PhD Learning, Leadership and Education Policy at University of Connecticut

Programme overview

A research degree with four concentrations: Adult Learning; Higher Education Racial Justice and Decolonization; Leadership and Education Policy; and Sport Management. It is delivered in person on the Storrs campus and has no related area or foreign language requirement.

Study mode: full-time | Location: Storrs, CT, United States

What you will study

Each concentration plan of study includes 15 credits of core coursework, nine or more credits in research design and methods, 15 dissertation credits, 9-12+ credits in the concentration (Sport Management also nine or more cognate credits), examinations, a dissertation proposal defense and a dissertation defense.

Career pathways

Graduates take roles as faculty members, researchers, government employees, policy scholars or organizational leaders.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate School (university-wide): bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution (or equivalent); cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for the degree, or equivalent GPA tests on recent coursework; international applicants meet equivalent standards with official transcripts; individual programmes set additional application requirements and a competitive record is needed.

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 applications are submitted online to The Graduate School; the application fee is $75 (non-refundable, paid by credit card). Some programmes set earlier application deadlines.

Apply through the official page: https://gradcatalog.uconn.edu/graduate/admission/

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