Academic requirements
In addition to the general admission requirements for graduate studies , EdD applicants must meet the following program-specific requirements.
Applicants’ educational professional practice will be considered in the admissions process. In addition, EdD applicants may be admitted with a course-based master’s level degree from a recognized institution in education or a closely related subject.
Applicants who hold a course-based master’s will be required to show evidence of their ability to:
- Define a research question or problem.
- Devise a research design.
- Analyze and report research findings in an academically rigorous manner, such as a major academic paper.
This evidence may include professional documents that demonstrate the ability to conduct and report on research at a graduate level.
All successful applicants will be assigned a thesis supervisor in the admissions process. Applicants should contact potential supervisors as part of the application process in order to assess whether there is appropriate support for their potential thesis research. The match between a student’s qualifications and area of interest, and the expertise of faculty available for supervision, is a criterion for admission. The supervision topic areas available for each application cohort will be published on the Ontario Tech website where the faculty members available for supervision will be profiled.
Under the university’s English language proficiency policy, all applicants are required to give evidence of their oral and written proficiency in English. See the policy on English language proficiency . Those applicants who must take an English language proficiency test under the university’s general English language proficiency admission policy must obtain a minimum score of 580 on the paper-based TOEFL, 92-93 on the Internet-based TOEFL or 7 on the IELTS. This is higher than the university minimum.