About the Program
Answer the Deepest Questions
Philosophy on the level of natural reason, like theology on the level of supernatural faith, pursues answers to the deepest questions concerning ultimate reality and the meaning of life.
As St. Thomas Aquinas argued, faith and reason cannot ultimately be in conflict; any apparent conflict is the result of faulty understanding on one side or the other.
While all major philosophers are studied at the University of St. Thomas, the philosophy of St. Thomas provides the unifying vision.
The UST Advantage
Expand Your Mind
A degree in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas will give you something you won’t get from another university, our course offerings in philosophy are designed to promote these aims of a liberal education:
- To expand the mind through vital contact with many of the greatest and most influential thinkers of all time
- To recognize and evaluate the underlying assumptions that govern contemporary opinion and to consider alternatives
- To develop a capacity and love for disciplined and creative thinking about complex matters
- To understand connections among all the parts of an education and to prepare for graduate study in philosophy, theology, law and other disciplines as a basis for a variety of careers
Student Experience
Our Philosophy Graduate Programs
The Center for Thomistic Studies is the only graduate philosophy program in the United States uniquely focused on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. In the pursuit of a living Thomism, the Center’s programs stress both historical understanding of Aquinas’s texts and a rigorous rethinking of his thirteenth-century wisdom in the light of twenty-first century problems and realities.
Please review the Master of Arts in Philosophy and Ph.D. in Philosophy programs to participate in one or both of our exceptional graduate programs.