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Graduate School

Deepen Your Expertise. Strengthen Your Purpose.

Fifty-eight master’s and doctoral programs across six schools. Wherever your career already stands, there is a next degree here to carry it further.

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Advance What You Started

Ateneo de Davao University’s Graduate School offers a range of master’s and doctoral programs in business, education, science, technology, and the humanities. Select programs are available in both academic and professional tracks, allowing you to pursue advanced studies in a format that fits your goals and commitments.

Whether you are deepening your expertise in your field, advancing your career, or answering a call to greater service, Ateneo de Davao University’s Graduate School provides a formation-centered environment where scholarship and purpose go hand in hand.

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School of Arts and Sciences

For the thinkers, the researchers, and the ones still asking why.

The largest graduate offering at the Ateneo de Davao University lives here, spanning technology, the humanities, the sciences, and the social sciences. Whether your calling is code, counsel, or the human condition itself, SAS likely has a room for you.

Computer Studies
  • Master in Information Technology — For IT professionals deepening their technical and managerial expertise.
  • Master of Science in Information Technology — For those pursuing research careers in information technology.
Humanities and Letters
  • Master of Arts in English (Language Studies or Literary and Culture Studies) — For scholars and educators advancing their study of language and literature.
  • Master of Arts in Philosophy — For those pursuing deeper philosophical inquiry and analysis.
  • Master of Arts in Theology, Major in Pastoral Ministry — For those called to lead and serve in pastoral and Church settings.
  • Master of Arts in Theology, Major in Religious Education — For educators forming the next generation in the faith.
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Theology — The University’s terminal degree for theological scholars and educators.
Natural Science and Mathematics
  • Master in Tropical Risk Management — For professionals building expertise in disaster and climate risk in a hazard-prone region.
  • Master of Science in Biology — For researchers advancing the biological sciences.
  • Master of Science in Chemistry — For researchers advancing the chemical sciences.
  • Master of Science in Mathematics (not currently offered) — For researchers pursuing advanced mathematical study.
Social Science
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies — For scholars leading research on development in Mindanao and beyond.
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Major in Clinical Psychology — The terminal degree for clinical psychology researchers and practitioners.
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Major in Counseling Psychology — The terminal degree for counseling psychology researchers and practitioners.
  • Master in Guidance and Counseling — For practitioners building careers in student and community guidance.
  • Master in Psychology, Major in Clinical Psychology — For practicing clinicians advancing their expertise.
  • Master in Psychology, Major in Educational Psychology — For practitioners applying psychology within educational settings.
  • Master in Psychology, Major in Industrial/Organizational Psychology — For practitioners applying psychology within workplaces and organizations.
  • Master of Arts in Anthropology — For researchers studying Mindanao’s cultures and communities.
  • Master of Arts in Anthropology, Professional Track (not currently offered) — For practitioners applying anthropological methods professionally.
  • Master of Arts in Development Studies — For scholars researching development issues and policy.
  • Master of Arts in Economics — For researchers advancing economic scholarship.
  • Master of Arts in Guidance and Counseling — For researchers studying guidance and counseling practice.
  • Master of Science in Psychology, Major in Clinical Psychology — For researchers pursuing clinical psychology through a science-based track.
  • Master of Science in Psychology, Major in Educational Psychology — For researchers pursuing educational psychology through a science-based track.
  • Master of Science in Psychology, Major in Industrial/Organizational Psychology — For researchers pursuing organizational psychology through a science-based track.
  • Master of Science in Social Work — For social work professionals advancing their practice through research.

School of Business and Governance

For leaders who want the credentials to match their vision.

The School of Business Governance’s Graduate School has built its reputation on producing executives, public servants, and scholars who lead with both competence and conscience.

  • Doctor of Business Administration — For senior executives seeking the terminal degree in business leadership.
  • Doctor of Management, Major in Human Resource Management — For HR leaders seeking the terminal degree in their field.
  • Doctor of Public Administration — For public sector leaders seeking the terminal degree in governance.
  • Master in Business Administration, Regular (Academic or Professional Track) — For professionals building broad, strategic business expertise.
  • Master in Business Administration, APEX — An accelerated MBA designed for busy executives.
  • Master in Business Administration, Major in Human Resource and Organizational Management — For professionals specializing in people and organizational leadership.
  • Master in Public Administration, Major in Local Governance — For public servants leading at the local government level.
  • Master in Public Administration, Major in Public Policy — For public servants shaping policy at higher levels of government.

School of Engineering and Architecture

For engineers ready to design the region’s next chapter.

Mindanao’s infrastructure, energy, and technology future needs engineers who think at a higher level, and the School of Engineering and Architecture’s graduate programs are built for exactly that.

  • Doctor of Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering — For senior engineers leading energy infrastructure research and development.
  • Doctor of Engineering, Water Resources Engineering — For senior engineers leading water infrastructure research and development.
  • Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Environmental, Structural, or Geotechnical Track) — For civil engineers specializing in their chosen discipline.
  • Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering — For engineers advancing their expertise in computing systems.
  • Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering — For engineers advancing their expertise in electrical systems.
  • Master of Engineering in Electronics Engineering — For engineers advancing their expertise in electronics.
  • Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering — For engineers advancing their expertise in industrial systems and processes.
  • Master of Engineering in Innovation Management — For engineers moving into technology leadership and innovation roles.
  • Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering — For engineers advancing their expertise in mechanical systems.
  • Master of Engineering in Renewable Energy — For engineers building expertise in sustainable energy systems.

School of Education

For educators building the next chapter of their careers.

Every great school needs great teachers, and every great teacher benefits from going deeper.

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Education Administration, Major in Basic Education Administration — For educators leading at the basic education level.
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Education Administration, Major in Higher Education Administration — For educators leading at the higher education level.
  • Master of Arts in Education, Major in Basic Education Teaching English — For English teachers deepening their subject and pedagogical expertise.
  • Master of Arts in Education, Major in Basic Education Teaching Mathematics — For Mathematics teachers deepening their subject and pedagogical expertise.
  • Master of Arts in Education, Major in Basic Education Teaching Science — For Science teachers deepening their subject and pedagogical expertise.
  • Master of Arts in Education, Major in Education Administration — For educators moving into school leadership roles.
  • Master of Arts in Teaching English Language and Literature — For English language and literature educators advancing their craft.

School of Nursing

For nurses building the next phase of a caring profession.

Nursing is a profession that never stops learning, and the School Of Nursing’s graduate programs meet nurses exactly where their careers are headed.

  • Master of Arts in Nursing — For nurses pursuing academic and research careers.
  • Master in Nursing — For practicing nurses deepening their clinical expertise.

Advance Your Calling. Become More.

Pursue graduate education that deepens your expertise, strengthens your purpose, and forms you to lead with faith, conscience, and compassion. At Ateneo de Davao University, professional growth is more than career advancement, it is formation for service, justice, and the common good.

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