The Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences (GSISS) became an affiliate member of The Washington Theological Consortium (WTC), an academic cluster of ten seminaries in the greater metropolitan Washington, DC area, on July 1st, 2004 (see the announcement).

Members of the Consortium recognize and accept each other's academic credits. Through this relationship, students enrolled at GSISS can take courses at WTC member seminaries and transfer these courses to meet the requirements of the degree program with appropriate approval, and students at member seminaries can take GSISS courses and transfer those course credits into their seminary's degree program with appropriate approval. Usually tuition is handled through agreement within the consortium. Current GSISS students with valid IDs are eligible to borrow books at all WTC libraries, giving them borrowing access to over one million volumes in theology and related disciplines. Members of the consortium collaborate together with team-teaching and in research projects of mutual interest as well as in interfaith dialogue. Students interested in pursuing the rich opportunities afforded to them by GSISS's affiliate membership in the Consortium should visit the website http://www.washtheocon.org. Consortium members include:

• The Catholic University School of Religious Studies offers students an opportunity to take theology and religious studies courses, including morality, ethics, and modern spirituality and promote a rich interfaith dialogue. Catholic University was one of the first in the country to hire a full-time Muslim chaplain for its Muslim students. http://www.religiousstudies.cua.edu.
• The College of Preachers at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC is a residential continuing education center for those religious leaders and educators involved in ministries of proclamation, offering courses that include sermon preparation and sermon delivery. http://www.collegeofpreachers.org.
• The Dominican House of Studies; a Catholic seminary in Washington, DC focuses upon Saint Thomas of Aquinas in dialogue with contemporary theologians, which offers many courses of interest to our students, including religion and philosophy. http://www.dhs.edu.
• The Howard University School of Divinity offers students a rich focus on issues related to the African American heritage, the African Diaspora, Africa and an international cross-cultural inquiry into human values. http://www.howard.edu/schooldivinity.
• The Lutheran Theological Seminary is the oldest, most historical Evangelical Lutheran seminary in America, located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It offers a rural setting with a strong emphasis on ministry responsive to contemporary life issues. http://www.ltsg.edu.
• The Richmond Theological Consortium, which includes:
  1. The Baptist Theological Seminary, a southern Baptist seminary in Richmond, Virginia. http://www.btsr.edu,
  2. The Union Theological Seminary, Presbyterian School of Christian Education, the theological education institution of the Presbyterian Church, USA in Richmond, Virginia, offering ten degree programs, http://www.union-psce.edu and
  3. The Samuel L. DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, the theological school of The Virginia Union University, a historically black, independent Baptist institution. http://www.vuu.edu/theology.home.htm.
• Saint Paul's College in Washington, DC is an organization for Paulist students of Catholicism, based upon the conversion of Saul on the road to Damascus. The Paulists' mission is to reach out, bring peace, seek unity among Christian denominations, and build understanding with people of other world religions. Periodically Saint Paul's College hosts ecumenical dialogues and gatherings. http://www.paulist.org.
• The Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation is an ecumenical center for spiritual growth and development grounded in the Christian tradition, which welcomes anyone of any faith seeking to learn from the contemplative way. Located in Washington, DC, it offers retreats, residential workshops, quiet days, and pilgrimages. http://www.shalem.org.
• The Virginia Theological Seminary is a seminary of the Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia, offering courses including ministry to youth, ministry to aging, and financial and management issues of parishes. http://www.vts.edu.
• The Washington Theological Union is a Roman Catholic seminary in Washington, DC that works closely with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archdiocese of Washington. Courses offered include courses on pastoral care, cross-cultural studies (including Religious Implications of American popular culture), moral theology and spirituality. http://www.wtu.edu.
• The Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC is one of 13 United Methodist Seminaries with a student body that represents 25 denominations. Courses include clinical pastoral education, cross-cultural studies, pastoral care, psychology of religion, world religion and many courses related to practical pastoral skills and knowledge for churches in an urban setting. This institution includes the Luce Center for Arts and Religion. http://www.wesleysem.edu.
• The Woodstock Theological Center, associated with Georgetown University in Washington, DC, is a research institution linked to the Roman Catholic tradition of the Society of Jesus. They are willing to take on research fellow for appropriate projects. http://www.georgetown.edu/centers/woodstock.
• The Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington in 1978 was the first institution to bring together Islamic, Jewish, Protestant and Roman Catholic faith communities. It offers dialogue, youth workshops, pilgrimages, prayer services and speakers in order to promote interfaith dialogue through its work. http://www.ifcmw.org.