The Ecclesiastical Faculty Loyola School of Theology is the second most international Jesuit theological institution in the world, next to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In Asia, LST has the most diverse composition of international students, a vibrant academic community with an enrollment in the First Semester of Academic Year 2023-2024 of 470 seminarians, priests, lay, and religious students (267 Filipinos or 56.80% and 203 international students or 43.20%) representing 36 countries, 88 religious congregations, and 35 dioceses around the world.

LST is one of the seven (7) English-speaking faculties of theology in the world administered by the Society of Jesus and is the only one in the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific.

Our faculty is composed of Filipino and International Professors trained in the Philippines, Asia, Europe, and North America with expertise in Systematic, Biblical, Moral, and Pastoral Theology, Church History, Canon Law, Spirituality and Retreat Direction, Migration Theology, Philosophy, Religious Education, Pastoral Counseling and Family Ministry, Asian Religions, and Ancient and Modern Languages.