Overview

Students develop scholarly and innovative expertise in at least one of three contexts of inquiry and awareness of all three: a) the broad context of culture and society; b) the international, national, and local contexts of educational leadership and policy studies; and c) the more specific contexts of schools and other sites of teaching and learning.

Features

Students in the Educational Studies - Language Acquisition program from McGill University begin with a set of common core courses and proceed to specialization through advanced coursework and dissertation topics focused on areas of expertise that are supported by the research interests of current faculty members.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Ph.D. Colloquium

Language Acquisition Issues

Intermediate Statistics

Advanced Research Designs

Social Justice Issues in Second Language Education

Language Acquisition Issues

Intermediate Statistics

Univariate/Multivariate Analysis

Experimental Linguistics: Methods

Advanced Statistics

Textual Approaches to Research

Interpretive Inquiry

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

86

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Education Language Studies View 33 other PhDs in Language Studies in Canada

Academic requirements

GPA

3

GRE^®

Required

English requirements

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86

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Other requirements

General requirements

A current working CV

A 1-2 page Personal Statement (Letter of Intent), A 1-2 page Personal Statement (Letter of Intent), identifying the applicant’s reason for pursuing doctoral studies, interests in research and expected research professional directions. (max 2 pages - Double Spaced, Times New Roman 12 font, 1 inch margins)

A copy of your unofficial transcripts from all previous university level studies (undergraduate and graduate). Official transcripts are required after the student is officially admitted to the program.

Two letters of recommendation, at least one of which must be from a university-level instructor; the other may be from an administrator in an educationally relevant context.

Research Proposal. (max 5 pages - Double Spaced, excluding references; Times New Roman 12 font, 1 inch margins)

English Language Proficiency Requirement

Tuition Fee

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International

18238 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9119 CAD per semester during 48 months.
National

2966 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1483 CAD per semester during 48 months.

Living costs for Montréal

1074 - 1759 CAD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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