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On-campus students apply to one of four departments:

• Curriculum & Instruction
• Education Policy, Organization & Leadership
• Educational Psychology
• Special Education

Degrees offered:

• Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS)
• Doctorate of Education
• Doctorate of Philosophy
• Educational Administration and Leadership
• Master of Arts
• Master of Education
• Master of Science

• 526 2022-2023 on-campus graduate student enrollment
• 29% On-campus graduate students from underrepresented populations
• 20% On-campus graduate students from international populations

Learning Language and Culture Through Games

Two Ph.D. students from the College of Education are developing an application to teach children how to read Farsi. “TooTak,” a mobile application featuring a talking parrot helps children ages 6-10 learn how to read Farsi. “TooTak” in one of the Iranian languages means “talking parrot,”

Shafagh Hadinezhad, a Ph.D. student in Curriculum & Instruction, is a co-founder of TooTak. Sourabh Garg a Ph.D. student in Curriculum & Instruction, is designing games for TooTak. Their project is part of the current cohort of iVenture Accelerator projects, the educational accelerator for student startups at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.