• Special education
  Special education
  Special education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...
  
  
• Deaf studies
  Deaf studies
  Deaf Studies are academic disciplines concerned with the study of the deaf social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology...
  
  
• Sign language
  Sign language
  A sign language is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns to convey meaning—simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's...
  
  
• Education
  Education
  Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
  
  
• Deaf culture
  Deaf culture
  Deaf culture describes the social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values and shared institutions of communities that are affected by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. When used as a cultural label, the word deaf is often written with a...
  
  

United States

• Doctorate offered:
  • Gallaudet University
    Gallaudet University
    Gallaudet University is a federally-chartered university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing, located in the District of Columbia, U.S...
    
    , Washington, D.C.

• Masters offered:
  • National Center on Deafness, California State University, Northridge
    California State University, Northridge
    California State University, Northridge is a public university in Northridge, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, United States....
    
    , Northridge, California

United Kingdom

• University of Central Lancashire
  University of Central Lancashire
  The University of Central Lancashire is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, England.The university has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge which was founded in 1828. In 1992 it was granted University status by the Privy Council...
  
  , Lancashire, England
• University of Bristol
  University of Bristol
  The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
  
  , Bristol
• University of Edinburgh
  University of Edinburgh
  The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
  
   Edinburgh

New Zealand

• University of Wellington, Victoria , Victoria

The Netherlands

• Visual Language, Signs and Gestures, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
  Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
  The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is an institute for scientific research in the area of psycholinguistics. The institute is located in Nijmegen in the province of Gelderland in The Netherlands. The institute is a member of the German Max Planck Society and is the only institute of...
  
  , Nijmegen

Deaf education associations

• United States
  • National Association of the Deaf (United States)
    National Association of the Deaf (United States)
    The National Association of the Deaf was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1880 as a non-profit organization run by deaf people to advocate for deaf rights. The first president of the organization was Robert P. McGregor of Ohio. It includes associations from all 50 states and Washington, DC...
    
    
  • The Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD)
  • The American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC)
  • Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
    Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
    The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, also known as AG Bell, is a resource, support network and advocate for listening, learning, talking and living independently with hearing loss...
    
    
  • Volta Bureau

• United Kingdom
  • The British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD)