Before the opening of each academic year, all candidates must register for the programme they intend to take by duly filling in the Application Form. The deadline for registration is Monday 27th August 2007 at 16:00.
An additional fee will be charged for late registration or any change in the application form after its submission.
* Registration days: 02-31 May; 22-27 August.
** English screening exam: 28 August at 9:00-11:00.
B. REQUIREMENTS
Academic Requirements
For admission to the Philosophy Programme candidates must:
Have successfully completed their Secondary Education and be eligible for further studies in an accredited University in their own country or abroad.
Provide original documents and copies of their certificates in Person to the Rector's Office and Registrar's Office for Certification and Filing. In this respect no student will be admitted unless he/ she has submitted all the required documents at the registration date.
Possess sufficient knowledge of the spoken and written English language to attend classes as proved by a screening exam.
For admission to the Theology Programme candidates must:
Have successfully completed their Secondary Education and be eligible for further studies in an accredited University in their own country or abroad.
Have completed a full philosophy programme of a particular institute.
Provide original documents and copies of their certificates in Person to the Rector's Office and Registrar's Office for Certification and Filing. In this respect no student will be admitted unless he/ she has submitted all the required documents at the registration date.
Possess sufficient knowledge of the spoken and written English language to attend classes as proved by a screening exam.
N.B. The Institute reserves the right to reject a candidate even after admission if he demonstrates a totally insufficient knowledge of English.
Required Document
The application form* handed out by the Registry undersigned by the applicant's respective authority.
The original** undergraduate degree entitling the applicant to undertake University-level studies in his/her country of origin.
The original** degree/diploma and the transcript of philosophy (Theology applicants).
A letter of introduction by a religious superior (religious students) or by one's parish priest (lay students).
A C.V.
A birth certificate and/or a copy of a passport or of any other document exactly showing the student's surname and name.
A passport-size photograph, having a white background (write name and surname in block capitals on the back).
A certificate of baptism.
For Non-Tanzanian lay students, a residence permit allowing one to study in Tanzania is needed.
For students coming from other university level institutions and for former seminarians, a letter of recommendation issued by the competent authority certifying that the applicant may continue his/her studies is needed.
For the students who changed name and have the documents with the former name must provide evidence of name change.
* The application form should be filled in by the applicant.
** Whenever an original document is required the applicant should also supply a copy.
C. FEES
1. General Information
Applicants can only be considered for admission the Institute receives a satisfactory evidence that the candidate will be adequately financed during his or her course at the Institute.
Semester fees should be paid within the first two weeks of lectures of each semester. Late payment will be subject to a monthly increment of 5%.
No student will be registered until he/she has satisfied his/her financial obligations with the Registrar's office.
Part-time students, O.P.T. students, and auditors should pay a special administration fee. They may take up to three courses at a special fee per course.
Requests for transcripts should be accompanied by specific information as to where the transcript should be sent. An official transcript will not be released for a student whose fees are not completed.
There is an extra $105 (one hundred and five U.S. dollars) registration fee for B.A. The payment should be made at the beginning of the academic year in which a student intends to go for the B.A. examination.
School Fee (basic tuition only) US $ 970 (or equivalent in TZS) per year
Terms for payment of the above fees: Half the basic tuition and board fees are to be paid prior to the opening day (initial lectures). The other half of all the above is due prior to second semester.
2. Refunds
Any student wishing to withdraw from a programme must provide a written notice. The date of withdrawal shall be confirmed once the notice is acknowledged.
If the withdrawal is done within the first week of lectures, the tuition fee will be refunded fully. After the first week of lectures, the tuition fee will be refunded pro rata during the first four weeks of lectures. After this period there will be no refunds.
D. TRANSFERRED STUDENTS
Students who are transferred from other institutes which have programmes that are similar to ours may apply for exemption from those courses they have successfully completed. However, in order to qualify for the Degree, they must partake at least 2 years of study in Philosophy and 3 years of study in Theology.
The number of credits in core courses to be transferred may not exceed 40 in Philosophy or 45 in Theology.
Students applying for admission to the Salvatorian Institute of Philosophy and Theology are required to provide official transcripts showing the record of all previous studies plus official course descriptions for courses taken (including the number of credits, contents, textbooks and/or bibliography, the name and title of the lecturer).
Any request for exemption from courses must be submitted to the Dean of Studies with the completed Request for Exemption Form and supporting documents at the time of the student's admission to the Institute. If there are any queries regarding equivalency of the courses taken at another institute with those taken at this institute, The Dean together with his advisors will make the decision accordingly.
In the case of language courses exemptions are considered only for Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
In case of missing subjects, a transferred student is obliged to take complementary units by attending classes in the particular subject. Sometimes due to differences in programmes the completion of all necessary credits may require a supplementary semester.
It remains the prerogative of the Salvatorian Institute to grant or not to grant Exemptions. Courses which have been completed at another Institute but with low marks will not be considered as meriting an Exemption.