Education

Entry requirements

The application for fall 2020 enrolment will be available on the HGSE website by fall 2019. The list below is provided for planning purposes but actual application requirements may change for the 2020–2021 academic year.

Competitive candidates need not have prior direct experience in an education setting though should have a clear conception of why they're pursuing a master's degree in education. In addition, "education” and “education-related" are broadly defined at HGSE and encompass all fields covered by the Ed.M. programs offered.

A complete application to the Ed.M. Program typically consists of the following:

• Online Application Form
• Statement of Purpose and Resume
• Three letters of recommendation (submitted through the online application system)
• Standardized test score(s): GRE
• Transcript(s) from each postsecondary institution attended (uploaded with the online application)
• $85 application fee (paid via credit card with the online application)
• Note that several Ed.M. programs have additional application requirements

Months of entry

August

Course content

As you embrace the next chapter in your development as an educator, innovator, and leader, consider a graduate program that builds on a century of innovation, that’s grounded in the skills every educator needs, and that fully supports your current work and future aspirations.

At the Harvard Graduate School of Education, our master’s degree program is driven by passion and empowered by evidence. We share a vision of education where every learner has an opportunity to be seen, to be challenged, to excel, and to reach their full potential. We are motivated by urgency to build a future that recognizes and overcomes grinding systemic inequities.

No matter which program you choose, you’ll have the opportunity to interact with HGSE’s world-class faculty, build a sustained community of practice and a lifelong professional network, and gain the preparation necessary to grow, advance, and become the type of leader that education needs.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education offers the Master's in Education (Ed.M.) degree in two formats — residential and online — and in a variety of programs.

Fees and funding

British citizens who are – or will be – graduates of British universities should check out both Kennedy Scholarships and Frank Knox Fellowships.

Both of these awards offer full tuition and health insurance coverage and a generous stipend towards living expenses. They are offered annually in competition.

Please note that you will need to submit your application to either or both awards ahead of the deadline for your (totally separate and independent) Harvard application. Kennedy Scholarship and Frank Knox Fellowship applications are to be made online via their websites between mid-August and late-October in the same application season as you will submit your application to Harvard. Awards made at interview in London in January are provisional, pending confirmation of a place on the course.