We are all Citizens of the World.

Global Studies in Education (GSE) is a division of the department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership (EPOL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The GSE Online program is based on the realization that the world has become inextricably interconnected as well as interdependent, and educators cannot afford to ignore this new reality. They need to extend their knowledge of the world and develop critical skills to understand the changing economic, political, and cultural contexts within which education takes place. At the same time, the new contexts provide educators with wonderful new opportunities to enhance the quality of their teaching by linking up with educators around the world.

The Application Deadline for August, 2012 has been extended to April 15, 2012!

The application deadline for the Global Studies in Education Program is April 15. Please visit the Prospective Students Page for more information. Apply today!

Designed for the Global Educator

Global Studies in Education builds upon the traditions of comparative and international education programs at the University of Illinois. The division has strong links with other university units and study centers that are concerned with teaching and researching international issues. Our faculty and students are interested in examining and researching the changing forms of global interconnectivity and interdependence:

• educational policy and governance
• youth cultures
• new media and popular cultures
• the politics of social identities
• postcolonialism in education
• gender, class and racial inequalities
• the political economy of knowledge production and management
• development and education
• issues concerning the new global ecologies of learning.

On-Campus PhD Program

In addition to our leading online master's program, Global Studies in Education offers an on-campus Ph.D. program as well. For additional information regarding the GSE doctoral program, please email gse@ed.uiuc.edu.

All online inquiries should be sent to gseonline@illinois.edu.

GSE Faculty

GSE Faculty publish extensively on theories of globalization; post-coloniality; identity and the politics of representation; youth cultures; identity, culture and education; and the emerging role of international and non-government organizations in the development and evaluation of educational policies.

They organize major international conferences, consult with governments and non-government organizations; edit various journals including Policy Futures in Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory; and E-Learning & Digital Media; and are editors for a new book series, Global Studies in Education with Peter Lang Publishers, New York.