has developed steadily, for example through the right to award the academic degree of a philosophical Bachelor. The assessment states that the university now has "a specialised but creative educational environment". In its explanatory memorandum, the competent authority emphasises, among other things, that the Newman Institute "has become a well-established provider of basic theological education, based on its Catholic background (...) over the past ten years". The rights to award a Master's degree have been granted to the Jesuit College because "the necessary teaching competence and capacity in the main subject of systematic theology is undoubtedly given".

The first admission to the two-year programme will take place in the winter semester 2021 and will continue every two years with the admission of new students.

The Newman Institute was founded in the Swedish university town of Uppsala in 2001 and has since then offered courses and seminars in philosophy, theology and cultural studies. Environmental issues are a main focus. The university is currently attended by almost 300 students and is run by the Jesuit order, its rector is Father Philip Geister SJ. Besides him, other Jesuits, but also diocesan priests and lay theologians participate in teaching. Sweden is part of the province of the German Jesuits.

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