Certificate of Proficiency

A Certificate of Proficiency provides you with the opportunity to:

• Supplement your current knowledge before proceeding to advanced study
• Undertake a small number of courses in specific areas of interest without enrolling in a formal qualification. It is also an option if you want to study just one or two courses.

A Certificate of Proficiency is open to anyone who meets the required entry requirements.

A Certificate of Proficiency (COP) is one way you can take courses to bridge the gap between undergraduate and postgraduate study. A Certificate of Proficiency may be ideal for you if you wish to progress to graduate study but would like to take preparation courses first.

You can apply to reassign courses completed for a Certificate of Proficiency of a taught postgraduate programme, should you wish to progress study in a particular area and the courses are appropriate.

COP courses cannot be reassigned into research masters degrees, and there are point limits and time limits for reassigning COPs into other postgraduate programmes. Any reassignments are subject to approval.

Any Arts subjects may be taken for a Certificate of Proficiency provided that there are unfilled places in the course and any prerequisite, corequisite or other conditions are met. If you wish to take a combination of Arts and non-Arts courses this programme might be for you. This may exclude subjects outside of the Faculty of Arts.  

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