Overview

Education (Primary Education) PGCE entry only from University of Cambridge aim to fuse research and theoretical understandings about primary or elementary education with current priorities in policy and practice.

Key facts

To apply to finish your Masters through the PGCEM route you will have already completed the Postgraduate Certificate Education (PGCE) at the Faculty of Education. You will then join the Primary Education route for your second year of study. On the Primary Education Masters course you will have the opportunity:

to enhance your educational understanding and practice through critical reflection, study and research;
critically engage with the best quality national and international educational research that has relevance to primary education;
carry out an individual and collaborative critical enquiry into significant educational issues and practice; and
develop your thinking in order to contribute to informed policy and practice analysis and improvement in the primary phase and your own work setting.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Critical perspectives on primary education policy and practice
Creative approaches to the curriculum
Pedagogy, talk and learning
The school and communities

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 11 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-14 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

110

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IELTS

7.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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110

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7.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK Good II.i Honours Degree.
This course is only open to students who have completed the PGCE at the Faculty of Education. PGCE trainees can take a maximum of a 3-year gap between completing the PGCE and starting the MEd.

Tuition Fees

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21758 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

9328 GBP / year

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Living costs

Cambridge

United Kingdom

846 - 1465 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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