The University s postgraduate degrees fall into two main categories, research degrees and taught programmes.
All postgraduate taught courses are modular.
Credits are accumulated for each part of the course. Postgraduate Diplomas carry 120 credits and master s programmes 180 credits. They involve either face to face tuition through formal lecture and seminar programmes or study guides and, in some cases, residential weekends for distance learning courses. They are assessed through a variety of means to reflect the nature of the course. Details are given in the relevant course entry.