Education (International Education) – MA

Do you want to expand your understanding of international education in a fast-changing world? Are you looking to form the foundation of a future career in many different educational or training settings? If so our MA Education (International Education) course will broaden your existing knowledge and set you on the right track.

What’s covered in the course?

You don’t need a teaching qualification for this course and you don’t have to intend become a teacher. We take a flexible approach and encourage you to explore educational issues within an international context, helped by working alongside the wide range of students from both the UK and overseas who study on this course.

You’ll explore how the English education system works by studying the quality of learning and teaching on offer to pupils today. You’ll also look at issues aimed at improving education, management of the sector and research opportunities. While the International Education pathway from the Education Master’s framework draws on the English education system, you’ll also have the chance to compare this with the situation in a range of other international contexts.

Why Choose Us?

• We’re proud of our high employability rates, with 98 per cent of the School’s postgraduate students in employment or further study six months after their course (DLHE survey results 2014/15)
• Birmingham City University is a vibrant and multicultural university with a variety of campuses based in and around what the Rough Guide named “one of the top 10 cities in the world” in 2015.
• Birmingham International Airport is nearby and we have excellent connections to London (as quick as 80 minutes by train) and the rest of the UK.
• We are regularly praised by external examiners for our focus on giving people transferable skills.