The Graduate School handles admission for all graduate programs at the University of Georgia, including those in the College of Education. The Graduate School website contains important details about the application process, orientation, and many other useful links to guide you through the process of attending UGA at the graduate level.
Application Documents
1. Official GRE Scores
2. Résumé or curriculum vitae – Upload to the Graduate School
3. Statement of Purpose
4. Transcripts
5. Letters of Recommendation
6. Sample of Scholarly Writing
7. Statement of Declaration
8. Applicant Video
Statement of Purpose
The statement of purpose should be no more than five pages.The applicants should provide an overview of who you are (e.g., your background, interests, etc.), why you want the Ed.D., what you plan/hope to do as a result of having the doctoral degree and how you see this degree contributing to your professional and personal goals. It is also essential to include responses to the following questions:
i. What are your current research interests?
ii. Who do you think among our faculty would be your best advisor and why? (You can nominate 1-3 people as possible advisors with a rationale for each.)
iii. How do the research interests of the selected advisors fit with your own interests?
Transcripts
Upload unofficial transcripts from all institutions attended as part of the online application. Send official transcripts after you are offered admission.
Letters of Recommendation
Submit three letters of recommendation online to graduate school. Letters should be from individuals who can evaluate the applicant’s scholarly ability and potential for success in a graduate program. Preferably, at least two of them are from faculty who have instructed the applicant in a previous program of study. The application will prompt your recommenders to submit their letters electronically.
Statement of Declaration
You are agreeing to commit yourself to the academic pursuit of a doctoral degree. You can expect that this will require you to…
i. Dedicate time to attending your courses. Courses will typically meet weekly or bi-weekly after 5pm and can last up to several hours.
ii. Dedicate time outside of your course sessions to your own research. You can expect to spend several hours a week or more reading about your area of interest and conducting your own research as you progress in the program.
iii. Stay in-step with the cohort; if you don’t, you risk needing to wait up to a year to rejoin the next cohort (check the ed leadership)
iv. Find mutually convenient times to meet with your advisor about your research outside of class.
v. Regularly and meaningfully contribute to the program’s virtual community.
Applicant Video
The LDT faculty would like to learn more about you and your specific interest in our Ed.D. program. Therefore, we are requesting a short video introduction (3-4 minutes max) from you to augment your written materials. We are particularly interested in your research interests and experience with instructional design.
Your video can be informal, such as you on your smartphone enjoying an afternoon outdoors, or something else you enjoy. Please do not read from a script. Our goal is to learn more about the way you communicate your thinking.
Video Content
Your introduction video will be reviewed by the LDT admissions committee and should answer the following:
i. Why are you interested in an Ed.D. in LDT at the University of Georgia?
ii. What does instructional design mean to you?
iii. What [specific] research topic would you like to explore?
Applicants should use an internet-based service (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo) to host the video and make sure settings allow people with the video URL to view the video (i.e., unlisted setting).
