North Carolina General Statute 116-15 gives the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina authority to issue licenses to nonpublic and out-of-state institutions to conduct post-secondary degree activity in North Carolina. The Board is statutorily empowered to establish the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures it considers necessary to carry out its duties. Licenses and exemptions are issued on a program-by-program basis.

Through licensing institutions and granting exemptions from licensure, the Board of Governors performs an important consumer protection function. The Board also assures that post-secondary educational institutions operating wholly or in part in North Carolina provide students with an education of good quality. The Board of Governors granted Queens College of Theology a license exemption to issue degrees.

Legal Notice provided by UNC Board of Governors: Degree programs of study offered by Queens College of Theology have been declared by the appropriate state authority exempt from the requirements for licensure, under provisions of North Carolina Statues Section (G.S.) 116-15 (d) for exemption from licensure with respect to religious education. Exemption from licensure is not based upon assessment of program quality under established licensing standards. To read more about this exemption, you can click here.

While Queens College of Theology is authorized to operate and issue degrees for the religious vocation, this institution is not accredited by an agency approved by the Department of Education. Queens College of Theology does hold membership statuses with the Association of Christian Education which reviews all program curriculum to ensure they are academically appropriate to prepare students for the religious vocation and ministry leadership.