MEd Educational Leadership and Policy at University of Texas at Austin

Programme overview

Students may choose from the following specializations: higher education leadership and policy, educational policy and planning, and principalship. Although each specialization involves unique coursework, a common core of knowledge is required of all students.

Faculty: College of Education | Duration: 35 semester credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Austin, TX, United States

What you will study

The programme requires 35 semester credit hours. This is a professional degree offered in two areas of specialization—higher education leadership and policy and public school executive leadership. In the public school executive leadership specialization, the master’s degree is offered in educational policy and planning, or the principalship. The master’s degree in the principalship is part of the state certification program.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate admission (applies to the programme): Admission decisions are based on multiple criteria, including the applicant’s academic and professional qualifications. Applicants must have a grade point average of at least 3.00 in upper-division and graduate coursework. In addition, the applicant must be accepted into one of the areas of specialization listed above. The faculty for the specialization may establish additional admission requirements, such as the submission of an official score on the Graduate Record Examinations General Test, participation in an assessment center, personal interviews, or other evidence of the student’s preparation for graduate work. Information about these requirements is available from the department.

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 are summer and fall; each graduate program sets its own application deadline.

Graduate application fees: $65 for U.S. graduate applicants and $90 for international graduate applicants; MBA (and dual programs with MBA) $200; MPA $125. Each graduate program sets its own application deadline. Fee waivers are available only to U.S. citizens/permanent residents applying for a first graduate degree (not MBA or MPA).

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/admissions/apply

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