Master of Arts in Education

The MAEd Graduate Degree Program

The MA in Education is a graduate program geared basically for professional advancement of teachers and education personnel. Master’s level students are required to take and pass the Master’s Admission Test in Education (MATE). After meeting the test qualification, they are admitted provisionally if they meet the following performance requirement:

  1. For full-time students, completion of at least 9 units during the first semester of enrolment with a general weighted average of 2.00 or better.
  2. For part-time students, completion of at least 9 units during the first year of enrolment with a general weighted average of 2.00 or better.
Areas of Concentration:

Art Education
Biology Education
Chemistry Education
Curriculum Studies
Educational Administration
Educational Psychology
Educational Technology
Elementary Mathematics
Environmental Education
General Science
Guidance
Health Education
Language Education
Mathematics Education
Measurement and Evaluation
Non-Formal Education
Philosophy of Education
Physics Education
Population Education
Reading Education
Social Studies
Special Education
Teaching in the Early Grades, K-2

Click here for Admission requirements and Application Forms

Curricular Framework:

Courses in the MA in Education program are distributed according to the following framework

  • Major (15 – 18 units)
  • Research (6 units)
  • Foundation (3 units)
  • Cognates (6 units)
  • Electives (3 units)
  • Thesis (6 units)
  • TOTAL: 39-42 units

Click here for the Programs of Study of the different areas of concentration under the MAEd degree program.

Financial Requirements

Tuition is set at PhP500.00 per graduate unit; miscellaneous fees at PhP 1,415.00 (for a regular semester) and PhP 665.00 (for midyear term); entrance fee deposit at PhP 130.00; student fund at PhP 78.50. These fees are subject to change.

International Students

All international students, immigrants as well as non-immigrants, should secure a study permit from the Department of Education (DepEd) through the OVPAA, Office of International Linkages, UP Diliman.

Non-citizens of the Philippines are required to pay the Education Development Fee (EDF) of USD 500 every semester and USD 200 during the midyear term.

For inquiries, please contact
THE COLLEGE SECRETARY
Telefax: (632)9818500 local 2807, 2817
email: educosec.updiliman@up.edu.ph