| Study Location | Lviv |
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| Academic Field | A1 Educational Sciences |
| Type | Postgraduate, Full time (on-line study is available) |
| Nominal Duration | 1,5 years (90 ECTS) |
| Study Language | English |
| Awards | Master of Educational, Pedagogical Sciences |
| Entry qualification | The Bachelor's degree diploma is required. Compulsory entrance exam. The entry qualification documents are accepted in English (except for documents issued in Ukraine upon completion of studies at local educational institutions) . In most cases you can request a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original & legalized (according to the international agreements) entry qualification documents along with you when you finally enter the university. |
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| Territory requirements | General entry requirement - Student visa. Citizens of the Russia, Iran, Belarus and North Korea who do not hold a permanent residence permit in Ukraine may be admitted for studies only with an individual authorization from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. |
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| Language Requirements | English (B1/B2) |
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Entrance Exam Description
During the selection process we examine the competency of the applicant in two ways:
The faculty decides about the eligibility of the applicant by examining the documents of previous studies (degree, subject, results). This is followed by an entrance exams that evaluate the level of study-language and specialty exam.
The exams can be conducted online. In order to validate the entrant’s person, exams taken remotely are recorded on video, as is the person verification process. The recording is archived for at least five years on University’s grounds and the link to that recording is available in the united base of Ministry of Education of Ukraine.
Program Structure
Year 1
Semester 1
- Contemporary Didactics & Learning Theories
- Curriculum Design in Higher Education
- Educational Research Methods & Academic Writing
- Assessment, Measurement & Evaluation (incl. rubrics, tests, analytics)
- Psychology of Learning & Student Support
- Digital & Inclusive Pedagogy (accessibility-first teaching)
Semester 2
- Instructional / Learning Experience Design (LX)
- E-learning Technologies & Learning Management Systems
- Quality Assurance in Education (standards, accreditation, ESG)
- Education Management & Policy (UA/EU context)
- Elective (e.g., STEM pedagogy; Educational Data Analysis; EdTech entrepreneurship)
- Teaching Practicum / Micro-teaching with supervisor feedback
Year 2
Semester 3
- Research Seminar & Thesis Proposal
- Electives (choose 1–2): Educational Psychology in HE; Educational Leadership; Courseware Authoring; Project-Based Learning
- Master’s Thesis & Defense
Overview
A practice-oriented master’s that prepares higher-education teachers and learning designers to plan curricula, run evidence-based instruction, and evaluate learning with modern digital tools.
Main edge: pedagogy with an innovation focus—you study contemporary didactics and educational research while adopting digital/innovative teaching methods inside a large technical university ecosystem (ideal for tech-enhanced teaching and curriculum design).
Career Opportunities
Occupational profiles of graduates are teacher of distance learning, teacher of computer science; teacher of distance learning, teacher of physics; teacher of distance learning, teacher of mathematics; teacher of distance learning, teacher of chemistry; teacher of distance learning, law teacher; teacher of distance learning, teacher of foreign language; teacher of distance learning, teacher of general technical disciplines; teacher of distance learning, teacher of accounting and economic disciplines; teacher of distance learning, teacher of higher school.