The
Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is a consortium of eight independent American
theological schools and eleven centers and affiliates. Seven of the theological schools are located in
Berkeley, California. The GTU was founded in 1962 and is affiliated with the
University of California, Berkeley, with students from both institutions enjoying privileges accorded to their own students. Additionally, some of the GTU consortial schools are part of other California universities such as
Santa Clara University (Jesuit School of Theology) and
California Lutheran University (Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary). Most of the GTU consortial schools are located in Berkeley around the
University of California, Berkeley campus, with the majority north of the campus in a neighborhood known as "Holy Hill."