MA Education at Teesside University

Programme overview

The MA Education develops academic and professional skills and knowledge in an area of education relevant to the student's current or future career. Students build advanced research skills to evaluate existing work and design research that furthers knowledge in education. It is offered full-time and part-time.

Duration: Full-time within 1 year; part-time 2 years | Intake: January, May or September | Study mode: full-time, part-time | Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Combining Professional and Academic Practice, Contextualising Education, Educational Research: Practice and Planning, Using the Literature to Inform Educational Research and the MA Education Dissertation. Students choose an area of education relevant to their own practice as the focus of their work within each module.

Career pathways

The course is designed to support progression in educational careers; students apply their learning to their own professional context.

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Application information

Entry requirements

An undergraduate degree with a classification of 2.2 or above. In exceptional cases, applicants with suitable significant experience and/or further study in education may be considered and may be asked to attend an informal interview covering intellectual and academic suitability. International applicants: IELTS average of 6.5 with at least 5.5 in all components.

Domestic applicants: GBP 7,710 a year (2026/27). Full-time. Part-time is charged at £855 per 20 credits. Source

International applicants: GBP 17,000 a year (2026/27). International one-year postgraduate taught master's (MSc/MA); tuition only Source

Intake: January, May or September

Duration: Full-time within 1 year; part-time 2 years

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