The Department of Education Studies at the National University of Mongolia (NUM) was established in 2023. Our department is affiliated with the Division of Social Sciences of the School of Arts and Sciences at the National University of Mongolia. The faculty members of our department focus on becoming the leading academic and research center for educating future teachers, educators, policymakers, and practitioners in the field of education and educational management.  

The purpose of our department is to become the leading national center for training and research in the field of education studies. The objectives are:

• Take the leading role in bringing the paradigm changes in education sector and preparing well-grounded teachers
• Train teachers and researchers who can bring innovations and lead in the field of education.

We offer undergraduate programs in preparing teachers for the fields of natural, social sciences, and humanities in collaboration with other academic departments at the NUM. We also offer graduate (master’s and doctoral) programs in Education studies.

COURSES:

Our department offers more than 40 courses, and here, we have listed major courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Undergraduate courses: 

• EDUC200 Foundations of education studies
• EDUC201 Introduction to educational technology

Graduate courses: 

• EDUC600 Education studies
• EDUC602 Learning assessment and feedback
• EDUC605 Educational technology
• EDUC606 Global citizenship education
• EDUC607 Primary and secondary education management
• EDUC701 Comparative Education
• EDUC703 Education law
• EDUC800 Education policy studies
• EDUC802 Education quality management
• EDUC803 Teacher professional development
• EDUC807 Higher education management
• METH704 Research methods in educational studies

RESEARCH

            Our departmentcollaborates closely with the leading national research institutions, such as the National Institute of Educational Research. We thrive on collaborative research and practices in multiple areas, as follows:

• Comparative Education
• Educational management
• Education innovation
• Global Education
• Teacher development
• Quality assessment
• E-learning

FACULTY

Currently, we have five full-time faculty members teaching and researching a broad array of educational issues. Our faculty brings a wide range of teaching, leadership, and interdisciplinary backgrounds to their work.  

ALTANGEREL Balgan, Ph.D., Associate Professor  

Head of the Department of Education Studies

Research areas: comparative education, higher education quality, education management, education as soft power

SOYOLJIN Sukhbaatar, Ph.D., Associate Professor 

Lecturer of the Department of Education Studies

Research areas: educational technology, ICT, and AI in education, learning psychology

ZOLJARGAL Dembereldorj, Ph.D., Associate Professor 

Lecturer of the Department of Education Studies

Research areas: educational quality, reseach methods, higher education, educational technology and AI, international students experience

URJINSUREN Jargal, Ph.D., Associate Professor 

Senior Lecturer of the Department of Education Studies 

Research areas: Teacher development, education management, educational quality management, educational legal environment; issues of Mongolian history and culture

LKHAGVASUREN Urgamal, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer

Lecturer of the Department of Education Studies 

Research areas: Teacher professional development, education management, educational policy; curriculum studies