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CPE & CEC Application Procedure


An ACPE application form is required. An on-site interview at UPHS is usually required, though this is often waived for summer intern applicants, provided there has already been a screening interview with an ACPE Supervisor or approved interviewer. Special arrangements are made with foreign applicants. For questions concerning applications, contact Betty White, Clinical Pastoral Education Manager, at betty.white@uphs.upenn.edu or call 215-615-0988.


CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) Application:

  1. Download the official application form from the ACPE website at https://acpe.edu/education/cpe-students/cpe-application, and complete it on your computer.

  2. Email the completed application, along with essays and other materials stipulated in the application's Instruction section, to Clinical Pastoral Education Manager Betty White, at betty.white@uphs.upenn.edu

  3. Applicants must personally contact references and ask them to complete the ONLINE REFERENCE FORM.