Are you ready to dive deeper into the science of learning and advance your career?
At UCF, your curiosity isn’t just welcome — it’s the foundation for a meaningful career with real impact. It starts in any of our graduate programs, where you’re asked to explore the complex forces that shape how, where and why learning happens. As you advance through your courses, you’ll explore interdisciplinary topics in cognitive science, data science, psychology and technology to create a richer, more complete picture of learning in all its forms. You’ll collaborate with expert faculty and peers on research that supports STEM learning, elevates online instruction and promotes self-regulated learning. And you’ll participate in professional associations that will help you forge a broad professional network.
Several of our programs are offered fully online or in hybrid formats, allowing you to customize your experience while advancing your career. And with specializations in Curriculum and Instruction, Gifted Education, Instructional Design & Technology, Learning Sciences, and Methodology, Measurement, and Analysis, you’ll graduate with the knowledge, skills and credentials to develop, measure and improve learning across any industry you want to pursue.
Why wait? Find your path to designing smarter systems, generating meaningful data and driving change across education, business, healthcare and beyond today.
Programs
Graduate
Applied Learning and Instruction, MA
Curriculum and Instruction, EdD
Educational Research and Learning Sciences track, Education PhD (Coming Fall 2026)
Instructional Design & Technology, MA
Graduate Certificates
Advanced Quantitative Methodologies
e-Learning, Design, Development, and Delivery
Gifted Education
Instructional Design
Qualitative Methodologies
“My learning journey was enhanced by the strong personal connections I’ve developed over the years. Opportunities outside the classroom had a greater impact on my time in the program than I could have imagined. Participating in lab projects strengthened my research skills. My research poster presentation earned me the graduate student award at the 2024 Student Scholar Symposium at UCF. I presented my research on emotion regulation at the 18th International Conference on Motivation and Emotion in Bern, Switzerland. I recently had the honor of presenting on behalf of my lab at the 2025 American Educational Research Association symposium. A chance discussion with an emotion regulation researcher led me to join a community of scholars exploring the use of facial expression software in emotion regulation research. My experiences outside of the classroom have been vital to my development."
LaVonda Walker
Current Learning Sciences Doctoral Student
Information Sessions
Join an upcoming information session to discover how UCF’s graduate programs in Learning Sciences & Educational Research can prepare you to pursue meaningful careers that prepare others to reach their potential. These sessions give you a leg up in the admission process by giving you an opportunity to meet with faculty and staff, ask questions and learn about more requirements, career pathways and our vast network of community partners. Reserve your spot today!Advising
Advising is available to support both current and prospective students. Whether you need help choosing the right program or track, planning your courses or finding internship experiences, our faculty members are here to help you.
Applied Learning
Bobby Hoffman, Associate Professor
Curriculum and Instruction
Michele Gill, Professor
Gifted Education
Gillian Erikkson, Senior Lecturer
Instructional Design & Technology
Laurie O. Campbell, Associate Professor
Learning Sciences
Michelle Taub, Assistant Professor
Methodology, Measurement and Analysis
Audra Skukauskaite, Professor
Scholarships
At UCF, we believe in expanding opportunity — and that includes making education more accessible for every student who’s ready to lead, serve and succeed.
Whether you’re a top student, rising professional or someone who needs financial support to keep advancing in your career, there’s a scholarship for you. Through Access 2 Opportunities (A2O), UCF’s scholarship portal, one application connects you to more than 200 scholarships — and hundreds more from donors and partners who see your promise and want to help you thrive.
So instead of focusing on financial barriers you can focus on what really matters: learning, leading and making a lasting impact.
Scholarships Exclusively for Learning Sciences and Educational Research Graduate Students
Ann McCormick Simpson Endowed Scholarship
Frank and Ann Belle Memorial Endowed Scholarship
