UC’s online postgraduate courses are tailored to flexibly suit your lifestyle and designed to elevate your career. They are accessible anywhere, so you can study what you want and when it suits you.
While studying online, you get all the benefits of being a UC postgraduate student in terms of support, resources and guidance. Enjoy a close relationship with our academics and tutors and engage with other students to share skills, insights and make professional connections.
Study in a way that suits your lifestyle and your learning with our online postgraduate courses.
If full-time study is too much to handle at any point during your degree, you can change to part-time study.
Get the help you need, when you need it. Our academics and supporting staff are available to assist you with your studies and to get the most of your university experience.
Wondering if you can find time to study alongside work, family life and other commitments?
UC’s study time calculator will help you understand how much potential time you have for study in any given week.
Even with a busy lifestyle, you might be surprised to discover that fitting in time to study is more achievable than you think!
If you haven't studied for a while or are worried about juggling life, work and postgraduate study, you don’t have to commit to a full master’s degree initially.
Many of our postgraduate degrees are structured to create a study pathway with flexible starting and finishing points in three stages, meaning you can earn one of three qualifications.
Six months full time
A graduate certificate is the first stage of postgraduate study and takes around six months to complete full time (or the part-time equivalent).
One year full time
A graduate diploma is the second stage of postgraduate study, taking one year full time to complete (or the part-time equivalent), or six months if you’ve already studied a graduate certificate.
1.5 to two years full time
A full master’s degree takes around one-and-a-half to two years of full-time study (or the part-time equivalent), or six months if you’ve already completed a graduate certificate and graduate diploma.
Curious about other study options? Explore the study areas that interest you to get started.
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