Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education at Florida International University

Programme overview

The PhD in Higher Education program is designed to provide the opportunity for students to enhance analytical and research skills for leadership roles in institutions of higher education. Graduates are prepared for academic and administrative positions, as faculty, or as policy analysts in federal, state, or institutional roles. The program is designed to stimulate research related to higher education, particularly in urban settings.

Faculty: College of Arts, Sciences, and Education | Duration: 5 years (75 credits) | Location: Miami, FL, United States

What you will study

The programme requires 75 credit hours. Requirement areas in the catalogue: Degree Program Requirements.

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Entry requirements

Candidacy Examination and Advancement to Candidacy To advance to candidacy, the student must select a dissertation committee and submit a draft of his or her proposal to the dissertation committees. The dissertation committee will review the proposal and determine, by majority votes, whether or not to advance the student to candidacy and to the proposal defense. This process constitutes the candidacy exam. To continue in the program and barring official approval by the University Graduation School of a leave of absence during this process, the student will have 1 year after completion of all non-dissertation coursework to be admitted to candidacy. If the dissertation committee advances the student to candidacy. The student will continue to work on their proposal, complete the IRB approval process, if applicable, and successfully defend his or her dissertation proposal. If the dissertatio

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry terms: Fall (starts in August), Spring (starts in January) and Summer (starts in May); some programmes limit admission to one or two terms a year.

Domestic doctoral deadlines: Fall February 15; Spring August 1; Summer December 1. Programme deadlines may be earlier. The graduate application fee is $30.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.fiu.edu/

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