Master of Education (Inclusive and Special Education) is a master's degree in Special Education programme taught at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered in a hybrid format.
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Special Education
Duration: 3 years
Delivery: Hybrid
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This program leads to a Master of Education in Inclusive and Special Education, preparing educators to support students with diverse learning needs, including emotional and behavioural disorders, autism spectrum disorder, learning disabilities, and giftedness, alongside broader inclusive teaching practices. The Standard Pathway runs nine semesters over three years in a blended format and is completed either course-based (12 courses, 36 credit hours) or thesis-based (9 courses, 27 credit hours, plus a 12-credit-hour thesis), with a practicum in the final year. The Accelerated Pathway, for Bachelor of Special Education graduates, runs six semesters over two years fully online and is completed either course-based (8 courses, 24 credit hours) or thesis-based (6 courses, 18 credit hours, plus a 12-credit-hour thesis). The program suits any educator seeking deeper expertise in inclusive and special education, including Instructional Resource Teachers.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires a Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Music Education for the standard pathway, or both a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Special Education for the accelerated pathway; beyond naming these credentials, the page refers applicants to Memorial's School of Graduate Studies Regulations and the Faculty of Education's own admission requirements for the exact GPA minimums and teaching-experience hours, which are not stated on this page. No IELTS or TOEFL score is published here. Applicants with credentials from outside Canada or the United States must submit a World Education Services (WES) course-by-course evaluation report. The standard pathway has a priority deadline of April 15 and a final deadline of May 15 for a Fall start; the accelerated pathway has a February 1 deadline for a Fall start.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Memorial University's undergraduate application system opens one year ahead of each semester for the 2027 cycle: for Fall 2027 entry the portal opens 10 September 2026, the priority deadline (also the early-entrance-scholarship deadline) is 1 March 2027, the document deadline is 20 August 2027, and applications finally close 9 September 2027; Winter 2027 entry has a priority deadline of 1 October 2026 and closes 6 January 2027; Spring 2027 entry closes 11 May 2027 with a priority date of 1 February 2027. International applicants use the same direct application to Memorial and are only advised to apply at least 12 weeks before their intended semester starts; no fixed international closing date is published. Late domestic applications are still considered as time, resources and space permit, so admission is effectively rolling past the priority date up to the final close. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
