About postgraduate study

Our rich variety of expertise stretches across fields of study from fraud management, computer animation and clinical psychology to design, counselling and forensic investigation. Many courses are oriented to specific industries, others provide a qualification useful for a variety of careers. Accreditation by professional bodies is an important feature of many courses.

There are two main types of postgraduate courses - taught courses and research degrees.

Other postgraduate courses include the master of business administration (MBA), master of laws (LLM), doctor of clinical psychology (DClinPsy) and doctor of counselling (DCounPsy).

More information

If you need more information about a course, call the relevant admissions enquiries number.

Duration

A full-time master's degree takes a year, with 25-35 contact hours a week plus independent study. Part-time, is normally two years. Postgraduate certificates and diplomas are one year part-time. Doctorates, two to three years.

Assessments

Methods vary but you'll find emphasis on assignments, essays, case studies and projects and less on examinations. The final part is usually the dissertation or project.

Research degrees

Research degrees involve supervised individual investigation of a subject area culminating in a thesis. Full-time students is about 35 hours a week on research, part-time around 12.
More about research degrees

Structure of courses

Part-time courses are made up of self-contained modules worth credits and under the Credit Accumulation Modular Scheme CAMS these can be accumulated towards an award. With your points you may be able to change routes or transfer to another institution.