Admission

If you're a high school student interested in applying to the department, you'll have to apply to the Washington University College of Arts & Sciences. The application form will give you an opportunity to indicate your interest in education. Application forms are available on-line; see the Washington University page for prospective students.

If you are currently an undergraduate student at Washington University and you're interested in declaring a major in education, click here.

If you have a bachelor's degree and you're interested in applying to one of our M.A. programs, please refer to the page for the program that's right for you. For a summary of these programs, see the Teacher Education page.  All applications are online through the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

Each year we accept a few new students in our Doctor of Philosophy program, which is designed to train future university professors and researchers. For a more detailed description of this program, contact the department and request a copy of the Doctoral Program Statement (available by mail after September 1).