One Place. One Life. One Community.
Students, faculty, priests, and families share one daily rhythm where study, prayer, and friendship are not separated.
ITI Catholic University
Schloss Trumau · Austria
Apply
International Theological Institute
Founded by Pope St John Paul II, ITI forms the whole person through Catholic theology rooted in truth.
ITI forms students in Catholic theology as a unified whole through primary sources, shared liturgical life, and a deeply personal academic community ordered to truth and mission.
12.03.26
JP2 Lecture by Mr. Felix Hornstein
Talk on Karol Wojtyla’s dramatic imagination in dialogue with culture.
30.04.26
Workshop by Prof. Dr. Oskar Aszmann
Interactive format with concrete tools for research, teaching, and formation.
30.04.26
Thursday Lecture by Prof. Dr. Oskar Aszmann
Public lecture in the FASS series with open discussion after the session.
08.05.26
Conference: St. Ambrose of Milan: Person and Work
Multi day conference on St. Ambrose, his sources, and his theological legacy.
Core Distinctives
The decisive differences that set ITI apart from larger, more anonymous universities.
Students, faculty, priests, and families share one daily rhythm where study, prayer, and friendship are not separated.
One professor for four students, with serious source preparation and guided seminar discussion, creates uncommon intellectual accountability.
Students from many nations make East and West a lived ecclesial reality inside one academic and liturgical community.
Scripture, the Fathers, and St Thomas Aquinas are read as living sources that train stable theological judgment.
Academic life is reinforced by worship in both traditions, so doctrine, prayer, and vocation are formed together.
ITI became a decisive gift in my formation. Seminar life and friendships gave theological clarity and a confidence I still rely on.
Dr. Gudrun Kugler Lang
Alumna, Austria
What You Can Study
Five clear paths, one integrated vision. Each program forms theological judgment, intellectual clarity, and mission ready maturity.
One Year Foundation
A one year liberal arts immersion that forms first foundations and can lead directly into the Bachelor in Catholic Liberal Arts.
Explore Studium GeneraleUndergraduate Degree
A three year classical liberal arts degree illuminated by Catholic theology, with deep formation in reason, culture, and faith.
Explore the BachelorPontifical Master
First cycle sacred theology formation (STB / Mag. theol.) through close seminar reading of Scripture, the Fathers, and St Thomas.
Explore Sacred TheologyProfessional Master
An integrated graduate program in theology, philosophy, and human sciences for leadership in marriage and family mission.
Explore MMFAdvanced Theology
Higher ecclesiastical formation for students called to advanced research, teaching, and service in the Church.
ITI was founded by Pope St John Paul II to recover theology as a unified whole. Here, Scripture stands at the center, the great sources are read directly, East and West are held together, and study is joined to prayer, liturgy, and shared Christian life. The goal is not the production of specialists detached from reality, but men and women formed in truth, ready for mission, especially in marriage and family, in the heart of the Church.
Campus Life
Study, liturgy, friendship, celebration, and daily life in one shared place.
If you are seriously considering ITI, the best next step is a campus visit in Trumau.