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Applying to the Master’s & Credential Graduate Program

The application for admission for the 2026-2027 academic year is now open.  The link to the application is below.  To ensure that you are completing the application correctly, please click and download the Teacher Education Program Application Guide below.

We have two application deadlines. For priority admission, we strongly encourage you to meet the first deadline, December 1, 2025. The final deadline is January 5, 2026. We will only consider applications received after December 1 on a space-available basis.

Please join us for an online Information Session.  Visit this page to see the dates for these sessions.

Basic Skills/CBEST Requirement Update
On June 29, 2024, Governor Newsom signed a budget trailer bill, SB 153 (Chap. 38, Statutes of 2024), that allows candidates to use their bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education as demonstration of the basic skills requirement effective immediately.

Please visit the Basic Skills/CBEST page for more information.  If you are an international candidate, you will still need to demonstrate that you have met the Basic Skills requirement.

Applying to the Joint Mathematics Education Program & Science Teacher Education Program 

These programs are for UCLA undergraduates and each application process is outlined by the Mathematics and Science Departments.

Please see the Joint Mathematics Education Program and the Science Teacher Education Program pages for full application materials.

Applying to the Music Credential Program

Want to apply to the program for 2026-2027?

The application filing period is open until December 1, 2025.

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When I was looking for a Teacher Education Program, I was looking for a program whose values aligned with mine.

I don’t see teaching as a job. I see teaching as part of who I am and as a way to enact change in this world.”

Gloria Mayorga-Garcia
TEP Novice Year at UCLA Community School