- Top Postgraduate Certificates

Boost your career in finance in just 12 weeks! With LSBF’s Postgraduate Certificate in Finance, you will gain industry-specific skills and have the opportunity to study in London, one of the world’s greatest financial hubs. Being at the doorsteps of leading financial firms will offer you amazing networking and career opportunities. You will learn from experienced tutors whose knowledge of the financial sector will help you substantially improve your skills in the area. The programme will allow you to combine four courses based on your career goals, choosing from:

This course teaches the structure of global financial markets, as well as the practical skills necessary to trade different markets in real life. It will examine theoretical concepts and practical methods employed to trade and manage different financial instruments, including cash and derivative instruments across a range of asset classes. Learn how technical analysis can be used to help forecast market prices, with an optional module covering trading psychology and risk management.

This course is 14 weeks long. It consists of four modules (one compulsory and three elective). 12 hours of lectures per week for 10 weeks, plus a further 33 hours per week of independent study, including reading, research and preparation for assignments. This is followed by an additional two reading weeks, as well as a further two weeks of online assessments.... [-]

This programme will cover sponsorship and marketing, audience development, regeneration and partnerships, and commerce/merchandise, giving a detailed insight into the ways that museums and galleries are managed and develop entrepreneurship.

Perhaps you already work in a museum or gallery and want some CPD experience. Or maybe you work in a different area but are thinking about a change of career.

Through a combination of lectures, seminars, outside visits, interviews, projects, workshops and presentations you'll examine the ways in which museum and gallery professionals have developed sophisticated new strategies and applied innovative entrepreneurial thinking to find ways of attracting visitors from a wide range of backgrounds to visit their institutions, engage with their events, and interact with artworks in different ways.... [-]

In order for a catering company to develop, it must respond to the external environment in an effective manner without losing sight of the resources available to it, its own abilities and its strengths. For that reason, irrespective of the size of the business, it is crucial to have tools of analysis and planning tools that provide us with the strategic approach needed to determine the situation of our business and of its environment. Only in this way will be it able to select and implement the most appropriate and competitive strategies for its growth.

In this postgraduate program, you will acquire the key knowledge needed to develop a business plan to increase the chances of success of new business initiatives or, in the case of existing businesses, of new approaches. In both cases, the implementation of the business plan must make use of methods that facilitate the management of the project in a controlled environment to avoid surprises and unforeseen events.... [-]

The Post-Baccalaureate program in Computer Science is open to individuals with at least a bachelor's degree in any discipline (B.A. or B.S.) and one college-level introductory computer course.

The program is particularly well-suited for individuals preparing to re-enter the workforce, mid-level professionals looking to move into the field of computer science, and those preparing for graduate school. Accepted students are required to develop an individualized plan of study with their adviser, based on their academic history and professional goals.

Students in the post-baccalaureate program are not considered certificate students for purposes of financial aid and as such are not eligible to apply for federal funds. Alternative loans may be available. ... [-]

The programme in a nutshell:

5 back-to-back online EU modules (starting September), followed (or preceded) by a 2-week Summer School in Brussels and Vienna (July)

You choose your start date (July or September) as well as your timing option (full-time = 1 year; part-time = 2 years)

More elaborate description:

From 2014 onwards, the IES offers a Postgraduate Certificate in European Policy-Making, developed and designed by EU and e-learning experts. This certificate is equivalent to 25 ECTS and combines both the IES Summer School and the EU modules, thus embracing the Blended-Learning approach. This package involves two weeks of face-to-face intensive teaching together with the flexibility of the online modules.... [-]

Our Postgraduate Certificate in Business and Management offers an advanced qualification useful to graduates who wish to become effective leaders and managers.

After completing our PG Cert in Business and Management, you have a number of options to continue your personal and professional development.

You can continue your journey by progressing onto our MSc Business and Management programme, or you can choose to specialise with our MSc Business with Finance, MSc Business with Human Resources or MSc Business with Marketing course.

Studying online gives you the freedom to study when and where it suits you – at home, during your lunch hour or anywhere else you have internet access.... [-]

The Post-Master’s Certificate in Library and Information Science program at the San José State University School of Information focuses on technology and emerging trends in the information profession. It is designed for information professionals who want to update their professional knowledge and expand their skill sets. If you already hold a master’s degree in any discipline, you are eligible to enroll in the Post-Master’s Certificate program.

With this convenient and fully online program, you can live anywhere while you earn your certificate. Since most course work is delivered asynchronously, you don’t have to rearrange your work schedule in order to attend live sessions. The Post-Master’s Certificate program is delivered exclusively online via interactive online learning technology. The built-in flexibility of the online program is a huge bonus for many working students.... [-]

This course is aimed at those working within the defence and security sector who are looking to expand their knowledge in defence and security marketing. Graduates achieve a high level of understanding and detailed knowledge in skills such as marketing and negotiations, as well as offsets and trade compliance. Qualities such as these prove attractive to employers seeking personnel in wider managerial fields, including contracts, commercial management as well as strategic management. The tuition and training are specifically geared towards defence and security trade control and compliance, representing essential knowledge for those working in this area of endeavour.

EPAS is a one-year intensive education in the creative potential of sound both of itself and as part of a multi media practice.

While there are countless courses teaching how to interpret visual information, from medieval painting to modern advertising, sound is a relatively unexplored field of study. And, although academic studies do explore the theoretical and conceptual sides of audio production, sound is generally considered a technical, rather than aesthetic, subject. EPAS aims to address this imbalance through an integration of practice and theory continuously fed by theoretical, critical and conceptual thinking. This way, participants will be able to explore sound as a discipline in itself as well as in relation to screen production, dance, theatre, radio, architecture and other arts and media.... [-]

We understand that practice is your main priority, that's why we have designed this online course that enables you to study wherever and whenever you want.

Training to become a teacher is one of the most challenging things you will ever do. With this in mind, this online course is designed to fit around your other professional commitments and will involve assessments relevant to your working life. Designed for practising teachers or those who want to teach in primary or secondary schools and who have recently undertaken or are undertaking a period of training leading to QTS or equivalent, our goal is to provide the foundations that will enrich your practice and fast-track your teaching career.... [-]

The teaching staff of this postgraduate degree is formed by university researchers, experts in the latest methodological innovations and teachers that come from actual schools.

Our postgraduate programs, each with different program requirements, are based on and are fully compatible with the established European and American educational systems. The European guidelines for higher education are outlined in the Bologna agreements. Once a minimum number of credits has been earned, a request for graduation can be submitted. Postgraduate programs are advanced academic programs for college and university graduates, as well as for working professionals wishing to pursue a progressive career in the field of communication and liberal arts. The college’s truly global community provides ample opportunities for students to pursue academic topics of interest and research with an emphasis on globalization, communication, and higher education. Not all programs are offered at all campuses.... [-]

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate is a one-year program that offers intensive studio art study and individual development closely advised and supported by SMFA faculty. The program is ideal for students who have completed a bachelor's degree and want to immerse themselves in rigorous studio art-making. Whether you have recently graduated or are changing careers, the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate also provides excellent preparation for graduate study in art or for professional practice as an artist.

The Post-Baccalaureate program attracts applicants from a wide range of backgrounds. Some Post-Baccalaureate students are recent college graduates seeking a year of intensive studio education before beginning independent work as artists. Others come to initiate professional art practice after working in a different field. Still, others are working artists who seek to expand their skills or explore new media.... [-]

If you’re already able to inspire others while leading a department or division, our PGCert in Management Education could help you transition into the captivating world of teaching.

On this course, you’ll learn through Surrey Business School’s Centre for Management Learning, a pioneering hub of research in the theory and practice of management. You’ll receive relevant and industry-informed teaching, preparing you for a successful career in educating the next generation of management talent.

Created to give professional managers a route into teaching, this PGCert is the first postgraduate course of its kind in the UK to offer a credit-bearing qualification.... [-]