History
Originally established in 1934 at Los Gatos, California as Alma College, JST was founded to serve the needs of the California and Oregon Provinces of the Society of Jesus.
In 1969, the school moved to Berkeley to join the Graduate Theological Union. That same year, its name was changed to the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. JST is only one of two Jesuit-operated theological schools in the United States, the other being Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (formerly known as Weston Jesuit School of Theology) in Brighton, Massachusetts.
On July 1, 2009, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley merged with Santa Clara University becoming Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University JST is following the lead of Weston Jesuit School of Theology which completed its affiliation with Boston College in June 2008, becoming Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.
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