Maryvale Institute


Maryvale Institute is a college of further and higher education, an International Catholic Distance-Learning College for Catechesis, Theology, Philosophy and Religious Education in Old Oscott, Great Barr, Birmingham, England. It specialises in the provision of part-time and distance learning courses to the lay faithful, consecrated religious and ministers of the Roman Catholic Church.

History

The College has existed in its current state since 1980, when it was established by Archbishop George Patrick Dwyer, on the site of St Mary's College, founded in 1794 for both the training of priests and the education of lay pupils. It was also, at one stage, the home of Saint John Henry Newman.
In August 2019 the Institute was merged with the Archdiocese of Birmingham.

Courses offered

Further Education

modules also available.

Higher Education - Undergraduate

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Validated by Liverpool Hope University.

Institute relationships

The Institute is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, its president being the Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham. Its Doctoral programme is accredited by Liverpool Hope University. Its Foundation Degree, Bachelor of Arts and Master's programmes are accredited by the Open University. The validator of the Bachelor of Divinity and Licence in Catechetics programmes is the , at the :fr:École cathédrale de Paris|École Cathédrale de Paris. Maynooth Pontifical University, which it was affiliated to accredited a number of programmes in Maryvale. As well as Maynooth and the Open University, the institute was also an associated college of Hull University. In 2011 Maryvale under new guidelines from the Vatican became the first Higher Institute of Religious Sciences in English-speaking world, and became associated with Notre Dame ecclesiastic faculty.

Adult Faith Programmes

In 2012 Maryvale allowed dioceses in ireland to run its programmes as part of their adult faith development courses, with courses being run in Sligo and Roscommon, in the Diocese of Elphin. In the Diocese of Kilmore courses were run in validated by Maryvaleand the Mater Dei Institute of Education in Dublin. The course was also launched in Motherwell, Scotland.