Key information
- Duration: Full-time, 84 months
- Start dates & application deadlines: Starting August 2027. Apply before Dec 2026 (International). Apply before May 2027 (National).
Overview
Doctoral students engage with interdisciplinary societal and educational contexts, hone their disciplinary skills in various situations, become experts in their discipline of choice, competent in research, and acquire knowledge and skills to conduct research and add to their profession. Programs of study typically align with the student's long-term career goal.
Careers
This Education - Teaching, Learning and Development Ph.D. program at the University of Central Florida focuses on developing the qualifications of professionals who wish to pursue careers in the professoriate or serve in academic leadership positions in higher education, national, state, and local educational agencies, or other settings requiring robust research preparation.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Critical Issues in Teaching, Learning, and Development
- Internship in Teaching, Learning, and Development
- Professional Scholarship and Grant Writing in Teaching, Learning, and Development
- Research in Teaching, Learning and Development
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GRE® General Test: Required
English requirements
TOEFL® iBT: 80
Other requirements
General requirements
- A master’s degree in a related field of study and master’s level competency in educational research and statistics.
- A minimum of 21 credit hours of graduate content specific education courses.
- Official, competitive GRE score taken within the last five years.
- Three letters of recommendation.
- Goal statement.
- Resumé.
- Writing sample.
- Interview
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
- International: 33,226 AUD / year (approx. 22,988 USD / year)
- Out-of-State: 33,226 AUD / year (approx. 22,988 USD / year)
- Domestic / In-State: 9,632 AUD / year (approx. 6,664 USD / year)
Living costs
Orlando, United States: 1,606–2,803 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Scholarship opportunities are available for the Education - Teaching, Learning and Development programme.

