About the course

Ph.D. students in Special Education engage in a highly individualized program of study that includes coursework and applied competencies in four broad areas:

　　a) Knowledge and Content

　　b) Research and Scholarship

　　c) University Teaching and Professional Development

　　d) Service

　　Ph.D. students focus their studies in one of four primary areas of emphasis.

　　Ph.D. students focusing on Early Childhood Intervention engage in study, research, and practice related to effectively supporting infants, toddlers and preschoolers with disabilities and their families. To this end, students participate in doctoral coursework, interdisciplinary seminars, supervised and individual research opportunities, individual mentorship, and internships in federally funded centers including the A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Research, Education and Service (UCEDD). Areas of emphasis include personnel preparation, research, scholarship, policy application, and community engagement. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 6 Semester(s)Fees: US$122,238

Intake	Location
Fall (September), 2024	Storrs
Fall (September), 2025	Storrs

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for University of Connecticut

A personal statement from the applicant addressing his/her reasons for applying and his/her plans for the future (to be uploaded). This document should tell your program?s admissions committee everything you would like to reveal in a personal interview. You should include your career plans, your reasons for undertaking graduate work, your career plans, and how the University of Connecticut?s Special Education PhD program will support you in reaching your career goals. Describe your current research goals and how they align with specific Special Education program faculty members. Indicate one or two faculty members you request as advisors and the reasons for your request. Details about your preparation, your strengths and weaknesses as a student, any academic honors, scholarships, or fellowships you have received, will all be helpful. The committee wants to know information about you that cannot be expressed quantitatively.

　　Three letters of reference from individuals who can address the candidate?s potential for success (to be uploaded)

　　Current resume or vitae (to be uploaded)

　　Unofficial transcript(s) (to be uploaded). Upload transcripts from the school where you received your bachelor?s degree and any courses taken beyond regardless of whether a degree was received. Failure to upload transcripts from all educational institutions, regardless of whether or not a degree was received, may be grounds for cancellation of admission. The most common reason for delayed consideration of applications is failure to upload all required transcripts. Please be sure to include all of your unofficial transcripts with your application.

　　Official college transcript(s) must also be mailed to the Graduate School (see address below). You must submit all applicable, official transcripts (undergraduate and graduate). Official transcripts become the property of the University. If you attended an international university and have one set of original documents or diploma, you can mail them to the Graduate School and they will make a copy and return the original document(s) to you. Include a request to return the documents and provide a mailing address. If you submitted these documents when applying for admission to a university in the US which you currently attend, the graduate school will accept copies from the registrar or graduate school if they certify that these documents from your prior university were made from the originals.

　　Please note: All official transcripts will be required at the time an offer of admission is given. Scanned, faxed or notarized copies will not be considered as official. Your transcript(s) must meet the following criteria:

　　A cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 for your entire undergraduate career or

　　A grade-point average of at least 3.0 for your last two undergraduate years or

　　Exceptional work in your entire final undergraduate career (3.5 or better) or

　　Graduate work with a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 or better.

　　English Proficiency: If you are not a native speaker of English, you must submit evidence of your proficiency in the English language. You may use the (no more than two years old) results from either one of two standardized tests to satisfy this requirement. If you submit results from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), you need a minimum overall score of 550 for the paper-based test, or 79 for the Internet-based test. If you submit results from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), you need an average overall band score of at least 6.5. Only the scores from the Academic Module, not the General Training Module, are applicable. If you submit results from the Person Test of English (PTE) we require and overall score of 53.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 79.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at University of Connecticut. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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