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From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Educational Studies (PhD)

Program Description

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Educational Studies offered by the Department of Integrated Studies in Education in the Faculty of Education is a research-intensive program that emphasizes challenging and innovative learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in literature synthesis, original thinking, and research dissemination to pursue professional opportunities in academia or industry.

The program may also be taken as one of the following options:

Gender and Women's Studies option: students have the opportunity to pursue course work and research focusing on gender and women’s studies, and issues in feminist research and methods.

Language Acquisition option: provides an overview of the research in second language acquisition, assessment and evaluation, and research methods, including quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Mathematics and Science Education option: emphasizes research in mathematics and science education, including a specific focus on teacher education in the area of math and science.

Keywords: language acquisition, leadership, second language, culture, society, teaching, learning.

Unique Program Features

  • Students benefit from an integrative perspective on education by drawing on a range of related disciplines and research orientations;
  • The program is designed to ensure relative flexibility, providing opportunities for multidisciplinary research as well as opportunities for research that draws on specific disciplinary strengths.

University-Level Admission Requirements

  • An eligible Bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA out of a possible 4.0 GPA
  • English-language proficiency

Each program has specific admission requirements including required application documents. Please visit the program website for more details.

Visit our Educational credentials and grade equivalencies and English language proficiency webpages for additional information.

Program Website

PhD in Educational Studies website

Department Contact

Graduate Program grad.dise [at] mcgill.ca (subject: PhD%20in%20Educational%20Studies) (email)

Available Intakes

Fall

Application Deadlines

Intake Applications Open Application Deadline - International Application Deadline - Domestic (Canadian, Permanent Resident of Canada)
FALL September 15 December 15 December 15
WINTER N/A N/A N/A
SUMMER N/A N/A N/A

Note: Application deadlines are subject to change without notice. Please check the application portal for the most up-to-date information.

Application Resources

Application Workshops

Consult our full list of our virtual application-focused workshops on the Events webpage.

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