Your complete guide to a PhD in Education & Training

Everything you need to know about studying a PhD in Education & Training

Education and Training is a great choice if you want to teach and inspire people of all ages and help them develop and be able to overcome life-challenges and find creative solutions to difficult situations that come up in life.

Education and Training is a multidisciplinary field that covers aspects of Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science, Economics, Counselling - all forming the fundamentals on which your future teaching strategy will be built and implemented. You need to adapt this strategy to the needs of the students your work with. Depending on your specialisation, you might teach pre-schoolers, school children, adolescents or adults. They all learn differently, and you need to adapt your methods to your audience to be a successful teacher.

During Teaching courses, you will learn how to keep a class interested and engaged and how to mix theoretical elements with applying newly learned concepts, as well as interactive group activities. You will also be taught how to encourage and improve people's natural learning abilities, how to create lesson plans and explain complex concepts.

Additionally, you will also discover how to listen to people and support them on their self-development or self-discovery journeys. All these skills will allow you to empower individuals and teach them how to learn, which is a very important process as they go through different stages of their life.

Teaching is a very challenging career move, and since there is such a broad range of fields that require expert education and training, the range of careers you will find is quite wide. Here are some of them: teacher, education consultant, English as a foreign language teacher, learning mentor, counsellor, personal coach.

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How Education & Training Subject Ranking Lists Are Created

Do you dream of becoming that one-of-a kind inspirational teacher or educational expert? A shortcut to your goals is deciding on a Bachelor's or Master's programme based on university rankings according to subject such as World University Rankings in Education from Times Higher Education, QS World University Rankings for Education & Training, and Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects in Education.

These Education-specific rankings use a series of factors which help assess which are the best universities for doing a degree in Education. These factors are: teaching style and academic reputation, number of citations in Education-related papers, employment prospects, the international outlook (number of international students and staff members). Some of these data is pulled from surveys. Other data is pulled from available indexes on published papers and citations.

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Best Universities for Education & Training on PhDPortal

Universities Location Times Higher Education Ranking (2018) Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ranking (2017) TopUniversities Ranking (2018)
Stanford University Stanford, United States 1 1 3
Harvard University Cambridge, United States 2 2 2
University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom 3 29 6
The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR) 4 50 7
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, United States 5 42 8
University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, United States 6 7 15
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, United States 7 21 9
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, United States 7 5 16
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States 9 10 51
Michigan State University East Lansing, United States 10 9 21
University of Toronto Pickering, Canada 11 43 10
Vanderbilt University Nashville, United States 11 4 25
Columbia University New York City, United States 13 14 12
University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada 13 51 19
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, United States 15 35 24
UCL London, United Kingdom 16 25 1
University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom 17 51 4
King's College London London, United Kingdom 18 51 34
University of Washington Seattle, United States 19 15 44
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, Hong Kong (SAR) 20 51 37
University of Southern California Los Angeles, United States 23 20 101
University of Sydney Sydney, Australia 24 39 11
Pennsylvania State University State College, United States 25 8 35
Humboldt University Berlin Berlin, Germany 26 201 51
Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore 27 31 18
Arizona State University Tempe, United States 28 11 51
University of Queensland Saint Lucia, Australia 29 51 14
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, United States 30 - 51
Utrecht University Utrecht, Netherlands 31 44 51
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, United States 32 34 51
University of Texas at Austin Austin, United States 33 6 41
Florida State University Tallahassee, United States 34 18 51
McGill University Montréal, Canada 35 101 33
University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland 35 151 51
University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand 37 101 20
Monash University Clayton, Australia 38 19 17
Boston College Newton, United States 39 47 31
University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom 40 151 43
The Ohio State University Upper Arlington, United States 41 45 51
The Open University UK Milton Keynes, United Kingdom 42 151 -
Seoul National University Anyang, South Korea 43 201 51
University of Virginia Charlottesville, United States 44 13 51
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) Taipei, Taiwan 45 101 51
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, United States 45 12 101
The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 47 - 51
Brown University Providence, United States 48 101 101
Ghent University Ledeberg, Belgium 49 101 101
University of Sheffield Sheffield, United Kingdom 49 101 101
Durham University Durham, United Kingdom 51 201 101
The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom 52 101 25
University of Tübingen Tübingen, Germany 53 76 201
Lancaster University Lancaster, United Kingdom 54 201 151
University of Georgia Athens, United States 55 30 51
Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands 56 76 51
University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands 57 47 23
University of California, San Diego San Diego, United States 58 76 51
University of Maryland College Park, United States 59 24 101
Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich München, Germany 60 51 101
University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada 60 151 49
University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia 62 76 49
University of Hamburg Hamburg, Germany 63 - 101
University of Southampton Southampton, United Kingdom 64 201 101
KU Leuven Brussels, Belgium 65 51 51
Korea University Seoul, South Korea 66 - 51
University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, United States 66 26 51
The University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom 68 151 51
University of Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom 69 151 22
Freie Universität Berlin Berlin Steglitz, Germany 70 201 101
University of Technology Sydney Sydney, Australia 70 101 101
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, United States 72 76 101
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, United States 73 16 51
University of California, Irvine (UCI) Irvine, United States 74 37 -
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Delft, Netherlands 75 - 101
University of Warwick Coventry, United Kingdom 75 151 51
The University of Exeter Exeter, United Kingdom 77 76 101
Cardiff University Cardiff, United Kingdom 78 201 101
The University of Western Australia Perth, Australia 79 76 51
University of Zurich Zürich, Switzerland 80 - 201
Boston University Boston, United States 81 151 51
National Sun Yat Sen University Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 82 201 101
University of Oslo Oslo, Norway 83 51 51
University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä, Finland 84 151 101
Tufts University Medford, United States 85 101 201
University of Connecticut Storrs, United States 86 33 151
University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, United States 86 101 201
University of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands 88 51 101
Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia 89 51 45
University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom 89 201 51
University of Rochester Rochester, United States 89 101 -
University of York York, United Kingdom 89 201 101
University of Kansas Lawrence, United States 93 101 151
University of Miami Coral Gables, United States 94 201 151
University of Oregon Eugene, United States 95 51 151
University of Bath Bath, United Kingdom 96 151 101
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) Moscow, Russia 97 - 101
Simon Fraser University Burnaby, Canada 98 201 151
Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland 99 201 251
Yonsei University Seoul, South Korea 100 - 151
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, United States - 3 -
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Urbana, United States - 17 31
New York University New York City, United States - 23 46
Purdue University West Lafayette, United States - 27 51
University of Kentucky Lexington, United States - 31 -
The University of Arizona Tucson, United States - 36 101
Northwestern University Evanston, United States - 41 101
University of Chicago Chicago, United States - 46 48
Texas A&M University College Station, United States - 49 101
Athabasca University Athabasca, Canada - 101 -
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, United States - 101 -
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, United States - 101 -
Concordia University Montréal Montreal West, Canada - 101 151
Cornell University Ithaca, United States - 101 51
Deakin University  Burwood, Australia - 101 28
Duke University Durham, United States - 101 151
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) Eindhoven, Netherlands - 101 -
Emory University Atlanta, United States - 101 -
Griffith University Nathan, Australia - 101 51
Illinois State University Normal, United States - 101 -
Open University of the Netherlands Heerlen, Netherlands - 101 -
Southern Methodist University Dallas, United States - 101 -
Syracuse University Syracuse, United States - 101 201
Technical University of Munich München, Germany - 101 -
Temple University Philadelphia, United States - 101 201
University of Memphis Memphis, United States - 101 -
University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand - 101 51
University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain - 101 51
University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom - 101 25
University of California, Davis Davis, United States - 101 101
University of California, Riverside Riverside, United States - 101 -
Goethe University Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main, Germany - 101 -
University of Haifa Haifa, Israel - 101 251
The University of Iowa Iowa City, United States - 101 51
University of Kiel Kiel, Germany - 101 -
University of Louisville Louisville, United States - 101 -
University of Luxembourg Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - 101 -
University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 101 41
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, United States - 101 -
University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand - 101 51
University of South Carolina Columbia, United States - 101 -
University of Tennessee Knoxville Knoxville, United States - 101 251
University of Wollongong Wollongong, Australia - 101 101
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, United States - 101 -
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, United States - 101 151
Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, United States - 101 -
Auburn University Auburn, United States - 151 -
Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel - 151 -
Baylor College of Medicine Houston, United States - 151 -
Curtin University Perth, Australia - 151 51
DePaul University Chicago, United States - 151 -
Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands - 151 -
Fordham University Manhattan, United States - 151 -
Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey - 151 251
Heidelberg University Heidelberg, Germany - 151 101
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis, United States - 151 -
Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, United States - 151 -
Loyola University Chicago Evanston, United States - 151 201
Macquarie University Sydney, Australia - 151 51
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, United States - 151 -
McMaster University Hamilton, Canada - 151 -
Montclair State University Little Falls, United States - 151 -
Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - 151 251
Ohio University Athens, United States - 151 251
Portland State University Portland, United States - 151 -
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands - 151 151
Rice University Houston, United States - 151 -
Texas State University San Marcos, United States - 151 -
Texas Tech University Lubbock, United States - 151 -
University of Calgary Calgary, Canada - 151 151
The University of Texas at San Antonio Helotes, United States - 151 -
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, United States - 151 -
University of Antwerp Antwerpen, Belgium - 151 151
University of Arkansas Fayetteville, United States - 151 -
University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, United States - 151 -
University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, United States - 151 251
University of Central Florida Orlando East Mobile Home Park, United States - 151 251
University of Duisburg-Essen Essen, Germany - 151 -
University of Leicester Leicester, United Kingdom - 151 151
University of Montreal Montréal, Canada - 151 101
University of Tasmania Hobart, Australia - 151 201
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Milwaukee, United States - 151 -
Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand - 151 51
Wayne State University Detroit, United States - 151 -
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, United States - 151 -
York University Toronto, Canada - 151 -
Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark - 201 101
American University Washington DC Washington, D. C., United States - 201 -
Autonomous University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain - 201 101
Autonomous University of Madrid Alcobendas, Spain - 201 101
Ball State University Muncie, United States - 201 -
Beijing Normal University Beijing, China - 201 30
Binghamton University Johnson City, United States - 201 -
Boise State University Boise, United States - 201 -
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, United States - 201 -
California State University Long Beach Long Beach, United States - 201 -
Charles Sturt University Wagga, Australia - 201 201
The City University of New York New York City, United States - 201 101
Claremont Graduate University (CGU) Claremont, United States - 201 -
Clemson University Clemson, United States - 201 -
College of William & Mary Williamsburg, United States - 201 -
Hunter College Manhattan, United States - 201 -
Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada - 201 251
Flinders University Adelaide, Australia - 201 151
Gazi University Ankara, Turkey - 201 -
Georgetown University Washington, D. C., United States - 201 151
Hong Kong Baptist University Kowloon, Hong Kong (SAR) - 201 201
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, United States - 201 -
Iowa State University Ames, United States - 201 151
Kent State University Kent, United States - 201 -
La Trobe University Melbourne, Australia - 201 151
Linköping University Linköping, Sweden - 201 251
Loughborough University Loughborough, United Kingdom - 201 201
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, United States - 201 -
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, United States - 201 -
Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, United Kingdom - 201 201
Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand - 201 101
Miami University Oxford, United States - 201 -
METU Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey - 201 151
Mississippi State University Starkville, United States - 201 -
Murdoch University Murdoch, Australia - 201 251
National Central University Taoyuan City, Taiwan - 201 -
National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan - 201 101
National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu, Taiwan - 201 201
National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan - 201 -
National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore - 201 -
University of Plymouth Plymouth, United Kingdom - 201 -
Princeton University Princeton, United States - 201 -
St. John's University New York City, United States - 201 -
Sam Houston State University Huntsville, United States - 201 -
Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden - 201 101
TU Dortmund University Dortmund, Germany - 201 201
Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Yaffo, Israel - 201 201
Imperial College London London, United Kingdom - 201 -
University of Dundee Dundee, United Kingdom - 201 101
University of Reading Reading, United Kingdom - 201 151
University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, United States - 201 -
Tilburg University Tilburg, Netherlands - 201 -
Tulane University New Orleans, United States - 201 -
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, United States - 201 -
University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa - 201 51
University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark - 201 101
University of Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus - 201 151
University of Denver Denver, United States - 201 -
University of Gothenburg Göteborg, Sweden - 201 101
University of Granada Granada, Spain - 201 151
University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom - 201 51
University of Limerick Limerick, Ireland - 201 251
University of Maryland Baltimore Baltimore, United States - 201 -
University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, United States - 201 151
University of Missouri–St. Louis Saint Louis, United States - 201 -
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, United States - 201 251
University of Nevada, Reno Reno, United States - 201 -
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, United States - 201 -
University of New England Armidale, Australia - 201 151
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, United States - 201 -
University of North Texas Denton, United States - 201 -
University of Ottawa Ottawa, Canada - 201 151
University of Quebec in Montreal Montréal, Canada - 201 -
University of Seville Sevilla, Spain - 201 251
University of South Australia Adelaide, Australia - 201 101
University of Stirling Stirling, United Kingdom - 201 151
University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom - 201 151
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa - 201 201
The University of Toledo Toledo, United States - 201 -
University of Turku Turku, Finland - 201 151
University of Utah Salt Lake City, United States - 201 251
University of Valencia Valencia, Spain - 201 201
University of Victoria Victoria, Canada - 201 251
Utah State University Logan, United States - 201 -
Washington State University Pullman, United States - 201 151
University of Western Ontario London, Canada - 201 151
North Carolina State University Raleigh, United States - 51 151
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, United States - 51 -
Oregon State University Corvallis, United States - 51 201
George Washington University Washington, D. C., United States - 51 151
University at Buffalo Buffalo, United States - 51 251
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, United States - 51 -
University of Florida Gainesville, United States - 51 151
University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, United States - 51 -
University of Missouri - Columbia Columbia, United States - 51 151
University of North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro, United States - 51 -
University of Notre Dame South Bend, United States - 51 201
University of South Florida Tampa, United States - 51 -
Western Sydney University Paramatta, Australia - 51 101
Yale University New Haven, United States - 51 -
Australian Catholic University Sydney, Australia - 76 251
Brigham Young University Provo, United States - 76 201
George Mason University Fairfax, United States - 76 251
Georgia State University Atlanta, United States - 76 201
King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 76 151
Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands - 76 101
Rutgers University New Brunswick, United States - 76 101
San Diego State University La Mesa, United States - 76 151
Melbourne Business School Melbourne, Australia - 76 5
The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, United States - 76 251
University of Newcastle Newcastle, Australia - 76 51
University at Albany Albany, United States - 76 201
University of Colorado Denver Denver, United States - 76 -
University of Delaware Newark, United States - 76 -
University of Houston Houston, United States - 76 201
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, United States - 76 -
University of Twente (UT) Enschede, Netherlands - 76 35
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands - 76 201
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile - - 29
National Autonomous University of Mexico Coyoacán, Mexico - - 38
Australian National University Canberra, Australia - - 39
University of Chile Lo Prado, Chile - - 46
East China Normal University Shanghai, China - - 101
RWTH Aachen University Aachen, Germany - - 101
UNICAMP - University of Campinas Campinas, Brazil - - 101
Complutense University of Madrid Madrid, Spain - - 101
University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland - - 101
University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, United Kingdom - - 101
University of Strathclyde Glasgow, United Kingdom - - 101
University Putra Malaysia Kampong Baharu Balakong, Malaysia - - 101
Bologna Business School Bologna, Italy - - 151
Kingston University London Borough of Sutton, United Kingdom - - 151
Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan - - 151
National Chengchi University Taipei, Taiwan - - 151
Queen's University Belfast Belfast, United Kingdom - - 151
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel - - 151
Tsinghua University Beijing, China - - 151
National University of Colombia Bogotá, Colombia - - 151
University Teknologi Malaysia Sekudai, Malaysia - - 151
University of Bergen Bergen, Norway - - 151
University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal - - 151
University of Porto Porto, Portugal - - 151
University of Vienna Vienna, Austria - - 151
Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden - - 151
Aalborg University Aalborg, Denmark - - 201
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloníki, Greece - - 201
Edith Cowan University Joondalup, Australia - - 201
Ewha Womans University Seoul, South Korea - - 201
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR) - - 201
Laval University Québec, Canada - - 201
HSE University Moscow, Russia - - 201
National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu, Taiwan - - 201
University of Galway Galway, Ireland - - 201
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso Valparaíso, Chile - - 201
Queen's University Kingston, Canada - - 201
Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa - - 201
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel - - 201
UCLouvain Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium - - 201
MARA Technological University Seremban, Malaysia - - 201
Frankfurt University of Applied Science Frankfurt am Main, Germany - - 201
University of California, Irvine Extension Irvine, United States - - 201
University of East Anglia Norwich, United Kingdom - - 201
University of Geneva Genève, Switzerland - - 201
University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa - - 201
University of Quebec Québec, Canada - - 201
University of Salamanca Salamanca, Spain - - 201
University of Santiago de Chile Cartagena, Chile - - 201
University of Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Canada - - 201
University of the Andes Bogotá, Colombia - - 201
Auckland University of Technology Auckland, New Zealand - - 251
Birkbeck, University of London London, United Kingdom - - 251
Brunel University London Uxbridge, United Kingdom - - 251
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Brazil - - 251
Hanyang University Seoul, South Korea - - 251
Indiana State University Terre Haute, United States - - 251
International Islamic University of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - - 251
Istanbul University Istanbul, Turkey - - 251
Kazan Federal University Kazan, Russia - - 251
Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool, United Kingdom - - 251
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim, Norway - - 251
Osaka University Osaka-shi, Japan - - 251
Sapienza University of Rome Roma, Italy - - 251
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, United States - - 251
University College Cork Cork, Ireland - - 251
University of Bern Bern, Switzerland - - 251
University of Bremen Bremen, Germany - - 251
University of Canberra Canberra, Australia - - 251
University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland - - 251
University of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany - - 251
University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa - - 251
University of Kwazulu Natal Durban, South Africa - - 251
University of Minho Braga, Portugal - - 251
University of Oklahoma Norman, United States - - 251
University of Padua Padua, Italy - - 251
University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba, Australia - - 251
University of St Andrews St Andrews, United Kingdom - - 251
Waseda University Shinjuku, Japan - - 251
Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China - - 251
The Open University UK Undergraduate Programmes Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - - 51
Oxford Brookes University Oxford, United Kingdom - - 51
Peking University Beijing, China - - 51
RMIT University Melbourne, Australia - - 51
University Kebangsaan Malaysia Semenyih, Malaysia - - 51
University Sains Malaysia George Town, Malaysia - - 51
University of Adelaide Adelaide, Australia - - 51
University of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina - - 51
University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand - - 51
University of Sao Paulo São Paulo, Brazil - - 51
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