Mission

HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership provides advanced academic and professional education for current and future leaders of the Unification community and all faiths, that seeks to enhance their relationship with God, their effectiveness in ministry, public leadership, and interreligious peacebuilding. As a home of thought, we strive to foster deeper understanding, contextualization and application of the Unification worldview within a world of diverse faiths.

Accreditation

HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership is chartered by the Regents of the State of New York. All its academic degree programs are registered by the New York State Education Department at the Office of Higher Education and the Professions Cultural Education Center, Room 5B28, Albany, New York 12230, (518) 474 5851:

  • Theological Professions - HEGIS 2301.00

Master of Arts in Religious Studies

Master of Divinity

Doctor of Ministry

Foundation Program Graduate Certificate

  • Religious Education - HEGIS 2304.00

Master of Religious Education

  • Humanities and Social Sciences - HEGIS 4903.00

Master of Arts in Peace Studies

 

HJ International is an accredited institution and a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) www.msche.org. HJ International’s accreditation status is Accreditation Reaffirmed. The Commission’s most recent action on the institution’s accreditation status on March 3, 2016 was to reaffirm accreditation.

MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). 

HJ International holds affiliate status with The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.