8 Education Masters Degree Programs in Sweden

Discover the educational potentials of leaving the classroom and exploring the surroundings. All children deserve the opportunity to learn and reach their full potential. This master’s program will increase your knowledge about learning processes with a focus on experience-based learning, using different modes and methods. The advanced courses in educational science will help teachers and other educators understand how a variety of outdoor environments can be used as resources for learning and knowledge.

This master’s programme is geared toward students interested in better understanding the role of education in relation to the formation of individuals and society, and exploring the study of education through historical and contemporary perspectives. The programme aims to provide you with in-depth knowledge of international educational theory as well as the opportunity to pursue a research career in the field. The programme has a philosophical and historical foundation. Central concepts that will be discussed include education, upbringing, fostering, teaching, schooling and different conceptions of the role of the teacher.

The Interventions in Childhood (One Year) programme is interdisciplinary and you will gain deepened theoretical knowledge and skills to work professionally with children in need of support and their families in the contexts of preschool/school, child healthcare, rehabilitation and social work. It provides a basis for further development in a variety of professional roles.

Degree of Bachelor, Teacher Education Degree, or other professional qualification of at least 180 credits with a major in special education, pedagogy/applied pedagogy, sociology, social work, psychology or speech and language pathology, including a degree project of at least 15 credits. Upper secondary school level English 6/A and Swedish 3/B or Swedish as a Second Language 3/B. Equivalence assessment may be made. Students are free to choose among certain alternative courses, often depending on their choice of specialisation.

Are you interested in developing your teaching and leading subject-specific school development? How to organise and conduct teaching is in focus in this Master's Program in subject-specific education. By placing subject-specific school development at the forefront, this degree Program provides both an opportunity to develop as a teacher, and the tools needed to contribute to the collegial school development at your workplace. The Program is aimed at professional teachers at all stages.

Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Pre-School Education of at least 180 credits, including a degree project comprising 15 credits at G2E level. Upper secondary school level Swedish 3 or B, Swedish as a Second Language 3 or B, or equivalent. Upper secondary school level English 6 or B, or equivalent. Equivalence assessment may be made. Students are free to choose among certain alternative courses, often depending on their choice of specialisation.

The changing face of digital technologies provides immense new opportunities and simultaneously gives rise to fundamental challenges for individuals and society. Information technology and learning are currently at the centre of attention in debates surrounding issues like source criticism and information evaluation, digital competence, big data, and learning analytics.

The International Master’s Educational Research programme prepares you to become an active educational researcher or gain a scholarly foundation for your current professional practice. You will learn in a research-intensive community, addressing the full spectrum of research skills and possibilities.