Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Active | 1968–2015 |
| Location | Ranelagh, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations |
NUI, HETAC (1989-Present) |
| Website | http://www.milltown-institute.ie |
The Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy is a Jesuit-run institution of higher education and research, located in Dublin, Ireland. Milltown is located in Ranelagh, County Dublin. Since 1997 it has been a Recognised College of the National University of Ireland, under the 1997 Universities Act, the Irish government removed the ban on the NUI awarding degrees in Theology which had stood since its foundation and its predecessor the Royal University of Ireland. The Milltown Institute was also an Ecclesiastical Faculty until its designation was suspended by the Congregation for Catholic Education in Rome in July 2015. The Irish School of Ecumenics used to be located at the Milltown Park site but is now in Trinity College Dublin.
Since November 1989, when it was granted designated status under the National Council for Educational Awards Act 1979, it has developed and offered civil programmes leading to Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral awards. The NCEA became HETAC in 2001.
Since 2011, the future of the Milltown Institute became uncertain and it is currently understood that it will be closed permanently and a new institute, the Loyola Institute, will take its place as part of Trinity College Dublin.
The college entered into negotiations about a possible alliance with University College Dublin in 2008. These talks were unsuccessful and an alliance with the traditionally Protestant Trinity College Dublin took effect in 2012 with the foundation of the Loyola Institute (of Catholic Theology)
Milltown Institute was established as a Pontifical Athenaeum with Faculties of Theology and Philosophy, by a group of religious institutes in 1968. The origins of the institute however can be traced back to the 1880s when the Jesuits established a School of Philosophy and a School of Theology at Milltown. The School of Theology has had an unbroken history at Milltown since 1889, and became a Jesuit Pontifical Faculty in 1932. The School of Philosophy moved from Milltown in 1930 and became a Jesuit Pontifical Faculty in 1948, and returned to Milltown in 1966. 1979 saw the Bachelor of Divinity (BD) programme approved by the Teaching Council of Ireland.
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