Overview

About the program

Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education at Stanford University is designed to prepare scholars and practitioners to address a number of fundamental educational questions:

What should be taught, to whom, for what ends?
How can school programs be organized to optimize the educational development of students?
What processes can be employed to enable teachers and policy makers to understand the strengths and weaknesses of schools?

CTE is based on the premise that schools are most likely to improve when those engaged in their improvement recognize the highly interactive nature of school processes.

It helps graduate students learn how to think about such questions and how to develop the specialized understanding and research skills needed to study and improve educational practice.

Programme Structure

Specializations include:

Elementary Education
Literacy, Language, and English Education
History/Social Science Education
Mathematics Education
Science and Environmental Education
Teacher Education
Learning Sciences and Technology Design
Race, Inequality, and Language in Education

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-17 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Credits

135 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Stanford, United States

Disciplines

Education Teaching Instructional Design View 66 other PhDs in Teaching in United States

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

Required

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Other requirements

General requirements

To be eligible for admission to graduate study, applicants must hold, or expect to hold before enrollment at Stanford, a U.S. bachelor’s degree or its international equivalent from a college or university of recognized standing.
Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate proof of English proficiency by submitting official scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

27540 USD / year

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Out-of-State

27540 USD / year

≈ 27540 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

27540 USD / year

≈ 27540 USD / year

Additional Details

quarterly tuition

Living costs

Stanford

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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