A History of UTC

United Theological College came into being on 1 July 1974 by resolution of the Congregational Union, the Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church in N.S.W.  The first courses commenced in February 1975.  United Theological College is the successor to the former United Faculty of Theology which, for over 50 years, was a joint arrangement between Camden College, Leigh College and St Andrew's Theological Hall, the theological colleges of the three denominations.  In 1977, when the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches united to form the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA), United Theological College became the theological college of the NSW Synod of the Uniting Church.

Until 1987, United Theological College was located in Enfield at the site of the former Leigh College.  In April of 1987 UTC moved to The Centre for Ministry at North Parramatta, three kilometres from the business centre of the city of Parramatta and twenty kilometres west of downtown Sydney.