We offer a broad range of specialist postgraduate courses and professional development programmes - from taught courses up to Master’s level, to research degrees and professionally accredited programmes.

Whether you want to specialise in your field or change direction, our range of flexible, industry-accredited taught and research degrees will give you a crucial advantage in the competitive world of work.

Benefits of postgraduate study

• Enhance your job prospects and develop your expertise and strategic ability. A postgraduate degree can give you that extra edge that employers are looking for, leading to faster career progression.

• Boost your income and increase your earning power

• Our close links with businesses and the professions ensure that our courses are relevant, up-to-date and meet the needs of the marketplace. Wherever possible, we involve employers in planning the curriculum and you learn first-hand from the experts.

• As well as increased subject knowledge, postgraduate study develops transferable skills and research techniques that are a real asset in the workplace.

• Postgraduate qualifications can be studied full-time, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in your studies; part-time, which enables you to combine studying with other work commitments; or via distance learning, where you can study at your own pace.

Our postgraduate and post-experience courses can enhance your career prospects, giving you the chance to learn key skills such as structuring your workload, developing powers of analysis and critical enquiry and working independently – abilities that are highly sought-after within the world of work and will prove invaluable wherever your future lies.

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The next step

You’ll find over a hundred postgraduate and professional development courses to choose from at Birmingham City University. So if you’re not sure what to do when you graduate, think outside the box and arm yourself with a postgraduate qualification.