The PhD in Education is a research degree that prepares students for positions in academia, educational leadership, research, policy formulation, and consulting.
This program housed in an internationally ranked Department of Education prepares students to conduct an original research study, their dissertations in such a way that it will withstand the most rigorous of peer reviews. Specifically, our doctoral program offers:
In-depth research training. We expose students to a variety of research methods and their underlying philosophies, and provide hands-on research skill development through course projects, research assistantships (when available), and independently-performed dissertation research.
An interdisciplinary approach, explored through the Doctoral Seminar and that provides exposure to both the breadth of the field of education.
Degree options
Applied linguistics
Explores the theoretical and practical (pedagogical) aspects of second and bilingual language acquisition, including language learning, the nature of the language system and its development over time, practices in language teaching, and the consequences of language learning.
Child study
Focuses on the development of children in three critical contexts: the family, educational settings, and community and culture.
Educational studies
An educational foundations that considers anthropological and sociological, comparative and international, and historical and philosophical perspectives on education, and provides interpretive understanding and critiques of educational policies, practices and problems in adult education.
Educational technology
Provides opportunities for advanced study both in the theoretical foundations of educational technology and its application in practice.
Esperado Janeiro, Setembro 2021
Faculty of Arts and Science
Loyola Campus,
7141 Sherbrooke St. W.,
MONTREAL,
Quebec (QC),
H4B 1R6, Canada
Like all doctoral programs, ours assumes that students have had:
Meet these minimum academic requirements: