Transfer From Another Rabbinical School

The only exception to the five-year rule on length of rabbinical studies may be made in cases where an applicant has already begun studies at another rabbinical school. Application must be made to The Rabbinical School Of The Jewish Theological Seminary as usual. Please see Application Procedures for more information.

Upon receiving an offer of admission, the candidate may then petition The Rabbinical School faculty committee for credit for the study completed elsewhere. The committee will generally approve such requests if (1) the academic requirements completed are substantially equivalent to the requirements to be waived at JTS, and (2) there has been due attention in the school previously attended to issues of religious growth and professional development. Except in extraordinary circumstances, approved transfers will, at most, exempt the student from the first year of study at JTS.