12 monthsProgramme duration
5,613 EURTuition Fee/year
01 Mar, 2026Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
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The Master of Science in Educational Studies offers a research-oriented programme providing broad expertise related to the field of education. The faculty offers a challenging and dynamic study environment with research-based education of high academic quality.
Great education is much more than effective teaching. The Master of Educational Studies (MESE) is a research-based programme that presents multiple methodological and theoretical approaches around educational issues. The MESE is not a teacher training programme, but aims to offer educational professionals academic insights in contemporary educational issues such as school reforms, intercultural diversity, international policies, etc.
- You acquire a thorough understanding of educational approaches and methodologies.
- You develop the necessary competencies and skills to conduct educational research, design instruments, develop training modules, guide and evaluate innovation processes.
- You gain insight into instructional psychology, school development, professional and continuing education and educational policies.
There is a separate one-year preparatory programme and one-year master’s programme. Students perform educational research, design instruments, develop training modules and curricula, guide and evaluate innovation processes, and engage with the historical and global aspects of education.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Get in touch: join KU Leuven’s Webinars
Discover all that KU Leuven has to offer via one of KU Leuven’s Webinars about KU Leuven, admissions & applying, housing, and more.
The Master of Science in Educational Studies offers a research-oriented programme providing broad expertise related to the field of education. The faculty offers a challenging and dynamic study environment with research-based education of high academic quality.
Great education is much more than effective teaching. The Master of Educational Studies (MESE) is a research-based programme that presents multiple methodological and theoretical approaches around educational issues. The MESE is not a teacher training programme, but aims to offer educational professionals academic insights in contemporary educational issues such as school reforms, intercultural diversity, international policies, etc.
- You acquire a thorough understanding of educational approaches and methodologies.
- You develop the necessary competencies and skills to conduct educational research, design instruments, develop training modules, guide and evaluate innovation processes.
- You gain insight into instructional psychology, school development, professional and continuing education and educational policies.
There is a separate one-year preparatory programme and one-year master’s programme. Students perform educational research, design instruments, develop training modules and curricula, guide and evaluate innovation processes, and engage with the historical and global aspects of education.
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Admission Requirements
Eligible for direct access to the Master’s programme:
Candidates who completed the Preparatory Programme: Master of Educational Studies or candidates with a Bachelor’s degree in Educational Sciences (if the content of the programme is sufficiently in line with the Dutch Bachelor’s degree). Attention, a Teacher’s degree is not equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in Educational Sciences.
Eligible to apply for the Preparatory Programme:
Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences, any other Bachelor’s degree in combination with a teacher qualification or any Master’s or Doctoral degree.
Proof of English proficiency
For students who hold a prior degree awarded by an English-speaking university from Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom or the United States, the certified diploma and transcripts suffice provided they confirm that the entire university-level course of study was completed in English. Absolutely no other diplomas will be accepted as evidence even if the applicant has followed an exclusively English-taught programme.
Chinese students need an APS certificate
STUDENTS WITH A FLEMISH BACHELOR DEGREE
Students who have proof of English proficiency and an acceptance email, will be granted direct admission to the master programme on the basis of the following degrees, or similar degrees, obtained in the Flemish Community:
Bachelor in de onderwijskunde (Kortrijk)
Bachelor in de pedagogische wetenschappen
Bachelor in de agogische wetenschappen
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