The British and North American Higher Education systems differ somewhat, and these brief notes are designed to offer prospective students from North American additional help and advice. The British BTh is broadly equivalent to an MDiv. Please see the British Government's NARIC website for official guidance and comparison on how international degrees compare.

A British degree consists of 360 credits (120 credits each at the Certificate, Diploma and Bachelor stages). Modules, or classes, are valued at ten and twenty credits. In terms of total hours a British ten-credit module more-or-less equates to a US two credit-hour course (UK 10 credits = 100 hours of study, US 2 credit-hours = 112 hours of study), while a twenty-credit module is in excess of a US 3 credit-hours class.

In the United Kingdom only institutions with a Royal Charter may award a university degree. Thus, private colleges and institutions work in partnership with an accrediting university if offering offer degree programmes. Therefore, although developed and delivered by King’s Evangelical Divinity School, Bachelor of Theology students graduate with a full degree from the University of Wales, Lampeter. The award indicates the name of the institution; it does not indicate course delivery via distance learning.

Unlike the USA, where Bible College focuses on practical training and basic theology before students move on to Seminary to study advanced Theology, a British undergraduate degree in Theology focuses strongly on fostering the analytical and evaluative skills more commonly associated with a Seminary-level education, which is why a British theological degree is so well received abroad.