MAGL Admissions

1. What are the admission requirements?
2. When should I apply?
3. How long does it take before I know whether I have been accepted?
4. How do I apply?
5. Can I apply online?
 6. How do I transfer previous credits?

1. What are the admission requirements?

Minimum requirements for the competitive MAGL program include:

  1. Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. If you do not have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, please see the note below regarding "special student" admission.

  2. 2.7 GPA

  3. Pastoral letter of reference

  4. For applicants for whom English is not the native language, a TOEFL score of 250 tested by computer and 600 on paper, tested within the past five years. The TOEFL's web site is www.toefl.com.

  5. Resume of experience (one page maximum): List your professional experience over the past 5 years.  Please provide the name of the organization for which you work, title of your position, a brief description of duties, and years of employment.  Applicants must demonstrate that they have at least four years of significant ministry experience (10 hours per week or more) and are actively engaged in a leadership role.

  6. Statement of Purpose (one page maximum): Briefly evaluate your personal ministry.  Identify both perceived strengths and areas needing improvement. Please indicate what prompted your interest in the Master of Arts in Global Leadership and how you hope that the MAGL program will address your needs.

The MAGL program places a high priority on applicants who will help to stimulate peer learning because of their ministry and leadership situations.  Space is limited.

Please contact the MAGL Academic Advisor in the Distance Learning Office if you have further questions regarding these requirements.

Note: Applicants with significant leadership experience who lack undergraduate degrees may be considered for admission into the MAGL program.  The School of Intercultural Studies will admit students in this category under certain circumstances, provided that they fulfill Fuller Theological Seminary's requirement for "special students."  Such students must satisfactorily complete an online prerequisite course titled "ST511: Orientation to Theological Studies" with a minimum grade of "B-" during their first academic quarter of study.  Students are allowed to take their first online cohort course, ML581 Developing Your Learning Plan, concurrent to ST511, though they are most often advised not to do so because of the heavy academic workload associated with taking two courses at the same time while continuing in ministry/mission. Typically, those who successfully complete ST 511 join an MAGL cohort the following quarter.  See Cohort Schedules.

2. When should I apply?
You may apply at any time throughout the year.

3. How long does it take before I know whether I have been accepted?
You will be notified of the MAGL Admissions Committee's decision one to two months before the start of the cohort for which you have applied.


4. How do I apply?
You can apply online (recommended) or contact Fuller’s Office of Admissions to receive a paper application in the mail.  At this website, you will also be able to print application forms or request other material from Fuller Seminary. 

Be sure to specify that you want to apply for the Master of Arts in Global Leadership program.

You may also call the Fuller Office of Admissions to request an application: 1-800-AFULLER (1-800-238-5537) or 626-584-5400.

Applications must be complete in order to be reviewed by the Admissions Committee.

5. Can I apply online?
Yes! To apply now, click here

6. How do I transfer previous credits?
The MAGL committee will accept a maximum of 36 quarter units (24 semester credits) of transfer credit.  
 
In order to ensure that a degree, when granted, represents education that is reasonably focused (not acquired a little at a time over an unreasonably long period) and current, all credit applied to the degree must be earned within a certain period of time. For the Master of Arts in Global Leadership, this period has been set at ten years. This includes all credit earned elsewhere and applied to the degree, as well as all credit earned at Fuller. Additionally, the courses need to be intimately related to the degree program; either missional-, theological-, or leadership-oriented.  
 
The process: You will need to inform the MAGL Advising Office magladv1@fuller.edu that you have courses you want to transfer into the program.  If your graduate transcript is not in your application file, you will need to send an official transcript to the MAGL Advising Office (sealed in an unopened envelope from your graduate institution).  The MAGL Committee will review all transcript requests at some point after you have been accepted into the program.