MA/MS in Education at Nipissing University in North Bay, Canada is a master's degree in Education & Teaching programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered fully online. Tuition for international students is CAD 28,560 per year.
This Master of Education is a graduate program emphasizing critical thinking, research, and leadership in areas such as social justice, curriculum innovation, Indigenous education, and adult learning, built around mandatory core research courses with electives across several thematic areas. Students choose among three routes: a thesis route of six courses plus a thesis, a Major Research Paper route of eight courses plus a research paper, or a course-based route of ten courses including a research seminar. The program runs two years full-time or up to four years on a flexible part-time basis and is delivered primarily online. It suits experienced professionals, including educators, healthcare workers, and other leaders in learning organizations, who want to deepen their understanding of educational systems and policy. Graduates pursue roles in educational leadership, administration, and policy development, adult learning design, Indigenous education, and curriculum development, working with school boards, government, non-governmental organizations, and higher education institutions, or continuing into doctoral research.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Master of Education programme page does not itself state admission criteria and points applicants to Nipissing's graduate admissions pages, which set the general requirement for the degree: a four-year undergraduate degree or equivalent with a minimum B standing. Applications require official transcripts, two academic references, a resume and a statement of interest. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet the graduate-program English requirement: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band below 6.5, TOEFL iBT 93 overall (minimum 20 in reading and listening, 22 in writing and speaking), PTE Academic 63 overall (minimum 60 per section), CAEL 70 overall with no band below 60, or Cambridge C1 176 overall (minimum 169). The program admits in the Fall, Winter and Spring/Summer terms, full-time (minimum six terms) or flex-time (up to four years).
Application Details
Start Date:Fall, Winter and Spring/Summer
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC): for most undergraduate programs starting September 2027 the application deadline is April 1, 2027 with supporting documents due April 9, 2027, part-time fall applicants have until August 4, 2027, and January 2027 entry closes November 13, 2026 (documents November 20, 2026). International applicants follow the same April 1, 2027 deadline for fall and November 13, 2026 for winter; Nipissing does not publish a spring/summer international deadline. Nipissing states these as fixed application deadlines rather than rolling admission. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
