PROGRESSING YOUR CAREER | 17
In this ever-competitive world, getting yourself
noticed and standing out from the crowd is
becoming more important than ever.
Our students join us for a variety
of reasons, either to personally
progress themselves academically,
or to further their professional
career, to improve and enhance
their opportunities for promotion,
or to enable them to diversify
and change their career path.
Whatever your needs or reasons
are for deciding upon postgraduate
study, Keele offers a variety of
study options to suit your lifestyle
needs and area of expertise.
Studying at postgraduate level at
Keele is a collaboration between
you and your academic and
professional tutors; providing
you with, not just the qualification
you are seeking to achieve,
but experience, expertise and
knowledge that will challenge
your thinking and broaden your
outlook to truly enhance you
as an individual, in whatever
career path you choose to take.
Postgraduate – Taught
These courses combine advanced
level of tuition with the completion
of a research project and dissertation,
under the guidance of your tutor,
if you decide upon a full Master’s
course.
PgCert and PgDip
Options are available depending
on your needs:
• Masters: This contains 180
credits, made up of 120 taught
credits plus 60 credits for
original research and dissertation
• Postgraduate Diploma:
This contains 120 credits
(the Postgraduate Diploma is
the taught part of a Masters
programme)
• Postgraduate Certificate:
minimum of 60 credits is required.
You can choose to conclude
your studies after the successful
completion of half the taught
units and receive a postgraduate
certificate. Alternatively, if you
successfully complete all of the
taught units, but choose not to
undertake the research project
and dissertation, you will receive
a Postgraduate Diploma.
the Humanities and Social Sciences,
you may be asked to undertake
research training for a year (or
equivalent).
Fitting study around your life
Contact hours vary between
programmes. Science courses can
involve a full schedule of lectures
and lab sessions; whilst Humanities
degrees may feature only a few
hours of timetabled classes a
week, but will require you to
undertake a substantial amount
of reading and research outside
of teaching hours.
MA and MSc
Our taught masters courses are
12 months full-time or two to
three years part-time. The first
two-thirds are taught based with
assessment through coursework
and examinations. The final third
of the course is a research project
and usually includes writing a
dissertation.
MRes
Master of Research, this course
introduces you to research
methods and is for those who
want to pursue a research-related
career or doctoral study. You will
be exposed to a range of research
skills and methodologies, giving
you the proficiency and confidence
to approach a research project in
a systematic and professional way.
An MRes programme will assist
and prepare you to move on to
successfully complete a PhD.
It should be noted that if you wish
to take a doctoral programme in
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