Admissions & Financial Aid
Admissions & Financial Aid
Impact the World
A passion for education.
A commitment to making the world a better place.
A desire to help solve challenges facing education.
A dedication to learn, to lead.
To impact the world.
Some call it idealism.
We don't.
At the Harvard Graduate School of Education, you'll learn what it takes to turn your ideas into concrete examples of what can happen when someone is committed to making a positive impact in the world.
Who Goes to HGSE?
Maybe you just earned your bachelor's degree in history. Maybe you have been an educator for 25 years. Maybe you are a business owner looking for a new career. Or maybe you manage a nonprofit organization and want to become more effective. One thing is clear: your passion for impacting the world has led you to take the next step.
HGSE offers a rigorous educational experience. Our master's programs pack the intensity of other schools' two-year programs into one year. You will learn not only from expert faculty members, but from your peers — people who come from around the United States and the world, from every imaginable life experience — who, like you, are attracted to HGSE's reputation for excellence and have a desire to make a difference. While you challenge one another through lively debates, you also will encourage each other in small study groups. Your classes will offer you a supportive environment in which to gain knowledge and confidence.
By pursuing your master's or doctoral studies at HGSE, you will benefit from the wealth of intellectual resources that can only be found at Harvard University, both on campus and at the university's numerous affiliated institutions and partner organizations across the world.
You will emerge with a powerful degree that will open doors to numerous meaningful career opportunities — within the world of education and beyond.
So, take the next steps:
- Explore the HGSE degree programs; read about the curriculum, our students, and our alumni.
- Introduce yourself to us, so that you can receive information tailored to your specific academic interests.
- Take a virtual tour of the HGSE campus.
- Connect with the HGSE community through various on-campus, off-campus, and virtual events.
- Talk with us; admissions liaisons are available to answer your questions.
- Apply to one of our 13 master's programs or two doctoral programs.
- Plan now to fund your graduate study.
| Maria Curcio, Ed.M. '99 Director of Admissions |
Patricia M. White Director of Financial Aid |
Admissions Office
111 Longfellow Hall
13 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-3414
Fax: 617-496-3577
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Financial Aid Office
061 Longfellow Hall
13 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-3416
Fax: 617-496-0840
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Impact On Education
 | HGSE lecturer Josephine KimSince the spring 2007 slayings at Virginia Tech, Lecturer and National Certified Counselor Josephine Kim has been working to raise awareness of mental health issues that affect Korean-American student populations. |
.jpg) | It Stems from AlgebraIn their new research project, Professor Chris Dede and Assistant Professor Jon Star are using three technology-based activities, all rooted in algebra, once called the "new civil right" by one algebra advocate. |
.jpg) | Senior Lecturer Joe Blatt"Sesame Street was the first national television series to feature a fully integrated cast: the hosts were an African American couple, and their neighbors were a mix of other ethnic groups." |
.jpg) | Professor David PerkinsGrowing up, Professor David Perkins wasn't especially good at baseball.Yet it was America's national pastime that Perkins turned to when he started writing his recent book, Making Learning Whole. |
.jpg) | Professor Jerry Murphy"I discovered at Harvard a whole new side of myself -- I was a halfway decent researcher. I also discovered that I knew a lot about practice and really liked writing about the everyday reality of how things actually worked." |
