Doctor of Ministry Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Australia === In Australia, under the [[Australian College of Theology]] standards, the D.Min. degree is academically equivalent to a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] or [[Doctor of Theology|Th.D.]] within the same [[Australian Qualifications Framework]] (AQF level 10) research doctoral award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.actheology.edu.au/our-courses/|title=Our Courses β Australian College of Theology|website=www.actheology.edu.au|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> which is to "qualify individuals who apply a substantial body of knowledge to research, investigate and develop new knowledge, in one or more fields of investigation, scholarship or professional practice."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aqf.edu.au/aqf-qualifications|title=AQF qualifications|last=Garland|first=Andrew|date=2015-02-06|website=www.aqf.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> As such, the admission requirements, length of study, and the overall academic requirements of the three degrees are the same: candidates must submit a final thesis of 80,000-100,000 words in order to complete the degree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.actheology.edu.au/course/DMIN12/|title=Doctor of Ministry|website=www.actheology.edu.au|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page