[1] It offers theological degrees in various specialised disciplines across BA, MA, MPhil, and PhD.

NTC has its roots in the Church of the Nazarene and belongs to the World Methodist Council.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Master of Philosophy (MPhil) are offered, with specialisms including: Biblical Studies, Wesleyan Theology, Missions, Church History, Wesley Studies, Christian Theology, Old Testament Studies/Second Temple/Inter-Testamental Studies, New Testament Studies and Biblical Theology, Practical Theology, Islam and Christian engagement and Missiology.

NTC is home to the Manchester Wesley Research Centre (MWRC) which collaborates with Oxford Brookes University in Publishing the Wesley and Methodist Studies Journal, published biannually by Penn State University Press.

[3] The Centre is a working partnership between a range of institutions: For over 40 years NTC has hosted the Didsbury Lectures, which was inaugurated by F. F. Bruce in 1979.