MS Engineering Education at North Carolina State University

Programme overview

The MS in Engineering Education is a 33-credit-hour graduate programme in the College of Engineering focused on teaching and learning in engineering. It combines engineering education coursework with an engineering disciplinary core and a practicum.

Faculty: College of Engineering | Department: Engineering Education | Duration: 33 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Raleigh, NC, United States

What you will study

Required courses (6 hours): EED 501 Teaching Undergraduate Engineers or EED 502 Engineering Education: Content, Assessment, and Pedagogy, and EED 641 Practicum in Engineering Education. Also an 18-hour engineering disciplinary core, an additional 3-hour EED course, and 6 hours of restricted electives chosen from EED courses (field experiences, societal foundations, ethics) and TED courses (e.g. Foundations for Teaching Technology, Teaching Creative Problem Solving, Introduction to K12 Engineering Education).

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Application information

Entry requirements

NC State Graduate School English proficiency minimums for international applicants: TOEFL iBT 80 overall with 18 in each of listening, reading and writing and 18 in speaking (for tests taken before 21 January 2026); IELTS Academic 6.5 overall and in each section; Duolingo English Test 110 overall and in each subscore. Scores must be no more than 24 months old. Waived for citizens of countries where English is the official language and language of university instruction, or with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher after one full-time year at a regionally accredited four-year US institution.

Requirements published at program group level.

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.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring, Summer 1 and Summer 2, subject to individual programme availability.

Graduate School priority deadlines: US citizens Fall June 25, Spring November 25, Summer 1 March 25, Summer 2 May 10; international applicants Fall March 1, Spring July 15, Summer 1 and Summer 2 December 15. Programme deadlines may be earlier and apply if so. Application fees are non-refundable.

Apply through the official page: https://applygrad.ncsu.edu/apply

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