Type | Private nonprofit divinity school |
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Established | 1816 |
Parent institution | Harvard University |
Affiliation | Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium |
Dean | Marla F. Frederick[1] |
Academic staff | 131[2] |
Students | 377[2] |
108[2] | |
Location | , , United States 42°22′48″N 71°06′47″W / 42.38006°N 71.11298°W |
Website | hds |
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school's mission is to educate its students either in the academic study of religion or for leadership roles in religion, government, and service.[3] It also caters to students from other Harvard schools that are interested in the former field. HDS is among a small group of university-based, non-denominational divinity schools in the United States.