The Catholic Institute of Sydney is a institute of higher education for study in theology and related disciplines. It teaches both ecclesiastical awards and civil degrees. ECCLESIASTICAL As an ecclesiastical faculty, it has been canonically erected by Papal authority through the Congregation for Seminaries and Universities to teach the sacred sciences and to confer the ecclesiastical awards Baccalaureate, Licence, and Doctorate of Sacred Theology. The Apostolic Constitution of Pope Francis, Veritatis gaudium, provides the universal law for ecclesiastical faculties. The statutes and regulations of each faculty are expected to take account of the “varying local conditions and the university customs obtaining in each region”. The Statutes of the Catholic Institute of Sydney are those as approved by the Congregation for Catholic Education on the 28th July 2009. CIVIL The Catholic Institute of Sydney, like all tertiary institutions in New South Wales, is subject to the appropriate commonwealth and state authorities. It relates to these bodies as a member of the Sydney College of Divinity (CRICOS code: 02948J). All Sydney College of Divinity undergraduate and graduate degree programs taught by the Catholic Institute of Sydney are accredited by the Australian Government's Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).