Doctor of Education in Leadership in Schooling - STEM Option (Online)

Advance your skills as a researcher and instructional leader of PK-12 programs with UMass Lowell's Leadership in Schooling Ed.D. STEM Option. This 100% online program is for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educators or those who work in STEM fields in higher education. However, leadership aspects are focused on PK-12. Although this program is not a licensure program, graduates have progressed in their careers as STEM Department chairs, principals, superintendents, college faculty and curriculum coordinators.

Courses are online during the Summer, Fall and Spring semesters. Please note that there is a required one-week summer residency each year. New students begin studies in the middle of May, during the Summer semester, and complete the program as a cohort. You will take two courses each semester and complete the program over three years.

As a student in the Doctor of Education in Leadership and Schooling: STEM option, you will collaborate with STEM professionals around the world and work through a social justice lens to find solutions to problems of practice within your own schools and districts.