PhD Programs for Distance Education in Canada

Athabasca University

• As Canada's leading online distance education school, Athabasca University offers Internet-based, innovative graduate programs that reach students worldwide. Students can earn a Master's degree, doctorate or graduate diploma online. Every program provides a range of courses pertinent to the degree program. The Doctor of Education in Distance Education (Ed.D.) is proof of Athabasca University's international leadership in distance education scholarship, teaching and programming originality. With its emphasis on creating a scholarly society of learners, the Doctor of Philosophy program is the course in which students most commonly enroll for online study, with students learning over the Internet along with supplemental reading materials like eBooks and other course requirements.

  Athabasca University
  1 University Drive
  Athabasca, AB T9S 3A3
  Canada
  011 +1-800-788-9041
  athabascau.ca

University of Calgary

• University of Calgary has one of the most comprehensive and strongest biomedical engineering courses in Canada for graduate, undergraduate students and researchers. Over the course of five years, the institution tripled the figures of researchers in the biomedical field with over 100 researchers spread across six faculties. Its Graduate Division of Educational Research provides Master's degrees (MA, MSc, MEd), doctoral degrees (Ph.D., Ed.D.) and graduate diplomas and certificates. University of Calgary has more than 65 faculty members teaching in an assortment of specializations. It has Canada's leading graduate student population with more than 800 students internationally and across Canada.

  University of Calgary
  2500 University Dr. NW
  Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
  Canada
  011 +1-403-220-5541
  ucalgary.ca

University of Alberta

• The University of Alberta believes that since its beginning over 100 years ago, it has been one of the world's greatest universities specializing in student welfare. Providing a supportive and lively learning environment, the institution disseminates, discovers and applies new information through learning and teaching, creative activity and research, community involvement and partnerships. The school gives an international and national voice to modernism within Canada, taking a prime role in ensuring Canada's position at the world's forefront. The University of Alberta provides 60+ doctoral programs and 110 Master's degrees in more than 300 online facilities and research areas. Most of these post-graduate courses and programs are accessible through eLearning with the use of the Internet and specialized software for the modules. Some of the doctoral programs include Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science (Ph.D.), Anthropology (Ph.D.), Biochemistry (Ph.D.) and many others. With distance education, the University of Alberta ensures that every student has access to the necessary information, regardless of locale.

  University of Alberta
  Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3
  Canada
  011 +1-780-492-3111
  ualberta.ca