Transform Your Curiosity into Expertise.

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
Education, PhD

  • Instructional Design & Technology, track
  • Learning Sciences, track
  • Methodology, Measurement, and Analysis, track

Instructional Design & Technology, MA

  • e-Learning, track
  • Educational Technology, track
  • Instructional Systems, track

Graduate Certificates

Advanced Quantitative Methodologies
e-Learning, Design, Development, and Delivery
Gifted Education
Instructional Design
Instructional Design for Simulations
Instructional/Educational Technology
Qualitative Methodologies

Gillian Eriksson headshot

“We don’t support discrete separation of gifted students. We believe in a comprehensive profile of every child’s strengths and abilities, gaps in learning, and the complexity of every child as a result of their unique backgrounds. We really support excellence across the board for all students.”"

Gillian Eriksson
Senior Lecturer and Academic Coordinator of the Gifted Education Program

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 advisors are here to help you.

Applied Learning

Morgan McAffey, Instructor

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

Debbie L. Hahs-Vaughn, 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