Reutlingen School of Theology (RST) is the institution of theological higher education of the United Methodist Church (Evangelisch-methodistische Kirche) in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

The student body is diverse and consists of students from various denominations and cultural backgrounds. Women and men are trained theologically and acquire social and personal skills crucial for congregational and missionary work. Spiritual formation is an important part of the school's community and a variety of spiritual exercises are offered. Students thus obtain a wide range of competences for subsequent full- or part-time ministry in church and society. 

Theological education and spiritual formation at our school are guided by three principles: sound scholarship, praxis-orientation, and personal faith development.  The mission statement of our school is:

• Our theological work is rooted in a faith practiced in the discipleship of Christ. It is moved by the world-changing love of God revealed in Jesus Christ.
• Our theological work is nurtured by lieberated thinking. It is in open conversation with the sciences, with other cultures and beliefs and actively engages contemporary issues.
• Our theological work has as its aim Christian love in action. It participates in the mission of God for the salvation and welfare of the world, which manifests itself in the proclamation of the Gospel and concrete acts of mercy and righteousness.