Changing Education is a two-year full-time international English-language master’s programme. The Faculty of Educational Sciences at University of Helsinki is well known for their expertise in studies on social justice and diversity in education, including sociological, cultural, psychological, philosophic, gender studies perspectives, as well as the use of educational psychology and neuroscientific insights.  The programme is structured around three main areas:

1. Education, Society and Culture,
2. Educational Psychology and Neuroscience, and
3. Pedagogy, Educational Institutions, and Research-based Teacher Education.

The Master’s programme Changing Education offers theory-driven, science-based, and hands-on studies to future experts and change makers in education. The students in the programme will be offered multidisciplinary and innovative, research-based perspectives, knowledge and skills to analyse, develop, and influence the practices and structures of education systems, institutions, teaching and pedagogical issues. A variety of courses are available, which address current themes in education at different levels of schooling.

Graduates of the programme will be able to:

• understand and apply the critical evaluation of topics independently, as well as in co-operation with other groups and communities
• critically and analytically evaluate and reflect on the constantly changing nature of education and society
• work ethically towards more socially just educational policies and systems
• use methods from basic neuroscience and educational psychology to improve teaching and learning