Mission statement
The vision of the European Council for Theological Education is to enhance quality assurance, fitness for purpose and collaboration among providers of Christian theological education in Europe and beyond.
Strategic goals
The ECTE pursues the following goals:
- To enhance the quality of higher education in the field of theology.
- To provide recognized quality assurance in the discipline of theology in line with standards of theEuropean Higher Education Area.
- To connect providers with international subject-specific standards and distinctives of Christian theologicaleducation.
- To enhance trust and international recognition of qualifications in the discipline of theology.
- To support educational innovation and best practices among theological education providers.
- To advance research in the practices and trends of theological education.
- To promote awareness concerning the changing needs of theology students and graduates.
- To represent the views of stakeholders of theological education.
- To foster collaboration among providers of theological education.
- To model internal quality assurance.
Three main areas of work shape the strategic focus and the day-to-day operations of the agency: network, quality assurance and development. See more here: Activities, scope and daily work.
The following ECTE Strategic Plan 2022-2027 was approved by the ECTE General Assembly on 9 March 2023.