This innovative Masters course prepares you for a career in educational research, whether you plan to go on to a doctorate or take your research in other directions.

Under the expert guidance of our team of leading academics, you’ll develop a broad range of research skills. You’ll learn to design and plan research projects and collect, analyse, interpret and report qualitative and quantitative data. By the time you graduate you’ll have a deeper understanding of the theoretical, ethical, political and comparative aspects of carrying out educational research.

The course also covers digital methodologies, and you’ll be involved with cutting-edge research projects currently being carried out by staff in the Faculty of Social Sciences.... [-]

Master in Teaching and Research University

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• To train professionals in the various areas of knowledge, pedagogical fundamentals that help optimize their teaching.

• To train professionals in the various areas of knowledge in the foundation and research practice, allowing them to develop research projects in their field.

• Develop research processes conducive to interdisciplinary work in research groups.

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International Agreements

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The program has a number of Institutional and International Conventions: San Pablo CEU University, Spain, LASPAU - Harvard, the University of Antioquia and the Autonomous University of Mexico, as well as the various conventions of research groups, such as the Technology Monterrey and La Trobe in Australia. ... [-]

The Master in Educational Research, is a postgraduate program recognized by its HIGH QUALITY in the level of Consolidation granted by CONACYT in the National Program of Postgraduate Quality (PNPC).

It is a program oriented to the education of educational researchers that emphasizes the methodological and technical aspects of research. That is to say, it is a program whose strength lies in the methodological training provided, including the orientation and effective support that are offered to students for the development of their thesis throughout the semesters that integrate the curriculum.

The lines that organize the research work of the teachers who support the Master in Educational Research are:... [-]

Photo: Øystein Andresen/University of Oslo

Assessment and Evaluation are at the heart of modern society where quality assurance of education is crucial, where testing practices at school are debated in the media, where training and selection foster the human capital vital to successful companies, and where accountability questions ask for evidence-based policy and decision making.

"The more you teach without finding out who understands the concepts and who doesn’t, the greater the likelihood that only already-proficient students will succeed."- Grant Wiggins... [-]

Career options include management-level positions in industry or government, and academic positions.