Pre-Master of Arts in Teaching (Pre-MAT)

UNC-Chapel Hill students may apply to affiliate with Pre-MAT as early as the second semester of their first undergraduate year. Early affiliation status provides the opportunity to enroll in up to 12 credit hours of specified graduate-level courses in the School of Education, which may later be considered for transfer credit toward the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) degree, if admitted.

A maximum of 12 credit hours of Pre-MAT courses may be double counted toward both the undergraduate program of study and the potential future MAT. graduate program. To be considered, a grade of B or better must be earned in each course. 

UNC-Chapel Hill students may apply to affiliate with Pre-MAT as early as when they are accepted to Carolina.

Affiliation with Pre-MAT does not replace the application process. Students must still apply to the MAT program through the Graduate School, but affiliated applicants are placed in a priority pool during admissions review.

Pre-MAT students are eligible for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, which offers up to $5,000 per semester in forgivable loans for students committed to teaching elementary education, special education, or secondary STEM education in North Carolina.

Pre-MAT students are eligible to participate in the following international exchange programs:

Tricontinental Teacher Training (TTT) Exchange Program matches our students with pre-service teachers at the University of Hamburg (Germany) and the University of Education, Winneba (Ghana).

Student Teachers Across Regions (STAR) Program matches our students with peers from Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.