Just to be clear, one more time, as I move on from this event, let me share the basic timeline and technicalities that took place with central admissions at the University of Geneva.

This is what happened at central admissions at the University of Geneva (see infographic below). Before you get to this point though you first must be principally (academically and aptitudinally) approved by whatever faculty you’re applying to, and receive an official letter of approval by a member of said faculty who has agreed to be your doctoral supervisor (in my case, the dean of the faculty, Christophe Chalamet). I was effectively operating as his doctoral student for approximately 4 months as he wanted to start working with me right away (and he thought the central admissions thing would just be a formality). And my MA degree was purely academic with a thesis and defense. My MA from Multnomah has allowed others to enter PhD programs all across America, the UK, and other parts of the world. So, yes, the fact that this came down to a bureaucratic inefficiency is definitely frustrating (to say the least!).

One positive I take away from it though is knowing that I was approved adequate to the task to do a Doctor of Theology degree at the Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Geneva. I was approved by the dean of the Faculty of Protestant Theology to do high level doctoral work. And for me I take that as a high honor from the Lord, and as a witness to His work in me. Soli Deo Gloria