The Master in
Education - Adult Education
gives students the skills necessary to meet the needs of professional settings that provide adult education. These skills include: defining an individual's training needs based on his/her professional and life experience, and providing the necessary educational support; analysing professional and educational settings to determine their specificities and the skills they require; understanding an institutional environment and its needs; designing, implementing and evaluating training programmes; completing a project as part of a team; organising and leading a working group.
This Master's programme also prepares students for scientific research in the field of adult education.
Programme length
2 years (4 semesters)
Language of instruction
French
Passive knowledge of English is required.
Conditions of registration
Admission Conditions
A Bachelor's degree in Educational Sciences. Program also open to holders of Licence, Bachelor's, and Master's degrees from other institutions, subject to recommendation from the Program Committee and validation of a Complementary Certificate in adult education defined by a specific curriculum in the framework of the Bachelor's degree in Educational Sciences, as well as to holders of the continuing education diploma Adult Education - Analysis, Management, and Development.
Applications
Deadline for Fall Semester for candidates that hold a foreign bachelor's degree: 28 February 2025
(30 April 2025 for candidates that hold a Swiss bachelor's degree at the start of the next academic year AND, according to their nationality, are not subject to a visa for entry into Switzerland for more than 90 days, according to Swiss government requirements and regardless of their current place of residence, or for candidates holding a Swiss residence permit that is valid beyond 30 April.)
Deadline for Spring Semester: to be checked on the website of the Admissions Office
The Master in Education - Adult Education
- Thematic courses (36 credits):
- Adults, education and learning trajectories
- Activity assessment, training and education
- Learning process and organization
- Verbal interaction and learning in the workplace, etc.
- European module, international thematic seminars (15 credits)
- Research preparation (21 credits)
- Practical module (24 credits):
- 360 hours of teaching work placements in a position of responsibility.
- Dissertation (24 credits)
Mobility
Students may go on exchange regardless of how many credits they have completed at the Faculty. A maximum of 30 credits can be acquired outside the Faculty.
Professional Prospects
- Design, implementation, development and evaluation of educational methods and measures
- Coordination of teams of teachers
- Management and supervision of education services
- Organization and supervision of group training, and educational support
- Consultancy in education
in companies, private institutions, public administrations, educational institutions, associations, NGOs involved in the production of goods and services, but also in the leisure, sport, cultural and personal development sectors.
Contact information
Ms Pascale Pasche-Provini
T. +41 (0)22 379 90 11
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